Rideau Trail – 55th Anniversary Badges

There are 4 ways to earn your ‘I DID 55’ Badge:

  1. Complete 55 hikes on RTA Trails (Orange or Blue). Targeted at people who do hiking weekly for shorter distances. For a Log Sheet for recording your hikes click HERE
  2. Hike 55 km in each of the three sectors. Targeted at people who do longer hikes across the RTA Network. For a Log Sheet for recording your hikes click HERE
  3. Complete two specified hikes in two days. There are three possible hikes, each around 27.5km long. Hike two of them for a total of 55km. Must be done in two days. Targeted at those who like long hikes! The three hikes are:
    • Perth to Lally Homestead (Perth Town Center Parking to 9B)
    • Lally Homestead to Westport Trailhead (9B to 7D)
    • Westport Trailhead to Chaffey’s Locks (7D to Chaffey’s Locks Parking)
    • For a Log Sheet for recording your two hikes click HERE
  4. Visit/Do/Find 55 things along the Rideau Trails. Targeted at those who want to explore the wide variety of interesting and fun things along the Trail
    • The Log Sheet has a List of about 150 things to Visit/Do/Find all along the network of RTA Trails.
    • Complete any combination of 55 from the List, and get your Badge
    • Note that this badge option will be ongoing until all the Badges are gone. Hence why there is no mention of 55 years on the Badge
    • For the list of the 150 things, plus a Log Sheet for recording your 55 items, click HERE

Alas, a couple of rules:

  • There can only be one ‘55’ badge per person. We only have so many!
  • Any hikes for Visit/Do/Find 55 Things cannot also be used for achieving another badge. No double dipping, just like the ‘End to End’ rule.   

For any questions, please e-mail Activities@RideauTrail.org

Note regarding Log Sheets: The Log Sheets are in the form of “Fillable” PDFs that can be filled in on a computer using Acrobat Reader (downloadable from Adobe for free for Windows, Mac, or Android). The logs can also still be filled in the old-fashioned way.