The route begins at the entrance to Restoule Provincial Park and ends near Highway 11 in Powassan.

Highway 534 begins in Restoule Provincial Park in Patterson Township.

It travels south, curving along the eastern shore of Restoule Lake, south to the town of Restoule, where it then bends southeast and cuts through the northeast corner of Pringle Township near the community of Carr.

From the junction with Highway 524, the route curves northeast into the Township of Nipissing.

In 2007, the busiest section was between Highway 11 and Highway 654, which had an annual average daily traffic (AADT) count of 830, while the least busiest section was between Restoule and the western terminus, which had an AADT of 150.