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A short drive southwest of Cambridge, Dryden Tract is located at 1785 Alps Rd., in the Township of North Dumfries (View a Google Map).
Part of the Alps Woods Forest and situated on the Galt Paris Moraine, the Dryden Tract is a landscape of deciduous forests, hills and valleys.
The property is 34 hectares with approximately 3.5 kilometres of trails. There is a parking lot at the main entrance.
Dryden Tract is designated by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo as an Environmentally Significant Policy Area (ESPA); ESPA 53 - Alps Woods is described as a kame moraine.
It is at the northern limit of the Carolinian forest zone, which influences the type of plant and animal species that are found here. Carolinian forest bird species have been known to breed at this location, many of which are rare in southern Ontario (refer to notable species below).