Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park

This park, which touches on two ponds — Lewis Lake & Round Lake — that are stocked with trout, is a good place for walking dogs. Especially water dogs that like to retrieve sticks thrown into the water.

Unfortunately, it undergoes an extensive winter closure (for no apparent reason) and does not reopen until the long May weekend.

Lots of people still bring their dogs to walk, but it's a 15-20 minute walk from the road to the first pond.

Great park, small fishing area near the lake! The trail leads to a bike areas that is great for walking dogs, just walking and biking!

Great park with nice accessible and well maintained trails. Parked at the park entrance and walked 1km to Round Lake. Then followed a trail along the water which connected to the St Margaret's Bay trail. Then backtracked back to the main trail that took me to Lewis Lake. Both nice lakes. Round Lake has a few docks on the lake. Lots of picnic tables around. Will definitely visit next summer for a family picnic.

If you wish to fish and cook this is the place to go. Nice lonely place to sit in the nature or go camping make sure to carry your fishing equipment. Summer is always the best time to visit. But fall colors again makes it a great place to say Hi.

I don’t understand why this Park gets 4.6 stars … for 90% of the time you are walking, there is no view but gravel path continues. Then, you get to a look out of different lakes/ ponds, but not as spectacular as St Margaret’s Bay’s view. More enclosed lakes. Someone was barbecuing in the park although am not sure if it’s allowed. Just went there to walk for exercise, which this place definitely served the purpose of it.

About 20 minutes walk to the main park area if the gates are closed at the parking.
Saw people fishing there.

We went in the winter just for a walk. We parked on the road because the gate to the park was closed. The gravel path was slippery and covered with ice and snow. We were not able to walk much into the park. There were a few others walking carefully. I would not recommend going in winter.

This park has spots for day camping. When you arrive you can park in the main area, or drive through the park and pick a table and spot for day camping. There’s a trail that overlooks the lake which takes you to the BLT Connector. This is really nice spot. There is a long boardwalk that I saw a few people fishing. There’s a sign that says no swimming. A lot of people on the boardwalk. There’s a lot of pot holes on the mail road in and out of the park.

Nice relatively quiet park. Docks are great for fishing. Trails great for biking. And lots of really nice picnic areas.

This is a quiet place to walk your dog or do a little stroll. Not very interesting in winter but close enough to the city to get away. In the winter the gate is closed so park walk about 10-15 mins up the gravel road. This road can be challenging in Jan- March (very icy).
It seems like it was once a campground because there are some old campsite nooks, coal pits and outhouses. Sites are not numbered and have picnic tables. Some have trash and beer cans from winter visitors. Summer it opens and you can drive right in for a picnic. Saw some people fishing off the dock. Follow the loop around the campsites and you will see some nice rocky beaches (no proper beach, but that would be nice if the province fixed it up a bit) and a stream. Good for secluded walks off season, picnics in summer. No garbage cans off season or bathrooms (except one outhouse that was broken open). So.please pick up garbage/ and clean up after your dog so it’s nice for everybody.

Travelled from opposite region of HRM to enjoy a day at JLPark.checked online to see if it was open and this was confirmed.darn it! All that way with wheelchair in tow only to find it was closed. Admin.please keep your status online updated in this time when so, so many are in NEED of a nature experience!

One of my happy places as a kid. Had to come back for a walk to enjoy some beautiful weather and the sounds of the birds.

We aren't sure if it is different in the warmer months, but stopped in here today for a walk with our dog. Only had two parking spots out front of the gate, as the gates are closed and locked, possibly for the season? There isn't very much signage to let you know how far in the trails are, so we walked along the gravel road for about 10 minutes until we finally found what I believe was the first one. We also couldn't find a garbage can anywhere, which is not particularly nice when you have to take your dog waste home with you. Some people had just left theirs (in bags, but still) at the front gate which is very inconsiderate. That being said, the scenery is beautiful! We came across the water and could see a large wooden boardwalk on the other side so we just hadn't walked far enough. Look forward to going back again to do some more exploring.

Nice place just 20 minutes away from Halifax. Great Lake for fishing, walking, biking, daily picnic, and having fun. Very large shelter for groups.

Nice place, 2 stocked lakes. Ice fishing is fantastic at lewis lake, hoping to try round lake thia year, very accesable and a good place to bring kids to fish

The best place to cross country ski. No big hills, no ATV'S ALLOWED. The only thing that you need is SNOW.

It's a beautiful park with very accessible trails, lake access for swimming and fishing, and there is a connector path leading to Raise to Trails.

Very nice little park with accessible walking trails. It's a great place to spend a sunny afternoon.