Directions
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Grounds: Open to the Public Dawn to Dusk, Year Round
OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (Closed Statuatory Holidays)
J.C.Taylor Centre: Currently Closed.
Admission to The Arboretum is free!
DIRECTIONS:
Directions(including the maps, below) are available for download inPDF format, which can then be printed. Download.
If Walking or Biking:
Use the above maps to get to East Ring Road. Follow this until you come to Arboretum Road, then turn East onto Arboretum Road and continue about 0.1 km to The Arboretum Entrance and the Information Kiosk.
If Driving
Use the above maps to get to College Avenue. Our entrance is the last driveway on the south side of the Road on College Avenue East near Victoria Road.
Parking is free for visitors to The Arboretum, in the parking lots designated on the above map. Visitors to the University of Guelph main campus are asked to kindly refrain from parking on The Arboretum grounds.
By Bus:
Take the city bus #1A or 1B, to the East Ring Road and Arboretum Road stop. Then walk down Arboretum Road towards our Information Kiosk and into The Arboretum.
The OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre:
From the entrance on College Avenue, continue South about 0.3 km to the parking lot on the left. The OAC Centennial Arboretum Centre is on the right.
If walking from campus, take Arboretum Road off East Ring Road to the kiosk and follow the Ivey Trail or Arboretum Promenade from the entrance to The Arboretum Centre.
The J.C. Taylor Centre:
From the far (east) end of the parking lot, you can access the Ivey Trail (look for the split-rail fence) which leads to the south corner of Victoria Woods and the J.C. Taylor Centre.
The Arboretum's Co-ordinates are:
Latitude 43 degrees 32'27.20"N
Longitude 80 degrees 12'54.90"W