--- title: "Bobtail Mountain Trail: trail around Prince George" description: "Bobtail Mountain Trail: trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 2 h 41 min from downtown Prince George. 4.5 km long." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-trail/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-trail.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T16:56:53.583Z --- # Bobtail Mountain Trail Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC), 2 h 41 min from downtown Prince George. [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.66395,-123.35709) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5827) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-trail/#map) ## Map [Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-trails) Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. ## Nearby - [Bobtail Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain/) Summit 1.8 km - [Bobtail Mountain Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-park/) Provincial park 2.6 km - [Lumpy Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lumpy-lake/) Lake 7.3 km - [Bobtail Bluff Trail](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-bluff-trail/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 9.8 km - [Bobtail Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-lake/) Recreation site 10 km - [Little Bobtail Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/little-bobtail-lake/) Lake 11 km - [Naltesby Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/naltesby-lake/) Lake 11 km - [Dahl Lake Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dahl-lake-park/) Provincial park 13 km - **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 41 min, 85 km by road - **Straight-line distance**: 49 km from downtown - **Length**: 4.5 km - **Good for**: Summer - **Coordinates**: 53.66395, -123.35709 ## Links - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5827) - [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/) [Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/) Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5827). Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data. 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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-trail - **slug**: bobtail-mountain-trail - **name**: Bobtail Mountain Trail - **category**: rec-trails - **categories**: rec-trails - **kind**: Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) - **lat**: 53.66395 - **lng**: -123.35709 - **kmFromCentre**: 48.8 - **driveKm**: 84.7 - **driveMinutes**: 161 - **offRoadMetres**: _none_ - **elevationM**: _none_ - **areaHa**: _none_ - **lengthKm**: 4.5 - **activities**: _none_ - **amenities**: _none_ - **seasons**: summer - **lake**: _none_ - **park**: _none_ - **closure**: _none_ - **advisories**: _none_ - **description**: _none_ - **directions**: _none_ - **page**: - **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue) - **sourceUrl**: - **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 | | --- | --- | | Recreation Sites and Trails BC page | https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5827 | #### nearby | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | bobtail-mountain | Bobtail Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.66561 | -123.38497 | 1.8 | 50.2 | 84.6 | | bobtail-mountain-park | Bobtail Mountain Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, huts | Provincial park | 53.68735 | -123.36258 | 2.6 | 47.7 | 86.9 | | lumpy-lake | Lumpy Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.59875 | -123.36269 | 7.3 | 53.6 | 106.2 | | bobtail-bluff-trail | Bobtail Bluff Trail | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.61667 | -123.48261 | 9.8 | 58.6 | 91.9 | | bobtail-lake | Bobtail Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming | Recreation site | 53.61343 | -123.48495 | 10.1 | 59 | 92.2 | | little-bobtail-lake | Little Bobtail Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.68728 | -123.51084 | 10.5 | 56.1 | 85.7 | | naltesby-lake | Naltesby Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.62397 | -123.50588 | 10.8 | 59.4 | 90.7 | | dahl-lake-park | Dahl Lake Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, swimming | Provincial park | 53.77442 | -123.29733 | 12.9 | 39.3 | 59.1 | _Nested fields (links, advisories) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bobtail-mountain-trail/. 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