Beaches in the Okanagan
Find your place to swim, relax and soak up the Okanagan sun, with beaches and lakeside parks from the North Okanagan to Osoyoos.
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Rotary Beach Park
Rotary Beach Park is Oliver’s only public swimming area, a family-friendly park in the southwest corner of Tuc-el-Nuit Lake with a playground for ages five to twelve…
Dogs: Pets permitted as of April 21 2026, under control; clean up
Dogs: Pets permitted as of April 21 2026, under control; clean up
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kal Beach
Kal Beach and the Rotary Pier are a perfect stop for the whole family to enjoy a day in the sun on Kalamalka Lake.
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Bertram Creek Regional Park
Bertram Creek is a tranquil regional park at the south end of Lakeshore Road, with plenty of space on the grass and the shore to enjoy a day at the beach.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Ellison Provincial Park
Ellison Provincial Park rewards the drive south of Vernon with a different kind of Okanagan Lake day: multiple beaches with buoyed swim areas, a playground for the kids…
Dogs: Dogs permitted only at Sandy Beach (the park's pet beach); not on other beaches
Dogs: Dogs permitted only at Sandy Beach (the park's pet beach); not on other beaches
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Legion Beach
Legion Beach is a nice sandy beach centrally located to downtown Osoyoos, beside the Safari Beach Resort, with the Jack Shaw Splash Park nearby for cooling off the kids.
Dogs: Designated area on the east side of the beach for dogs
Dogs: Designated area on the east side of the beach for dogs
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Marina Way Beach
Marina Way Beach is a small sandy beach beside the Penticton Art Gallery and marina with a swimming area that enters the water gradually, which is exactly what you want…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kinsmen Park
Kinsmen Park is an Abbott Street beach that works well when the kids want the lake and the adults want a game: a swimming area on Okanagan Lake, a playground and tennis…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Pritchard Park
Pritchard Park sits in a waterfront neighbourhood and gives you a full set of lake-day basics: a swimming beach with a dock, a volleyball court, a playground, picnic…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Osoyoos Lake Regional Park
Osoyoos Lake Regional Park is the east-shore beach on Osoyoos Lake, and it is the one to pick when you want room in the water: a sandy beach with large designated…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Okanagan Lake Provincial Park
Okanagan Lake Provincial Park, north of Summerland on Highway 97, is a camper’s beach: pebbly rather than sandy, with buoyed swim areas below the two campgrounds, a…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park
Sun-Oka is the big south-facing bay just south of Summerland where 500 metres of fine sand and a sandy lake bottom make swimming in the buoyed area feel easy, and where…
Dogs: On leash; not in the main beach areas; separate pet beach east of the main beach
Dogs: On leash; not in the main beach areas; separate pet beach east of the main beach
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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City Park – Hot Sands Beach
Hot Sands is the long sandy beach inside Kelowna’s City Park, where a swim can turn into a whole day.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Peach Orchard Beach Park
Peach Orchard Beach Park is Summerland’s main lakefront, and it packs a lot into one stop: a sandy beach, large grassy areas, a playground, a volleyball court and the…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Boyce-Gyro Beach Park
Boyce-Gyro is Kelowna’s Lakeshore Road beach for people who want to do more than lie down: a swimming area on Okanagan Lake, sand volleyball courts and a playground…
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kekuli Bay Provincial Park
Kekuli Bay sits on a peaceful bay on the west side of Kalamalka Lake, with calm waters that make it a popular launching point for kayaks, SUPs, waterskiing and boating…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Strathcona Beach Park
Strathcona Beach Park is a small Abbott Street beach for an uncomplicated swim: a swimming area on Okanagan Lake, a playground for the kids and a washroom, and not much…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kirkland Beach
Kirkland Beach is a low-effort neighbourhood swim on Kalamalka Lake and a favourite green space for families, the sort of place to bring young children for an hour or…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Raymer Bay Regional Park
Raymer Bay is, in the Regional District’s own words, a hidden gem off Westside Road and the perfect spot to spend a day at the beach.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Skaha Beach
Skaha Beach is Penticton’s family beach and, by the City’s account, ranked among the top beaches in Canada: a long stretch of sand on a calm lake with warm water, backed…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Christie Memorial Park
Christie Memorial Park is Okanagan Falls’ largest beach park: over an acre of soft, well-kept sand on the south shore of Skaha Lake, the best place in town to work on a…
Dogs: Dog beach within the park where dogs can swim; pets on leash elsewhere in the park
Dogs: Dog beach within the park where dogs can swim; pets on leash elsewhere in the park
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Swim Bay
Swim Bay is the Okanagan beach where the kids never want to leave: a designated swimming area off a pebble beach, and a wharf fitted with a diving board, a zip line and…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Cottonwood Park (Cottonwood Beach)
Cottonwood Beach is the family end of Osoyoos Lake: a sandy beach with shallow water that reaches far out into the lake, which makes it excellent for children and…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park
Gellatly Nut Farm is a century-old nut orchard on the shores of Okanagan Lake with a small beach at its edge, which makes for a different kind of beach visit: swim, then…
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Lions Park
Lions Park is an Osoyoos Lake beach park with a sandy beach, a large grassy area, picnic tables and beautiful shade trees, plus public washrooms and a great playground…
Dogs: Designated dog swimming area at the north end; June–Aug dogs confined to the north end; leash status not stated
Dogs: Designated dog swimming area at the north end; June–Aug dogs confined to the north end; leash status not stated
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Traders Cove Regional Park
Traders Cove is an idyllic beach on Okanagan Lake with spots to swim, picnic and relax, and it is shared happily by road and water: two swim areas, mooring buoys and a…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park is Kaleden’s primary park and the easy way to spend a sunny day on Skaha Lake: swim from the sandy beach, barbecue at one of the numerous picnic areas or…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Sudbury Beach
Sudbury Beach is the big, open beach just west of Skaha Beach, with a swimming area, rest rafts and slides in the water, volleyball on the beach and a concession at hand.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Okanagan Beach
Okanagan Beach runs nearly a kilometre along Penticton’s Lakeshore Drive, a stretch of premium sand beside the SS Sicamous that anchors the city’s festival season from…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Marina Park
Marina Park is the West Kelowna beach designed with small children in mind: the park and its swimming beach are fenced in, there is a grassy play area and a playground…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Pumphouse Beach
Pumphouse Beach is a small, easy Kalamalka Lake swimming spot.
Dogs: Designated off-leash zone
Dogs: Designated off-leash zone
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kopje Regional Park
Kopje Regional Park is a serene spot on the Carr’s Landing shore of Okanagan Lake with a view across to James Grant Island, a protected bird sanctuary, and the historic…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Mara Provincial Park
Mara Provincial Park is a day-use family picnic spot on the shore of Mara Lake, about 20 minutes' drive north of Enderby along Highway 97A.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Coral Beach Park
Coral Beach Park is Carr’s Landing’s all-in-one beach: a designated swimming area with a dock and swim raft to swim out to, a playground, pickleball and tennis courts…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Sovereign Park
Sovereign Park is a lovely open, grassy space on Kalamalka Lake for a day built around activity: beach volleyball, bocce and horseshoe pitches on the shore, and a launch…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Poplar Point Dog Beach
Poplar Point Dog Beach is one of the City of Kelowna’s four official off-leash dog beaches, just north of Sutherland Bay Park on Ellis Street.
Dogs: Off-leash dog beach (City of Kelowna designated); on leash elsewhere in Sutherland Bay Park
Dogs: Off-leash dog beach (City of Kelowna designated); on leash elsewhere in Sutherland Bay Park
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Paddlewheel Park
Paddlewheel Park Beach is a local favourite, and for good reason: it is built for a full-day family outing.
♥ Local Favourite Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Manitou Park
Manitou Park is tucked into a corner of Naramata, and its long, beautiful stretch of white-sand beach makes it easy to settle in for a swim, a picnic and an afternoon in…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kin Beach
Kin Beach is the easy option on Okanagan Lake: a grassy park where the kids can play on the jungle gym and splash in the shallow water while the adults strike up a…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Pioneer Park
Pioneer Park is Oyama’s beach on Kalamalka Lake, with a designated swimming area and a swim raft to make the swim feel like an outing, a playground for the kids and a…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Sarsons Beach Park
Sarsons Beach Park is the Lower Mission beach to choose when you would rather not share the beach with a crowd: the City describes it as usually quieter and less crowded…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Kenyon Park
Kenyon Park is a two-acre family park at the south end of Skaha Lake, and it is built around children: a well-maintained, smooth sandy beach with a shallow shoreline…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Mabel Lake Provincial Park
Mabel Lake is the North Okanagan’s big-beach detour: a very large fine-sand beach with a buoyed swim area, worth the 36 km drive up Mabel Lake Road from Lumby.
Dogs: Designated dog beach; on leash elsewhere
Dogs: Designated dog beach; on leash elsewhere
Kid-Friendly Lake View Great for Groups Free to Visit
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Kaloya Regional Park
Kaloya Regional Park is a peninsula that juts into Kalamalka Lake at Oyama, with a sandy beach and swim area on one side and a lilypad pond on the other, which makes it…
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
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Rotary Beach Park
Rotary Beach Park is a family-first stop on Kelowna’s Lakeshore Road: a swimming area on Okanagan Lake and a playground, with a washroom close to the beach.
Kid-Friendly Lake View Free to Visit
All places on this page, A–Z (93)
- 13th Street Viewpoint & Centennial Way
- Antlers Beach Regional Park
- Bear Creek Provincial Park
- Beasley Park
- Bertram Creek Regional Park
- Bluebird Beach Park
- Boyce-Gyro Beach Park
- Casa Loma Beach
- Cedar Creek Park
- Christie Memorial Park
- City Park – Hot Sands Beach
- Coral Beach North
- Coral Beach Park
- Coral Beach South
- Cottonwood Park (Cottonwood Beach)
- Cove Beach
- Crescent Beach
- Downtown Sails Dog Beach (Kerry Park)
- Ellison Provincial Park
- Falcon Park
- Fintry Provincial Park
- Fourth St Beach Park
- Gable Beach Park
- Gellatly Dog Beach
- Gellatly Nut Farm Regional Park
- Goodman Park Dog Swimming Area
- Gordon Beggs Rotary Beach
- Gyro Beach
- Hurlburt Park
- Kal Beach
- Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park – Cosens Bay
- Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park – Jade Bay & Juniper Bay
- Kalamoir Regional Park
- Kaloya Regional Park
- Kekuli Bay Provincial Park
- Kenyon Park
- Kickininee Provincial Park
- Killiney Beach Regional Park
- Kin Beach
- Kinsmen Park
- Kirkland Beach
- Kopje Regional Park
- Lake Avenue Beach Access
- Legion Beach
- Lions Park
- Lions Park (Okanagan Falls)
- Mabel Lake Provincial Park
- Manitou Park
- Mara Provincial Park
- Marina Park
- Marina Way Beach
- Marshall Park
- Naramata Wharf Park
- Nuyens Park
- Okanagan Beach
- Okanagan Centre Safe Harbour Regional Park
- Okanagan Lake Park Beach
- Okanagan Lake Provincial Park
- Osoyoos Lake Regional Park
- Paddlewheel Park
- Paddlewheeler Park
- Pandosy Waterfront Park
- Peach Orchard Beach Park
- Peach Orchard Dog Beach
- Pebble Beach Park (Lake Country)
- Pebble Beach Park (West Kelowna)
- Pioneer Park (Kaleden)
- Pioneer Park (Lake Country)
- Poplar Point Dog Beach
- Powell Beach Park
- Princeton Avenue Boat Launch
- Pritchard Park
- Pumphouse Beach
- Raymer Bay Regional Park
- Reiswig Regional Park
- Rotary Beach Park (Kelowna)
- Rotary Beach Park (Oliver)
- Rotary Beach Park (West Kelowna)
- Sarsons Beach Park
- Skaha Beach
- Skaha Lake Dog Beach (Lakeside Road)
- Sovereign Park
- Strathcona Beach Park
- Sudbury Beach
- Sun-Oka Beach Provincial Park
- Swim Bay
- sw̓iw̓s Provincial Park
- Three Mile Beach
- Traders Cove Regional Park
- Vaseux Lake Provincial Park
- Waterfront Park – Tugboat Bay Beach
- Whiskey Cove Beach
- Willow Beach