Westmount Summit, Summit in Westmount, Canada.

Westmount Summit is a wooded hill made of intrusive rock, located within the city of Westmount on the Island of Montreal. Natural foot trails run through the forest and open onto a few viewpoints where the urban landscape stretches out below.

The land was given to McGill University in 1895 by a benefactor who intended it for an astronomical observatory, a project that never moved forward. Westmount bought the property in 1940 and turned it into a public park open to all residents.

Summit Woods was renamed in 2010 from Summit Park to reflect its status as an urban forest. Since 1991 Westmount has officially designated it a municipal park established as an urban forest and bird and wild flower sanctuary. Bird watchers and dog walkers use it today; dogs have been allowed as a public dog run since the 1940s, with seasonal leashing rules in place since 1995.

The trails are unpaved and can get slippery after rain, so sturdy footwear makes the walk more comfortable. Dogs must be kept on a leash from April through June to protect birds during nesting season.

The massive foundation blocks once used for telescopes remain prominently visible in their original locations in Summit Woods. From 1940 to around 1945, the Verdun and District Sportsmen's Association released pheasants, quail and grouse here to increase hunting stocks; a gamekeeper fed and watered them, but the birds were gradually stolen until all were gone.