Thornhill Woods Parks & Recreation

Residents of ThornHill Woods have access to an excellent system of parks, trails, libraries and community centers maintained for their use by the City of Vaughan.

The Dufferin Clark Library located at 1441 Clark Avenue West is open seven days a week for every month of the year except July and August. The Bathurst Clark Resource Library is also available for use by ThornHill Woods’s residents seven days a week. Like the Dufferin Clark Library this facility is closed on Sundays in July and August.

ThornHill Woods’s hockey fans will love the Sports Village located at 2600 Rutherford Road. The Sports Village’s four NHL sized indoor hockey rinks are available for use by youth and adult hockey leagues. The rinks can also be used for training, figure skating and skating tournaments. Other facilities available at the Sports Village include an outdoor park featuring five beach volleyball courts, a thirty foot high rock climbing tower, basketball courts designed for pickup games, an inline skating path that converts to an ice skating rink in winter and baseball diamonds.

ThornHill Woods’s residents with a competitive streak can join youth and adult hockey and beach volleyball leagues at the Sports Village. The Sports Village also features a full service restaurant and a sports store to meet equipment needs of ThornHill Woods’s residents.

The Uplands Golf and Ski Club at 46 Uplands Avenue operated by the City of Vaughan provides ThornHill Woods resident with a nine hill golf course in the summer and a ski and snow board area right in their backyard in the winter.

There are two nearby recreation facilities for use by ThornHill Woods residents, the Rosemount Community Center at 1000 New Westminster Drive and the Dufferin Clark Community Center at 1441 Clark Avenue West. Public swimming pools in the ThornHill Woods area include the Garnet A. Williams Pool at 501 Clark Avenue and the Dufferin Clark Pool at the Dufferin Clark Community Center.

ThornHill Woods’s residents have access to dozens of public parks scattered throughout Thornhill. Facilities available at parks include tennis courts, basketball courts, dog walking areas and green grass to walk or lay upon.

An extensive system of trails for walking, bicycle riding, dog walking and running exists along the nearby Bartley Smith Greenway. The Bartley Smith Greenway trails can be accessed from the Dufferin Clark Community Center and the Vaughan Sports Village. These trails pass by several public parks and provide a pleasant afternoon’s exercise and recreation for ThornHill Woods residents.