BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Loon Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- 1 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,495 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Winfield
- Activities
- Angling, Viewing, Camping
About
This site is on a small fishing lake. The last 0.6 km is a very rough road. The site has a cartop boat launch. Trout/char release; artificial fly only, bait ban, single barbless hook
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, fire rings. First come, first served.
Getting there: From Winfield. Turn east on the Beaver Lake Road and follow it to 19.2km up the Dee Lake Forest Service Road. Turn right onto an unnamed and unmaintained access road. Drive the 0.7km on rough 4WD only to access Loon Lake. From Lavington, off Whitevale Road, drive 16.25km up Aberdeen Forest Service Road. Turn right onto Dee Lake Forest Service Road and travel 3km. Turn left onto an unnamed and unmaintained access road. Drive the 0.7km on rough 4WD only to access Loon Lake.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 19° | -17° | 39° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 30° | 16° | -10° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 37° | 21° | 3° | 55° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 41° | 25° | 17° | 62° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 54° | 34° | 24° | 77° | 7 of 11 |
| June | 61° | 41° | 32° | 77° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 73° | 50° | 39° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 73° | 52° | 42° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 61° | 44° | 33° | 79° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 46° | 33° | 25° | 67° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 35° | 26° | 18° | 47° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 32° | 23° | -7° | 40° | 10 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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