BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Cameo Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 4
- Hookups
- 4 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,780 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- West Kelowna
- Activities
- Angling, Camping
About
Cameo (Cameron) Lake is located in Trepanier Protected Area northwest of West Kelowna with 4 campsites.
User-maintained site with no regular servicing. First come, first served.
Getting there: From West Kelowna, follow Hwy 97C 42 km west. Turn north (right) onto Sunset Main Rd. At the Stop sign, turn left and cross south under the Highway, and after the cattleguard, turn left again to get onto Bear Forest Service Road. Travel 6.4 km, then keep left again, and cross under Hwy 97C again to stay on Bear Forest Service Road. Drive 15.6km to mile marker 22, when Bear FSR becomes Bear Main FSR and counts backwards from mile marker 49. After another 10 km Cameo (Cameron) Lake is on the left. From Kelowna, travel on to Westside Rd, left on Bear Main Forest Service Road. Drive 39 km up Bear Main FSR. Cameo (Cameron) will be on the right hand side.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 20° | -8° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 16° | -8° | 42° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 36° | 21° | 5° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 40° | 26° | 17° | 64° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 53° | 35° | 25° | 75° | 7 of 11 |
| June | 60° | 40° | 30° | 76° | 2 of 11 |
| July | 71° | 48° | 37° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 72° | 50° | 42° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 62° | 44° | 32° | 79° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 45° | 34° | 26° | 67° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 35° | 26° | 16° | 45° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 31° | 23° | -12° | 41° | 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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