Outdoor Destinations in Peachland, BC

Clover Creek – Lacoma Lake Trail (Trepanier Provincial Park)

Trepanier Provincial Park protects the deep canyon of Trepanier Creek and the forest around Lacoma Lake west of Peachland, and its one trail is a full backcountry day: BC Parks describes an 11 km trail from Trepanier Creek to Lacoma Lake with about 200 metres of elevation gain — an easy grade for the first half, then steeper sections — and suggests allowing five to seven hours for a comfortable round trip. The trail is not maintained to BC Parks standards, so expect deadfall and route-finding. The trailhead parking is unmarked, reached by rough road either 6 km along Trepanier Road from Highway 97C or 7.5 km via Trepanier Bench Road; a four-wheel-drive vehicle is highly recommended. There are no facilities. The park page does not state a pet rule; BC Parks' provincewide guidance is to keep dogs leashed where required and off-leash only in designated areas, and the park has none.

Hardy Falls Regional Park

Hardy Falls is the easy waterfall walk at the south end of Peachland: the Owl Trail, just 430 metres each way, flat and shaded, crosses Deep Creek on a series of bridges and ends at a viewing platform below the falls. The 6-hectare park is ideal for wildlife watching, especially in the fall when the kokanee salmon return to spawn in the creek. The trail and washrooms are accessible, and dogs are welcome on leash. The parking lot is off Hardy Street. Park hours shift seasonally, from 6 a.m. to between 6 and 11 p.m., with reduced maintenance of the parking area and facilities from November to March.

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Headwaters Family Camp

Headwaters Family Camp is an old-fashioned fishing and camping camp on the Headwaters Lakes, less than 30 minutes above Peachland at the 21 km mark of Peachland Main forest service road. Summer here is fishing, boating and canoeing on the lakes — boats are available to rent — with swimming, hiking and quad trails all around, and the lakeside cabins come with wood stoves, propane cooktops and the basics, with a seasonal hot shower and outdoor toilets centrally located. Rates are deliberately affordable and the pace is quiet. Expect gravel road for the last stretch and bring a BC freshwater fishing licence.

Okanagan ATV Tours

Okanagan ATV Tours is a family-run adventure company based at 5463 McDougald Road above Peachland, running guided ATV and side-by-side tours for every skill level into the backcountry above Okanagan Lake. The company operates with full licensing and permissions for the trails beyond the standard riding areas, so a two-hour tour climbs from the base through forest roads and hill trails to viewpoints over the lake, with guides handling the route-finding and a safety orientation before you ride. It draws riders from Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon and Osoyoos and takes bookings for longer and private tours as well as the standard two-hour outing.

Peachland Beach Rentals

Peachland Beach Rentals is the little rental shop on the corner of 13th Street and Beach Avenue, steps from the water on Peachland’s lakefront promenade. Stand-up paddleboards go out at a range of hourly and longer rates for a paddle along the Okanagan Lake shoreline, and single and double kayaks (10 and 12 feet) are available for the same easy launch from the beach across the road. The shop is equally a bike counter — beach cruisers and two-seater canopy bikes for a roll along Beach Avenue — which makes it the natural base for a Peachland afternoon that mixes the water with the waterfront.

Peachland Outdoor Ice Rink (Mountain View Park)

Peachland's outdoor rink is a labour of love. Every evening at 9 p.m. through the cold snap, volunteers from Peachland Fire and Rescue flood the surface at Mountain View Park — the old riding-club grounds about five kilometres up Princeton Avenue, across from the District's Public Works yard — and the next morning it opens free to anyone, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with lights for the evening. It is set up for 3-on-3 hockey as well as pleasure skating, so bring sticks if you want a game, and bring everything else too: there are no rentals and the ice cannot be booked privately. Because the rink relies on natural freezing, it only runs when temperatures stay below zero for a stretch, typically from late December or January into February, and a warm week can close it; the District posts status updates, and 250-767-2647 can confirm before you drive up the hill.

Peachland RV Park

Peachland RV Park is the year-round campground in the pines on the bench above Peachland, five to ten minutes from the beaches of Peachland and West Kelowna: 81 spacious full-service sites with fire pits and picnic tables, a splash park and adventure playground for the kids, dog runs and trails through the trees. Unusually for an RV park it welcomes tenters, who can book a private three-piece washroom trailer wheeled onto their site, and it sells single nights as readily as weeks. Rates cover two adults and their kids in one vehicle; premium sites and long weekends cost a little more.

Pincushion Mountain Trail

Pincushion Mountain is Peachland's viewpoint hike, climbing from the top of the town to a rocky summit above Okanagan Lake. The trailhead is at the very top of Ponderosa Drive, at the Chateau on the Ridge entrance, and the gate where the hike begins sits at 570 metres. The District of Peachland is clear that this is an unmaintained, undesignated Crown Land trail — a wilderness hiking trail rather than a groomed park path — so know your abilities, wear proper footwear and carry water. The District measures the climb at 1.8 km to the 815-metre summit, 245 metres of elevation gain, and suggests 40 to 60 minutes up; the steep dirt and gravel can be slippery, so stay on the trail. Dogs are allowed, on leash through the W.A. Lang Wilderness Park access.

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Splash BC Floating Water Park – Peachland

Splash BC’s Peachland water park floats just off Beach Avenue, anchored within sight of the Ray Kandola Heritage Pier and a short walk from Swim Bay, on the slow-down-on-the-highway stretch of Okanagan Lake shoreline 25 km south of Kelowna. The course is a full-scale inflatable adventure park — towers, slides, climbers, balance beams and monkey bars — built for ages five and up, with children aged five to seven accompanied on the park by a supervising adult (19+). A day pass ($30) gives all-day come-and-go access during operating hours and an evening pass ($20) covers 5 to 7 p.m. Pair it with the beach walk along Centennial Way and the wharf at Swim Bay for a full Peachland lake day.

Trepanier Creek Greenway Regional Park

A natural, forested greenway that follows the canyon of Trepanier Creek through Peachland. The designated greenway trail is 3.9 km and rated moderate, inside a corridor of about 5 km running from the Okanagan Connector (Highway 97C) down to Peachland Elementary School, with a waterfall along the way and the remnants of the dam from a small hydroelectric plant that ran on the creek from 1909 to 1947. Washrooms are provided and dogs are welcome on leash. During spring runoff the Regional District asks visitors to keep away from the creek banks, which can be slippery and where the water may rise unexpectedly; parking areas and facilities see reduced maintenance from November to March. The District of Peachland also lists an access point on Chidley Road.

ZipZone Peachland

ZipZone strings six guided ziplines across the Deep Creek gorge above Peachland, including what it bills as the highest freestyle zipline in the Okanagan at 381 feet. Tours run in two-, four- and six-line versions, and smaller children under 70 lb can ride tandem with a guide on the Little Zippers program. Between lines there is a climbing wall, a low ropes course, games and a picnic area with barbecues, and the park takes group bookings for celebrations and corporate days. Operating since 2010, it is open seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (check the site for current hours), a short drive from Kelowna and Penticton.

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