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Robert Burnaby Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Robert Burnaby Park Loop, 2.1km with 63m elevation Difficulty: moderate, with more technical sections through the woods Traffic: light Facilities: flush toilet available near the tennis court, picnic tables, playground, sport facilities, swimming pool View: wilder than expected network of trails, crossing small streams Overall score: 7/10 For an urban park,…
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Moodyville Park
Moodyville Park is a small urban park in North Vancouver that features a paved pump track and a playground. It’s tucked away behind apartment buildings, and the entrance is not well marked. My GPS had a hard time pinpointing where parking spots are, so we had to circle back both times we visited. Navigate to…
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Trout Lake Park (aka John Hendry Park)
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Trout Lake Loop, 1.3km with 6m elevation Difficulty: very easy, stroller friendly Traffic: heavy on a sunny weekend afternoon Facilities: flush toilet at the community centre, two small playgrounds, a few sandy beaches View: best view from the south end of the lake (Trout Lake Beach) with the North Shore mountains beyond…
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Boundary Bay Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Boundary Bay, 3.7km with 11m elevation Difficulty: very easy, stroller friendly Traffic: heavy on a sunny weekend afternoon Facilities: flush toilet, big playground, accessible path on sandy beach View: sandy beaches of Boundary Bay, flat and exposed sandy dunes Overall score: 7/10 Boundary Bay Regional Park features a sandy Centennial Beach and…
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Ambleside Centennial Seawalk
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Ambleside Centennial Seawalk Difficulty: easy, stroller friendly Traffic: quite busy on weekends Facilities: flush toilets at multiple parks along the walk. Great playgrounds at Ambleside and John Lawson Park. Restaurant options. Water access. View: panoramic views of Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, and Burrard Inlet. Overall score: 7/10. (-1 for the…
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Mundy Park
Mundy Park is a 178 hectare park in Coquitlam, featuring a stroller-accessible gravel walk through a lush forest, with a small tranquil lake in the centre of the park. It also has an epic looking playground, a small pump track, a sheltered picnic area, a disc-golf course, an outdoor pool, and some sport fields. We…
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Lynn Creek Sea to Sky Trail
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Sea to Sky Trail, 11.9km with 235m elevation gain Difficulty: moderate, but many flights of stairs make it strenuous Traffic: heavy in the urban parks in Lower Lynn and near the suspension bridge, light to moderate in between Facilities: flush toilets at Lynn Canyon Cafe and Bridgman Park View: Twin Falls,…
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Fraser Foreshore Park
To map out our Fraser River Series of parks, we headed to Fraser Foreshore Park in Burnaby on a cloudy fall afternoon. We were very confused by Google Maps because when we arrived at where it said the park was, it was just a long narrow road next to an industrial park. We weren’t sure…
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Burnaby Lake Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Burnaby Lake. Difficulty: easy, stroller friendly Traffic: quite busy on weekends Facilities: flush toilets at Nature House at Piper Ave Entrance and Burnaby Sport Complex. View: peek-a-boo views of the lake through out. Overall score: 5/10. Significant highway noise intrudes the South Shore Trail, and railway noise intrudes the Cottonwood Trail to…
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Colony Farm Regional Park
Quick Facts: AllTrails link: Sheep Paddocks Loop Difficulty: easy, but due to a flight of stairs, not stroller friendly Traffic: light on a weekday Facilities: flush toilet, picnic tables at the community garden View: turns out the best view of the distant mountains was right at the community farm. Views on the dyke trail was…
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