Creating a self-guided walk to explore Hamilton is easy. Choose the attractions that interest you the most, and let our software create a walking route based on your selections. Afterward, retrieve your walk in the GPSmyCity app on your mobile device. The app will guide you from one tour stop to the next as if you had a personal tour guide. Our short
tutorial video shows the steps needed to create your walk.
Step 1: Select Attractions
Select "Interface" below to select the 'List' or 'Map' interface. Use "Filter Sights" to filter attractions by category. Maximum 20 sights per walk. If you select the 'Map' interface, click a map pin to view the sight information and select the sight.
Interface* :
Map and List of attractions
List of attractions
Map with attraction pins
Filter Sights* :
-- Show all sights --
Must-see
Attraction/Landmark
Museum/Gallery
Religious
Food/Drink
Shopping
Park/Outdoor
Art Gallery of Hamilton (must see)
Arts Hamilton
Artword Artbar
Battlefield House Museum & Park
Bayfront Park
Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum (must see)
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
Cathedral of Christ the King (must see)
Central Presbyterian Church
Christ Church Cathedral
Churchill Park
Collective Arts Brewing
Copps Coliseum
Doune Castle
Dundurn Castle (must see)
Empire Theatre
Gage Park
Gallery on the Bay
HMCS Haida (must see)
Hamilton Artists Inc
Hamilton Farmer's Market
Hamilton Military Museum
Hamilton Museum of Steam & Technology
Hamilton Place
James St Baptist Church
Little Rays Reptile Zoo and Nature Centre
McNab Presbyterian Church
Melrose United Church
Pier 4 Park
St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St Joseph's Church
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (must see)
Stewart Memorial Church
The Arctic Experience McNaught Gallery
The Staircase Cafe Theatre
Theatre Aquarius
Walker's Chocolate
Weil's Of Westdale Bakery
Westdale Theatre
Westdale United Church
Whitehern Museum (must see)
Wild Waterworks
Woodpecker Handicraft Gallery
Workers Art Gallery
You Me Gallery
Step 2: Select Starting Point
Indicate walk's starting point which can be either one of the selected sights (shown on the map in 'Step 3') or a custom sight of choice, e.g. your hotel or a metro station.
Select One* :
Use one of the selected attractions
Use my hotel or a location specified by me
Use a walk friendly hotel
Enter Place Name* :
GPS Coordinates* :
Locate the place on map
Choose a Hotel* :
Hamilton Guesthouse (view info)
Visitor's Inn (view info)
Homewood Suites by Hilton Hamilton (view info)
Courtyard Hamilton (view info)
Starting Point* :
Step 3: Create/Update Route
The selected attractions are displayed on the map below.
Walk Distance:
Your walk is not saved yet. To save it, please proceed to the final 'Step 4' below.
Selected Attractions:
Step 4: Save Your Custom Walk
Enter a name for your custom walk, along with your email address, in the fields below. You will receive the instructions for retrieving your custom walk in the GPSmyCity app by email. The GPSmyCity app offers turn-by-turn travel directions to guide you from one attraction to the next.
Walk Name* :
Email* :