BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Ideal Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 7
- Hookups
- 7 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,308 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Kelowna
- Activities
- Angling, Camping
About
Ideal Lake is 146 ha. (361 ac.) in size and can be accessed by following the road leading south from Specs Lakes. Ideal is considered an excellent family lake providing fishermen with good quantities of smaller Rainbows.
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: boat launch, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings. First come, first served.
Getting there: From the city of Kelowna travel east on Hwy 33. From Philpot Road, travel 20.6km. Turn left at the Ideal/Philpot FSR junction and travel another 1.3km to the recreation site. From Lavington, at the end of Whitevale Road, travel up Aberdeen Forest Service Road. Go 33.2km up Aberdeen FSR, and then turn left onto Ideal/Philpott FSR. Travel an additional 1.3km to the recreation site.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 20° | -15° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 17° | -11° | 44° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 38° | 22° | 5° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 41° | 26° | 18° | 63° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 54° | 36° | 26° | 77° | 7 of 11 |
| June | 62° | 42° | 32° | 77° | 1 of 11 |
| July | 74° | 51° | 40° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 74° | 53° | 43° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 63° | 45° | 35° | 80° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 47° | 34° | 25° | 69° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 37° | 26° | 17° | 50° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 23° | -10° | 42° | 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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