---
title: "Mount Pope Park: provincial park around Prince George"
description: "Mount Pope Park: provincial park, 2 h 34 min from downtown Prince George. Hiking, wildlife viewing, biking, hunting. 2,037 ha."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:10:24.795Z
---

# Mount Pope Park

Provincial park, 2 h 34 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.49078,-124.33289) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/mount-pope-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope-park/#map)

## BC Parks advisories

- Amphitheatre closure · October 19, 2023

[Details on the BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/mount-pope-park/)

## About

> Mount Pope is a day-use park popular with hikers and rockclimbers. A 6.5 km hiking trail to the peak provides a panoramic view of Stuart Lake and the mountains to the north. There are 39 climbing routes documented.

From BC Parks Data API.

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)
- [Wildlife viewing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=wildlife)
- [Biking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=biking)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)

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

- [Mount Pope](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope/) Summit 1.6 km
- [Boat launch on Stuart Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-stuart-lake-3i7eiv7/) Boat launch 5.7 km
- [Battleship Bay](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/battleship-bay/) Recreation site 6.1 km
- [Boat launch on Stuart Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boat-launch-on-stuart-lake/) Boat launch 8.1 km
- [Paarens Beach Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/paarens-beach-park/) Provincial park 8.6 km
- [Murray Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/murray-ridge-summit/) Summit 8.8 km
- [Murray Ridge Nordic](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/murray-ridge-nordic/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 9.3 km
- [Spad Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/spad-lake/) Lake 11 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 34 min, 168 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 1.4 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 121 km from downtown
- **Area**: 2,037 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 54.49078, -124.33289

## Links

- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/mount-pope-park/)
- [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/)

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

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

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

Source read 2 days ago

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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/mount-pope-park

- **slug**: mount-pope-park
- **name**: Mount Pope Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 54.49078
- **lng**: -124.33289
- **kmFromCentre**: 121.1
- **driveKm**: 168.3
- **driveMinutes**: 154
- **offRoadMetres**: 1366
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 2037
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hiking, wildlife, biking, hunting
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **description**: Mount Pope is a day-use park popular with hikers and rockclimbers. A 6.5 km hiking trail to the peak provides a panoramic view of Stuart Lake and the mountains to the north. There are 39 climbing routes documented.
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pope-park/>
- **source**: BC Parks Data API
- **sourceUrl**: <https://bcparks.ca/mount-pope-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_

#### advisories

| title | date | safety |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Amphitheatre closure | 2023-10-19T22:36:28.774Z | true |


#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/mount-pope-park/ |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mount-pope | Mount Pope | summits | summits | Summit | 54.50493 | -124.3403 | 1.6 | 122.4 | 177.9 |
| boat-launch-on-stuart-lake-3i7eiv7 | Boat launch on Stuart Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 54.4523 | -124.27511 | 5.7 | 115.7 | 162.7 |
| battleship-bay | Battleship Bay | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, swimming | Recreation site | 54.52279 | -124.40892 | 6.1 | 127.2 | 187.4 |
| boat-launch-on-stuart-lake | Boat launch on Stuart Lake | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 54.42219 | -124.37608 | 8.1 | 119.8 | 164.8 |
| paarens-beach-park | Paarens Beach Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 54.41848 | -124.38005 | 8.6 | 119.9 | 164.4 |
| murray-ridge-summit | Murray Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 54.54972 | -124.24289 | 8.8 | 119.9 | 177.3 |
| murray-ridge-nordic | Murray Ridge Nordic | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 54.49808 | -124.19004 | 9.3 | 113.8 | 171.9 |
| spad-lake | Spad Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.44446 | -124.18988 | 10.6 | 110.5 | 165 |

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

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