rutland · Kelowna
Visit time
90 min
Per person
Free
Effort
moderate
Energy
medium
The vibe
Hours
Date plans featuring Black Mountain Regional Park
What people say · via Google
Mike Morrison
a year ago
Excellent sceenic views over looking Kelowna 😍😁
Nancy Arbuckle
6 years ago
David Forsythe
2 years ago
Danny Chapman
2 years ago
More photos · via Google
Find more on PinterestBeautiful winter hiking and snowshoeing park. So convenient to the city!
Great hiking, can be dry and exposed on hot days. Hoping the trail will one day connect to the peak, it's a wonderful view at the top. If you take the ephemeral pond loop theres connections to other trails including the hoodoo and it will connect to the Tower Ranch park which has a bench at the top with a lovely view. If you take the service road all the way up you'll find other trials with even nicer views but keep in mind some are park trail while others are marked private property and others that are small thin trails with no markers may also end you up in private property - I think these sections just have some growing pains and will be sorted in the future. The best bet is to stay on marked trails, and as new trails are marked enjoy those as well. Try not to push your luck on "coming soon" trails as again there can be hazards that are not immediately obvious. Look to the grasslands for multitudes of wild flowers, some invasive thistles were spotted one year but they had fantastic blooms that made great pictures - take the good with the bad I guess is the moral lol. Lazuli Buntings and meadow larks have the park thoroughly surrounded. There are lots of birds that move through there as well as wildlife. I've personally seen a cinnamon brown black bear (whom had black arms which made him like the grumppiest of mechanics). Deer will move through in numbers and coyotes will also move through. Watch the "valleys" of the rolling hills for bigger animals as they like to use the hills as cover. Its is not the most spectacular of all hikes in the area and indeed it lacks some facinating natural things but it is 100% worth going and checking out everything it has to offer. Theres different "levels" of hiking to enjoy there too, if you're just in it for a stroll you can stick to the upper loops on the joe riche side or the grasslands on the Swainson rd side. Or if you need a decent workout go from swainson to joe riche or head north on the service rd to do the highlands trail (I think that's the name). Once a way to the peak opens up then itll be great for the hardcore hikers as well. Day trips only though, not enough trail nor campsites for anything overnight which is a good thing for a local in town hiking trail.
Beautiful park. Pictures don't do the views justice. This is a place that you need to see to understand the beauty.