Buckhorn, Lakefield and Stoney Lake is cottage country north of Peterborough in the Kawarthas. It is not one town so much as a loose travel area of villages, locks, lakes, conservation areas, and summer roads between them.
The best reasons to come are outdoors: the Trent-Severn Waterway, Burleigh Falls, Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, Warsaw Caves, and the extraordinary Indigenous carvings at Petroglyphs Provincial Park. This is a place for paddling, picnics, short hikes, and slow lake-country drives.
It makes most sense by car or boat. Public transport is limited, and the area spreads out quickly once you leave Lakefield or Buckhorn.