Beaches in Penticton, BC
8 verified beaches in Penticton.
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Kickininee Provincial Park
Kickininee Provincial Park is three tiny lakeside picnic areas tucked between Highway 97 and Okanagan Lake, 10 km north of Penticton, each with a buoyed swimming area and picnic tables on lawn shaded by deciduous trees. Kickininee itself has four tables and a 44-spot paved lot and can only be entered northbound; Soorimpt and Pyramid can be reached from both directions, and Soorimpt has the park’s only boat launch. Each site has a small flush-toilet building in summer and a pit toilet off-season; accessibility information is available for Pyramid and Soorimpt. There are no developed trails and no lifeguards. Dogs must be leashed and are not permitted in the beach areas.
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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 with toddlers. Marina Way Park adds a walking trail and a xeriscape garden, and seasonal toilets are nearby from Victoria Day to September 30. Parking is limited, and dogs are not permitted.
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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 May to September. The swimming area has rest rafts to swim out to and kiddie slides for the small ones, and across the road Lakawanna Park adds spray features and a fenced playground. Shade trees, free parking and washrooms nearby (the Okanagan Lake universal washroom is open year-round) keep the day easy, and seasonal mobi-mats and mobi-chairs open the beach to wheelchair users. Two seasonal fire pits sit near Power Street. Dogs are not permitted.
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Okanagan Lake Park Beach
Okanagan Lake Park Beach is Penticton’s fenced off-leash dog beach, a small sandy beach east of the Lakeside Resort where dogs can run off leash inside the fence. The surrounding park has washrooms and picnic areas, offers day moorage for pleasure boats, and hosts festivals and events from May through October.
🐾 Dog Friendly
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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 by Skaha Lake Park and its playgrounds, water park, sand volleyball courts and tennis courts. Seasonal mobi-mats and mobi-chairs make the sand and water reachable for wheelchair users, and two beach fire pits near the volleyball courts can be used when the seasonal fire rings are out. The Skaha Main and Skaha East universal washrooms are open year-round, with seasonal park washrooms from May 1 to September 30. Parking in Skaha Lake Park is free for cars; vehicles with boat trailers pay a fee at the on-site lot from May 1 ($5.10 for a half day, $10.20 for a full day). Dogs are not permitted.
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Skaha Lake Dog Beach (Lakeside Road)
The Skaha Lake dog beach on Lakeside Road is Penticton’s designated off-leash beach on Skaha Lake, about 3 km south of the Skaha Marina. It is one of only three off-leash beaches the City designates and the only one on Skaha Lake; dogs are not allowed on Penticton’s other beaches, including Skaha Beach, so this is where to bring the dog to enjoy the lake. Keep your dog under control and clean up after it.
🐾 Dog Friendly
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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. Seasonal mobi-mats and mobi-chairs make it accessible to wheelchair users, and there is a seasonal fire pit just west of the parking lot. Washrooms are open from April 1 to September 30, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. In fall, when the wind picks up, it becomes a windsurfing and kiteboarding spot. Dogs are not permitted.
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Three Mile Beach
Three Mile Beach is really two beaches on one peninsula off Naramata Road: a fine-sand swimming beach beneath sandy bluffs, and a rockier boating beach with day moorage for boats. The dog rule follows the split: dogs may run off leash on the South (boating) beach but are not allowed on the swimming beach. It is worth knowing that Visit Penticton notes the area is well known as a nudist spot. The City lists no facilities here.
🐾 Dog Friendly