---
title: "Bobtail Mountain Park: provincial park around Prince George"
description: "Bobtail Mountain Park: provincial park, 2 h 46 min from downtown Prince George. Hiking, fishing, hunting, camping. Cabins and huts. 1,360 ha."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:38:02.689Z
---

# Bobtail Mountain Park

Provincial park, 2 h 46 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.68735,-123.36258) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/bobtail-mountain-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park/#map)

## About

> Designated in June 2000, this 1,360 hectare park features an unusual outcropping of serpentine rock. The Bobtail Mountain trailhead is southeast of the park. This forest service trail is about 5 km in length with a change in elevation of 470 metres.

From BC Parks Data API.

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)
- [Fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=fishing)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- Cabins and huts

As published by BC Parks Data API.

## Map

[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=provincial-parks)

Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

## Nearby

- [Bobtail Mountain Trail](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-trail/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 2.6 km
- [Bobtail Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain/) Summit 2.8 km
- [Little Bobtail Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/little-bobtail-lake/) Lake 9.8 km
- [Lumpy Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lumpy-lake/) Lake 9.9 km
- [Norman Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/norman-lake/) Lake 10 km
- [Dahl Lake Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dahl-lake-park/) Provincial park 11 km
- [Dahl Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dahl-lake/) Lake 11 km
- [Bobtail Bluff Trail](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-bluff-trail/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 11 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 46 min, 87 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 1.3 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 48 km from downtown
- **Area**: 1,360 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.68735, -123.36258

## Links

- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/bobtail-mountain-park/)
- [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations)
- [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)

[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)

Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/bobtail-mountain-park/). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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- [Things to do Parks, trails, indoor fun](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/)
- [Indoor fun Things to do on rainy and cold days](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/indoor-activities/)
- [Where to stay Hotels, motels, B&Bs and campgrounds](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/where-to-stay/)
- [History and places The bowl, the rivers, the railway](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/)
- [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/)
- [Land and resources Forests, mines, geography](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/resources/)

## Data

Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).

### Place data

Source: [BC Parks Data API, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the BC Freshwater Atlas (BC Data Catalogue), OpenStreetMap](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-parks-data-api-access). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) for BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Freshwater Atlas places; ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) for OpenStreetMap places and drive times; each place names its own source. Updated 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park

- **slug**: bobtail-mountain-park
- **name**: Bobtail Mountain Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks, huts
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 53.68735
- **lng**: -123.36258
- **kmFromCentre**: 47.7
- **driveKm**: 86.9
- **driveMinutes**: 166
- **offRoadMetres**: 1301
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 1360
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hiking, fishing, hunting, camping
- **amenities**: Cabins and huts
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: Designated in June 2000, this 1,360 hectare park features an unusual outcropping of serpentine rock. The Bobtail Mountain trailhead is southeast of the park. This forest service trail is about 5 km in length with a change in elevation of 470 metres.
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park/>
- **source**: BC Parks Data API
- **sourceUrl**: <https://bcparks.ca/bobtail-mountain-park/>
- **licence**: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
- **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z
- **onShore**: _none_

#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/bobtail-mountain-park/ |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| bobtail-mountain-trail | Bobtail Mountain Trail | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.66395 | -123.35709 | 2.6 | 48.8 | 84.7 |
| bobtail-mountain | Bobtail Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.66561 | -123.38497 | 2.8 | 50.2 | 84.6 |
| little-bobtail-lake | Little Bobtail Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.68728 | -123.51084 | 9.8 | 56.1 | 85.7 |
| lumpy-lake | Lumpy Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.59875 | -123.36269 | 9.9 | 53.6 | 106.2 |
| norman-lake | Norman Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.78035 | -123.36419 | 10.3 | 43.1 | 72.4 |
| dahl-lake-park | Dahl Lake Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, swimming | Provincial park | 53.77442 | -123.29733 | 10.6 | 39.3 | 59.1 |
| dahl-lake | Dahl Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.77566 | -123.29773 | 10.7 | 39.2 | 59.1 |
| bobtail-bluff-trail | Bobtail Bluff Trail | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.61667 | -123.48261 | 11.2 | 58.6 | 91.9 |

_Nested fields (links, advisories) are in the JSON version._

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