BC Parks · British Columbia
Ellison Park
BC Parks · British Columbia, Canada · in Ellison Provincial Park
- Sites
- 71
- Season
- April 1 to October 12
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- No
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,424 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Phone
- 1-236-970-7815
- Activities
- Canoeing, Climbing, Cycling, E-Biking, Fishing, Hiking, Interpretive programs, Scuba diving, Swimming
About
Ellison Park offers 71 vehicle-accessible campsites, eight of which are double sites. There are no pull-through sites at this park.
Campsite reservations are accepted and first come, first served sites are also available. All reservations must be made through the BC Parks reservation service. When reservations are not available all campsites are available on a first come, first served basis.
There is a gate where Okanagan Landing Road meets the campground access road. There is no gatehouse, but an information shelter is located where the access road enters the campground. During the summer, the gate is closed between 11pm and 7am.
In the off-season, the gate is locked. It is roughly 300m down a steep grade to the campsites, making walk-in camping difficult in the off-season.
Most sites are large and well-shaded by a canopy of mature Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine. The sites are well-spaced and an abundance of low shrubs creates privacy. Each site has a gravel tent pad, a fire ring, and a picnic table.
For very large RVs (over 50 feet) the entrances to the pads may be narrow and there are low-hanging branches to watch out for.
The closest store is a general store roughly ten kilometres away in Okanagan Landing or in Vernon for more services.
Operated by Kaloya Contracting Ltd.
Sites 37-46 are first come, first served only.
Fees
Peak season $46.50 CAD, shoulder season $32 CAD per party per night; non-B.C. residents +$20 CAD per stay
The gate is closed outside of the operating season.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 26° | -9° | 45° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 37° | 25° | -4° | 48° | 10 of 11 |
| March | 44° | 32° | 18° | 66° | 8 of 11 |
| April | 51° | 38° | 31° | 69° | 2 of 11 |
| May | 67° | 47° | 40° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 72° | 51° | 43° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 84° | 60° | 50° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 64° | 54° | 102° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 72° | 55° | 44° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 55° | 40° | 32° | 70° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 43° | 34° | 20° | 53° | 5 of 10 |
| December | 37° | 31° | 2° | 45° | 8 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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