Outdoor Destinations in Oliver, BC
4 verified outdoor destinations in Oliver.
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Gallagher Lake Camping & RV Resort
Camp, park the RV or book a cabin beside spring-fed Gallagher Lake, a sunny South Okanagan base with a private beach. You're minutes from Oliver's wineries and the Hike & Bike Trail.
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Golden Mile Trail
The Golden Mile Trail is Oliver's best-documented hike, a 4 km loop that starts on the scenic property of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards at 537 Tinhorn Creek Road — the winery invites visitors to hike it — and climbs through the vineyard to a gate, then up a moderate incline to a viewpoint over the valley. Where the trail forks, the left path leads to the ruins of the historic Fairview stamp mill and crosses the creek to loop back to the gates. Spring runoff affects both the level and the flow of the creek, so cross at your own risk. Neither the winery nor Destination Osoyoos publishes a dog rule for the trail.
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Inkaneep Provincial Park Campground
Inkaneep is the smallest provincial campground in the South Okanagan and one of its best-kept secrets: seven vehicle-accessible sites on the bank of the Okanagan River six kilometres north of Oliver, each walled in by thickets of wild rose that give more privacy than most parks ten times the size. It suits tents, vans and small trailers — BC Parks is explicit that fifth wheels and large motorhomes will not fit — and it works on a first-come, first-served basis with no reservations, so a weekday arrival is the way to get a site in July. The reward is waking up in the middle of the Golden Mile wine country with the river a few steps away, Oliver's shops five minutes down the highway and the International Hike and Bike Trail on the river dyke. The gate is open from mid-May to mid-September; pets stay on leash.
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International Hike and Bike Trail
The International Hike and Bike Trail runs 18.4 km along the Okanagan River channel between the north end of Osoyoos Lake and Oliver, a wide, relatively flat dyke path past vineyards, farms and wineries that is great for all ages on foot or by bicycle; nearly 10 km of it is paved, according to Oliver Tourism. The Osoyoos end is reached at the wooden bridge on Road 22, 8 km north of town, and in Oliver the trail links to the town's parks, including Oliver Community Park at 6359 Park Drive. The Town of Oliver allows dogs off leash on its section of the trail south of Fairview Road, on the west side of the river, from dawn to 9 a.m. year-round; at other times and elsewhere leash rules apply, and the Regional District portion publishes no rule.