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Skyline Trail
7-day forecast
Open-Meteo · trail point · local dates · last updated Nov 11, 2026, 3:10 PM PTWed 11
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2°C / 0°C
100% · 7.2 mm
Wind 28 km/h
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PoorMon 16
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PoorTue 17
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Wind 21 km/h
GoodRoute
Route line © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), simplified. Dot: trail point.
About this trail
The Skyline Trail is a seven-kilometre, looping, hiking trail at Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies on the western side of the Cabot Trail, near French Mountain's summit. This trail is well known for its scenic views, but also for the 2009 fatal coyote assault on Taylor Mitchell. The trail’s busy hours are from 11am to 3pm, so it’s best to do the hike before or after these hours. A Park Pass and Parking Permit are required to do the hike as it is in the Cape Breton Highlands National Park. No dogs are permitted on the trail.
From the Wikipedia article “Skyline Trail (Cape Breton Highlands National Park)”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trail facts
- Countries
- Canada
- Continent
- North America
- Trail point
- 46.74200, -60.88100 (Wikidata coordinate)
- Operator (OSM)
- Cape Breton Highlands National Park
- Wikidata
- Q7537926
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 15081831
- Official info
- parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ns/cbreton/activ/randonnee
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Photo: “Cabot Trail Skyline Walk Pano.jpg” by Mykola Swarnyk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).
