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title: "Pitoney Lake recreation site, 2 h 23 min from Prince George"
description: "Pitoney Lake: recreation site, 2 h 23 min from downtown Prince George. Ice fishing, canoeing and kayaking, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pitoney-lake/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pitoney-lake.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:33:49.892Z
---

# Pitoney Lake

Recreation site, 2 h 23 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.63308,-122.04372) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1018) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pitoney-lake/#map)

## About

> The Pitoney Lake Rec Site offers 2 small camping areas located along the shoreline, within 1km of each other. There is room for 4 parties between the 2 sites. Both sites offer camping and lake access via unimproved car-top boat launches. Each site provides the basic amenities of pit toilets, tables and fire rings.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Ice fishing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=ice-fishing)
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 4 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
- Gravel boat launch

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

## Getting there

Travel 17kms south of Prince George (Hwy 97). Turn left on to the Willow Cale FSR (112.5km). Turn right at 121km (T-junction). Turn left at ~164km and the first site is located within 1km.

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

- [Pitoney Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pitoney-lake-x0aigoo/) Lake 0.9 km
- [Ispah Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ispah-lake-5fbd9kn/) Lake 8.6 km
- [Ispah Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ispah-lake/) Recreation site 8.8 km
- [Grizzly Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/grizzly-lake-hbw6rhe/) Lake 11 km
- [Grizzly Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/grizzly-lake/) Recreation site 12 km
- [Narrow Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/narrow-lake/) Lake 12 km
- [Tsus Lakes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tsus-lakes/) Lake 13 km
- [Tsus Lakes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/tsus-lakes-wgzkxuu/) Lake 14 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 23 min, 73 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 56 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 4
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.63308, -122.04372

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1018)
- [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)

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

Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1018). 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/pitoney-lake

- **slug**: pitoney-lake
- **name**: Pitoney Lake
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.63308
- **lng**: -122.04372
- **kmFromCentre**: 56.1
- **driveKm**: 72.5
- **driveMinutes**: 143.2
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: ice-fishing, paddling, camping
- **amenities**: 4 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings, Gravel boat launch
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: Pitoney Lake
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: The Pitoney Lake Rec Site offers 2 small camping areas located along the shoreline, within 1km of each other. There is room for 4 parties between the 2 sites. Both sites offer camping and lake access via unimproved car-top boat launches. Each site provides the basic amenities of pit toilets, tables and fire rings.
- **directions**: Travel 17kms south of Prince George (Hwy 97). Turn left on to the Willow Cale FSR (112.5km). Turn right at 121km (T-junction). Turn left at ~164km and the first site is located within 1km.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pitoney-lake/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC1018>
- **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/REC1018 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| pitoney-lake-x0aigoo | Pitoney Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.62747 | -122.03328 | 0.9 | 57 | 72.2 |
| ispah-lake-5fbd9kn | Ispah Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.66689 | -122.16089 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 61.7 |
| ispah-lake | Ispah Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.662 | -122.16764 | 8.8 | 47.6 | 61.3 |
| grizzly-lake-hbw6rhe | Grizzly Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.71541 | -122.14694 | 11.4 | 45.5 | 56.5 |
| grizzly-lake | Grizzly Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches, swimming | Recreation site | 53.72162 | -122.14267 | 11.8 | 45.4 | 79.4 |
| narrow-lake | Narrow Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.55544 | -121.90808 | 12.4 | 68.4 | 86.2 |
| tsus-lakes | Tsus Lakes | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.73181 | -121.94296 | 12.8 | 56.8 | 71.6 |
| tsus-lakes-wgzkxuu | Tsus Lakes | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.73912 | -121.91868 | 14.4 | 58 | 71.7 |

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

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