Centreville: Golf, History and Trails

If you’re looking for a hotel in Centreville, use your travel interests to help narrow your options: golf, the architectural history of the Concrete House and local trails each offer a different focus. Route 359 is also useful for getting your bearings: Centreville is on this road, which heads towards North Mountain. This gives you a choice of a specific golf destination, a distinctive historic attraction and a short local trail.

Golf and Simulators

Eagle Crest Golf Course is located in the Eagle Watch Area of Centreville in the Annapolis Valley and has two Trackman golf simulators. For a trip focused on golf, both the course and its specifically named simulator facilities may be relevant. Course details can change; if the simulators are important to your plans, check their current availability in advance.

The Concrete House: Building History and Visiting

The Centreville Concrete House was the first reinforced-concrete building in the Annapolis Valley; it was built just 20 years after the first such building in Europe. This comparison places the building in the history of reinforced concrete: the European point of reference came just 20 years earlier. The Charles Macdonald Concrete House of Centreville Society was founded in 1995, and the museum opened the following year. The society’s founding and the museum’s opening were therefore two consecutive milestones in local museum history.

The Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum and Gallery are accessible, and parking is available via Saxon Street. If accessibility or parking is important for your visit, it’s best to confirm the current arrangements in advance.

Trails and Getting Around Centreville

The Hall’s Harbour Eco-Trail is on West Halls Harbour Road in Centreville. Its loop is ½ kilometre long, making it a short, clearly defined trail option. Trail conditions and markers can change, so check them before setting out. The Centerville Recreation Park (Percy A. Lydiard Park) is a place for families with children. This gives you two different criteria for planning an outing: the park’s family appeal and the trail’s short loop length.

Kings County: More Trail Options

Across the broader destination of Kings County, trails vary in length and layout, among other things. Cape Split offers a moderately challenging backcountry hike with an approximate round-trip distance of 13.2 kilometres. The Blomidon Hiking Trails, on the other hand, are a 13.5-kilometre network of connected trails with access to different habitats and viewpoints. One distance describes a single hike there and back, while the other describes the length of a trail network—a helpful distinction when comparing the type of outing.

The Jodrey Trail and Reservoir Park Trail each have their own features for enjoying the views: the Jodrey Trail runs along 183-metre-high sea cliffs and has several viewpoints overlooking the Minas Basin. The Reservoir Park Trail offers panoramic views of Cape Blomidon and the Minas Basin, as well as an unsupervised beach by a pond and access to the Millennium Trail.

The forest trails offer different experiences too. The Acadia Nature Trail passes through a wooded area north of Acadia University and provides information along the way. The Stronach Park & Fitness Trail is an easy loop through the forest with several fitness stations. At The Gorge, several trails offer opportunities for walking, hiking, mountain biking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. In the broader destination of Kings County, the Waterville Recreation Club makes 17 acres of meadow and woodland available to the public, with walking trails and an off-leash dog park.

Discover more destinations: Port Williams, New Minas, Grand Pré, Berwick, Canning, Kentville, Aylesford, Wolfville

To the broader travel overview: Kings County.