---
title: "Home Lake Cabin: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Home Lake Cabin: hut or cabin (recreation site) on Home Lake, 2 h 33 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, fishing, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/home-lake-cabin/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/home-lake-cabin.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:50:40.330Z
---

# Home Lake Cabin

Hut or cabin (recreation site) on Home Lake, 2 h 33 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.70534,-124.41157) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1298) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/home-lake-cabin/#map)

## About

> A user maintained A frame cabin on the west end of Home Lake at the end of Home Lake Trail. Maximum stay, 2 nights. Please sign the logbook at the trailhead

From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

- 2 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Cabin or warming hut
- Free

As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## Getting there

The Home Lake Trailhead is located at kilometre 43.5 on the Kluskus Forest Service Road. The trail is 6 km one way.

Driving directions from Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). Forest service roads can be rough or closed: check [DriveBC](https://www.drivebc.ca/) for highways.

## Map

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

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

## Nearby

- [Home Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/home-lake/) Lake 0.8 km
- [Paddle Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/paddle-lake/) Lake 2.9 km
- [Johnson Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/johnson-lake/) Lake 6.6 km
- [Greer Creek Falls](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/greer-creek-falls/) Recreation site 7.1 km
- [Boomerang Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boomerang-lake/) Lake 7.9 km
- [Greer Creek Falls Trail](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/greer-creek-falls-trail/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 8.2 km
- [Crystal Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/crystal-lake-eeh0bo2/) Lake 8.2 km
- [Secord Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/secord-lake/) Lake 9.9 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 33 min, 153 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 4.6 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 112 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 2
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.70534, -124.41157

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1298)
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168083965)
- [BC freshwater fishing regulations](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/sports-culture/recreation/fishing-hunting/fishing/fishing-regulations)
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/)
- [Fire bans and restrictions](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)

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

Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1298). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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## 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/home-lake-cabin

- **slug**: home-lake-cabin
- **name**: Home Lake Cabin
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, huts
- **kind**: Hut or cabin (recreation site)
- **lat**: 53.70534
- **lng**: -124.41157
- **kmFromCentre**: 111.6
- **driveKm**: 152.7
- **driveMinutes**: 152.7
- **offRoadMetres**: 4646
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hunting, fishing, camping
- **amenities**: 2 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Cabin or warming hut, Free
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: Home Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: A user maintained A frame cabin on the west end of Home Lake at the end of Home Lake Trail. Maximum stay, 2 nights. Please sign the logbook at the trailhead
- **directions**: The Home Lake Trailhead is located at kilometre 43.5 on the Kluskus Forest Service Road. The trail is 6 km one way.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/home-lake-cabin/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1298>
- **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/REC1298 |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/168083965 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| home-lake | Home Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.71108 | -124.40345 | 0.8 | 111 | 152 |
| paddle-lake | Paddle Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.7279 | -124.43318 | 2.9 | 112.5 | 149.7 |
| johnson-lake | Johnson Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.64762 | -124.43443 | 6.6 | 114.7 | 160.3 |
| greer-creek-falls | Greer Creek Falls | rec-sites | rec-sites | Recreation site | 53.7653 | -124.37436 | 7.1 | 107.9 | 145.6 |
| boomerang-lake | Boomerang Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.67337 | -124.51803 | 7.9 | 119.3 | 159.2 |
| greer-creek-falls-trail | Greer Creek Falls Trail | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.7717 | -124.35565 | 8.2 | 106.6 | 145 |
| crystal-lake-eeh0bo2 | Crystal Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.7163 | -124.53435 | 8.2 | 119.3 | 156.3 |
| secord-lake | Secord Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.6285 | -124.33609 | 9.9 | 109.1 | 161.7 |

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

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