Free things to do in Windsor

14 places in Windsor with free entry or no charge, based on guide listings and map data.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

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Coventry Gardens & Reaume Park
Pillette Park
A showplace and tourist attraction, Reaume Park and Coventry Gardens includes the Pillette Dock (a favourite fishing spot) with a grand northern view of the Detroit skyline and its largest park, Belle Isle, as the spectacular Charles Brooks Peace Fountain floats on the Detroit River spouting water in the air from April to October with radiant coloured evening illuminations. Coventry Gardens is elegantly maintained, with hanging gardens, trees, flowerbeds, tarmac and brick paths, and this park also contains a restaurant and restroom, but bicycles are not allowed in the park, due to its large attendance of pedestrians and tight curves.
free + free parking + free overflow parking
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Dieppe Gardens
At the northern-most base of Ouellette Ave., Windsor's centermost street, overlooking the Detroit River and skyline.
free
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Peche Island City Park
Only accessible by boat, this island park is fun for picnics and exploration, at the mouth of Detroit River and Lake St. Clair.
free
See
Pillette Village
Pillette Road Village or Pillette Vintage Village
A small community between historic Walkerville and their hipsters to the west and the sleepy Olde Riverside suburbs to the east. Most of the commercial buildings from George Avenue to Thompson Boulevard are on Wyandotte Street or Pillette Road spreading outward from that intersection, leading up to the spectacular Coventry Gardens & Reaume Park, just a block away. Pillette Village features several restaurants and several vintage stores, unique enterprises, convenience, bowling, and common franchises (McDonald's, Subway, Shoppers, etc.) and utilities.
Free parking except Wyandotte Street has parking meters
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Queen Elizabeth II Sunken Gardens in Jackson Park
A sunken gardens (i.e., garden dug slightly below the surroundings so water flows down to the plants), with flowers, rocks, and a former reflecting pool.
free
See
Streetcar No. 351
Built in 1918, this Windsor streetcar once ran on the Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway, an interurban tram line that closed in the 1930s. It has been restored and placed on static display in a building with a glass wall that permits viewing when the museum is closed. When the museum is open, one can board the streetcar.
Hours vary by season; check websiteFree
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Windsor Emancipation Celebration Festival
An enormous celebration of Freedom, held on the first weekend in August Emancipation Celebration was once the largest outdoor celebration of its kind in all of North America. It boasted colourful parades that made its way from the riverfront into Jackson Park celebration grounds, Miss Sepia Pageants, talent contest, concerts, family reunion picnics and community wide barbecues. In fact these cross-border celebrations drew the likes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. George Washington Carver, Jesse Owens, Diana Ross, Joe Louis, Eleanor Roosevelt and many other world renowned dignitaries annually to appear as guest speakers or simply to join the revelry of freedom. At its peak Emancipation celebration had over 250,000 in attendance.
Free/$5 for concerts/shows
Do Not mapped
Ganatchio Trail
Stretching from Windsor into Tecumseh, provides an excellent way for bikers, roller bladers, or the casual pedestrian to enjoy the afternoon.
free
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Belle River Sunsplash Festival
Lakeview Park, Belle River
JulyFree
Do
Devonwood Bike Trail
13.4 km
free
Do
Russell Street Neighbourhood Trail
16.6 km.
free
Do Not mapped
Grand Marais Trail
11.3 km.
free
Do Not mapped
Little River Extension
Little River Bike Trail or Little River Parkway
7.5 km.
free
Do Not mapped
Riverfront Bike Trail
The Roy A. Battagello River Walk Bike Trail
5.17 km.
free

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Windsor (CC BY-SA 4.0).