--- title: "Cottonwood River Park: provincial park around Prince George" description: "Cottonwood River Park: provincial park, 1 h 23 min from downtown Prince George. 66 ha. Map, driving directions, places nearby and the official page." url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cottonwood-river-park/ markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cottonwood-river-park.md site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia generated: 2026-10-16T16:34:42.877Z --- # Cottonwood River Park Provincial park, 1 h 23 min from downtown Prince George. [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.17096,-122.4903) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/cottonwood-river-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cottonwood-river-park/#map) ## About > There are no active recreational facilities, no maintenance, and camping is prohibited at this park. From 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 - [Ten Mile Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ten-mile-lake/) Lake 10 km - [Nelson Kenny Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nelson-kenny-lake/) Lake 10 km - [Boat launch on Ten Mile Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-ten-mile-lake/) Boat launch 11 km - [Lakeside Campground](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lakeside-campground/) Campground 11 km - [Ten Mile Lake Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ten-mile-lake-park/) Provincial park 12 km - [Lazaroff Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lazaroff-lake/) Lake 13 km - [Chubb Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/chubb-lake-7c3ndh4/) Lake 13 km - [Chubb Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/chubb-lake/) Recreation site 13 km - **Drive from downtown**: 1 h 23 min, 97 km by road - **Straight-line distance**: 85 km from downtown - **Area**: 66 ha - **Good for**: Summer and winter - **Coordinates**: 53.17096, -122.49030 ## Links - [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/cottonwood-river-park/) - [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/) [Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/) Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/cottonwood-river-park/). 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/cottonwood-river-park - **slug**: cottonwood-river-park - **name**: Cottonwood River Park - **category**: provincial-parks - **categories**: provincial-parks - **kind**: Provincial park - **lat**: 53.17096 - **lng**: -122.4903 - **kmFromCentre**: 84.7 - **driveKm**: 96.8 - **driveMinutes**: 83.2 - **offRoadMetres**: _none_ - **elevationM**: _none_ - **areaHa**: 66 - **lengthKm**: _none_ - **activities**: _none_ - **amenities**: _none_ - **seasons**: summer, winter - **lake**: _none_ - **park**: _none_ - **closure**: _none_ - **advisories**: _none_ - **description**: There are no active recreational facilities, no maintenance, and camping is prohibited at this park. - **directions**: _none_ - **page**: - **source**: BC Parks Data API - **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 | | --- | --- | | BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/cottonwood-river-park/ | #### nearby | slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ten-mile-lake | Ten Mile Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.0831 | -122.45469 | 10.1 | 94.8 | 111.8 | | nelson-kenny-lake | Nelson Kenny Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.2509 | -122.56101 | 10.1 | 75.1 | 84 | | boat-launch-on-ten-mile-lake | Boat launch on Ten Mile Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 53.07354 | -122.45012 | 11.2 | 95.9 | 111.4 | | lakeside-campground | Lakeside Campground | campgrounds | campgrounds | Campground | 53.07173 | -122.44964 | 11.4 | 96.1 | 111.6 | | ten-mile-lake-park | Ten Mile Lake Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 53.06878 | -122.44351 | 11.8 | 96.5 | 110.5 | | lazaroff-lake | Lazaroff Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.22641 | -122.654 | 12.5 | 77.1 | 97.4 | | chubb-lake-7c3ndh4 | Chubb Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.277 | -122.56498 | 12.8 | 72.2 | 79.1 | | chubb-lake | Chubb Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming | Recreation site | 53.28231 | -122.56914 | 13.4 | 71.6 | 78.9 | _Nested fields (links, amenities) are in the JSON version._ --- Markdown version of https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cottonwood-river-park/. 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