Cold Creek Conservation Area, Protected area in King Township, Canada

Cold Creek Conservation Area is a protected natural space in King Township comprising 190 hectares of mixed conifer forests, wetlands, and marked trails set in glacial moraine landscape. The site features over 7 kilometers of paths and a visitor parking area.

Cold Creek Conservation Area opened on 20 June 1962, inaugurated by Wilf Spooner together with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. The 190-hectare site on the western end of King Township, overlapping the Oak Ridges Moraine, was later classified by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources as a provincially significant Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (Life Science). It had also been a site classified for the International Biological Program.

Cold Creek Swamp, the Life Science zone within the area, was classified as a site for the International Biological Program, and the Ministry of Natural Resources rates it provincially significant for its representative ecological features. Visitors walk marked trails across the Oak Ridges Moraine and a boreal peat bog, where nest boxes put up for birds and bats can be seen along the way.

The 190-hectare site lies at the western end of King Township, overlapping the Oak Ridges Moraine. Trails cross both moraine terrain and a boreal peat bog, so expect uneven, wet ground in places. Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing are sensible; the bog section is the dampest part of the route.

Cold Creek was classified as a site for the International Biological Program, and its Life Science area, Cold Creek Swamp, is a mix of swamp and forest. Nest boxes placed across the grounds serve both birds and bats, not birds alone.