First pick
Lions Park
Park or garden
6.0 ha0.1 km of path
3.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain12%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Penticton 1 · parks, protected land & trails
Few places match Penticton 1 for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
69 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Skaha Lake Beach. A provincial park, Kickininee Park, lies 0.1 km away. The 10 km around town hold 42 protected areas.
Protected land
12%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
42
within 10 km, 23 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
0.1 km
Kickininee Park
Beaches
69
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Penticton 1, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round12% of the land within 10 km, more than 89% of Canadian townsBeaches69 beaches within 5 kmMany protected areas23 public areas within 10 km
Penticton 1’s best card is protected land around it, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Penticton 1 against other Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km12%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas23Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches69Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Penticton 1 ranks 5th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,147 to 2,587 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Penticton 112%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Penticton 123
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Penticton 10
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Penticton 1 beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 4 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Penticton 1 BC | 12% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 69 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Penticton 1 on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Penticton 1: 6 named parks and woods
Largest first: Lions Park leads with 6.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 13 ha in all
Parks & gardens 13 ha
The bulk, 70%, is Lions Park and Riverside Park.
Riverside Park
Park or garden
3.1 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
3.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Rose Gardens Walking Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Mariposa Park
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
1.8 ha
2.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
SS Sicamous Heritage Shipyard Area
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
4.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ellis Creek Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
3.5 km eastfrom the centre
Ellis Creek walkway
Directionsto a point inside
Rose Gardens Park
Park or garden · 60 m outside town
0.5 ha
4.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
5 in 10 people in Penticton 1 live near a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (52%)Further (48%)
Penticton 152%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. Around 1,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
42 protected areas around Penticton 1
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Penticton 10%
Within 10 km12%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 23 of the 42. The others are private conservation land. Mctaggart-Cowan/Nsek'iniw't Wildlife Management Area is the biggest, 6,491 ha. 19 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Trout Creek Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 83 ha · reaches Penticton 1
Mount Conkle ParkMunicipal park · 154 ha · reaches Penticton 1
Kickininee ParkProvincial park · 49 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Sun-Oka Beach ParkProvincial park · 30 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
Skaha Bluffs ParkProvincial park · 554 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
Giant's Head and Little Giant's Head ParkMunicipal park · 170 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
Woodbridge Nature PreserveMunicipal park · 1.0 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
White Lake Grasslands Protected AreaNature reserve · 3,764 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
Mctaggart-Cowan/Nsek'iniw't Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 6,491 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Landry ParklandMunicipal park · 0.3 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
10 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
The nearest big park: Kickininee Park, 0.1 km away
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Kickininee Park
0.1 km north0.5 km²since 1970
Provincial park
Sun-Oka Beach Park
0.8 km north0.3 km²since 1969
Provincial park
Skaha Bluffs Park
1.8 km south-east5.5 km²since 2010
Provincial park
SX̌ʷƏX̌ʷNITKʷ Park
4.7 km south0.0 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Okanagan Lake Park
9.2 km north0.9 km²since 1955
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Penticton 1, so the parks here are provincial. 5 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 146 km in and around Penticton 1
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
146 km
in and around the town (281.3 km²)
Woodland
60%
about 168 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Penticton 1Towns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Penticton 1Towns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland60%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 87% of Canadian towns. 65% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No mapped walking route near Penticton 1
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the First Nations reserve; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Penticton 1 in April to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Penticton, 3.1 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 28 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 30 |
Snowfall averages 62 cm a year. For dry weather, February is best (19 mm); June gets 44 mm. Daytime highs run from 2 °C in January up to 29 °C in July. The climate in Penticton 1 →
Beaches
Penticton 1 has 69 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Skaha Lake Beachsand · 0.6 km from town
DirectionsMarina Way Beachsand · 1.8 km from town
DirectionsPowell Beachsand · 2.6 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 66 more, nameless. OpenStreetMap marks 3 as sandy. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
5 viewpoints near Penticton 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
5Viewpoints10Hills and peaks2Nature reserves13Picnic sites26Playgrounds2Dog parks4Campsites8Slipways
Blue Mountain, 1,355 m, is the high point nearby. 26 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Plus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 10
Blue Mountain1,355 m · in town
DirectionsMount Nkwala1,019 m · in town
DirectionsSeparatist Mountain929 m · in town
DirectionsMount Conkle918 m · 0.7 km from town
DirectionsKaleden Hill637 m · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Trout Creek Ecological Reserve0.3 km from town
DirectionsKickininee Provincial Park0.4 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 13
Kickininee Day Use0.2 km from town
DirectionsSoorimpt Day Use0.3 km from town
DirectionsPyramid Day Use0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 10 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 26
Lions Park Playground0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 25 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Ellis Creek Dog Park0.2 km from town
DirectionsDog Beach1.5 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 4
Barefoot Beach Resortin town
DirectionsSouth Beach Gardens Campgroundin town
DirectionsWright's Beach Camp RV Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 8
Plus 8 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Penticton 1
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PentictonElectoral Area F, Okanagan-SimilkameenElectoral Area I, Okanagan-SimilkameenOkanagan FallsNaramataSummerlandPenticton 1
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penticton 1 | 12% | 42 | 0 | 69 |
| Penticton 4.4 km | 12% | 26 | 0 | 61 |
| Electoral Area F, Okanagan-Similkameen 8.5 km | 8.9% | 34 | 0 | 70 |
| Electoral Area I, Okanagan-Similkameen 10 km | 13% | 37 | 0 | 6 |
| Okanagan Falls 13 km | 9.1% | 34 | 0 | 30 |
| Naramata 14 km | 13% | 40 | 1 | 70 |
| Summerland 15 km | 11% | 25 | 0 | 45 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Penticton 1’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Penticton 1
What is the nearest beach to Penticton 1?
The nearest is Skaha Lake Beach, 0.6 km from town.
Are there protected areas near Penticton 1?
Yes: 12% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a provincial park near Penticton 1?
The closest is Kickininee Park, at 0.1 km.
What is the nearest national park to Penticton 1?
None within 100 km of Penticton 1.
When is the best time for walking in Penticton 1?
On the normals, April to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Which is the biggest protected area near Penticton 1?
Mctaggart-Cowan/Nsek'iniw't Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area of 6,491 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Penticton 1’s outdoors figures
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).