---
title: "Erg Mountain Park: provincial park around Prince George"
description: "Erg Mountain Park: provincial park, 2 h 31 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, hiking, fishing, wildlife viewing, camping. Wilderness camping. 1,011 ha."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/erg-mountain-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/erg-mountain-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:43:31.650Z
---

# Erg Mountain Park

Provincial park, 2 h 31 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.56858,-120.90605) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/erg-mountain-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/erg-mountain-park/#map)

## About

> This 1,011 hectare park protects interior cedar hemlock forests on a valley slope above the Upper Fraser Trench, leading to alpine and subalpine area at the top of Erg Mountain.

From BC Parks Data API.

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

- Wilderness camping

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

- [Ptarmigan Protected Area](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ptarmigan-protected-area/) Protected Area 5.0 km
- [Oog Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/oog-lake/) Lake 6.6 km
- [Ptarmigan Creek Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ptarmigan-creek-park/) Provincial park 9.2 km
- [Dome Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dome-mountain/) Summit 9.6 km
- [Mount Hammel](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-hammel/) Summit 9.6 km
- [Diggens Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/diggens-lake/) Lake 11 km
- [Zig Zag Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/zig-zag-ridge/) Summit 12 km
- [Zig Zag Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/zig-zag-ridge-summit-maw0n3e/) Summit 12 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 31 min, 155 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 3.1 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 127 km from downtown
- **Area**: 1,011 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.56858, -120.90605

## Links

- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/erg-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/)

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

Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/erg-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/erg-mountain-park

- **slug**: erg-mountain-park
- **name**: Erg Mountain Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 53.56858
- **lng**: -120.90605
- **kmFromCentre**: 127.3
- **driveKm**: 155
- **driveMinutes**: 151.1
- **offRoadMetres**: 3057
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 1011
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hunting, hiking, fishing, wildlife, camping
- **amenities**: Wilderness camping
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This 1,011 hectare park protects interior cedar hemlock forests on a valley slope above the Upper Fraser Trench, leading to alpine and subalpine area at the top of Erg Mountain.
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/erg-mountain-park/>
- **source**: BC Parks Data API
- **sourceUrl**: <https://bcparks.ca/erg-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/erg-mountain-park/ |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ptarmigan-protected-area | Ptarmigan Protected Area | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Protected Area | 53.53169 | -120.86357 | 5 | 131.3 | 155.4 |
| oog-lake | Oog Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.53878 | -120.99223 | 6.6 | 123 | 155 |
| ptarmigan-creek-park | Ptarmigan Creek Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Provincial park | 53.48763 | -120.88025 | 9.2 | 132 | 155.4 |
| dome-mountain | Dome Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.61875 | -121.02512 | 9.6 | 118.1 | 133.6 |
| mount-hammel | Mount Hammel | summits | summits | Summit | 53.48344 | -120.93369 | 9.6 | 128.9 | 155.4 |
| diggens-lake | Diggens Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.48538 | -120.82918 | 10.6 | 135.2 | 158.1 |
| zig-zag-ridge | Zig Zag Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.50068 | -120.76988 | 11.7 | 138.3 | 158.2 |
| zig-zag-ridge-summit-maw0n3e | Zig Zag Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.49893 | -120.76971 | 11.9 | 138.4 | 158.2 |

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

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