BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia
Sussex Lake
BC Recreation Sites · British Columbia, Canada
- Sites
- 3
- Hookups
- 3 no hookups
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 4,573 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Nearest town
- Logan Lake
- Activities
- Angling, Camping
About
This lake side recreation site is used primarily for day use fishing and hunting and some overnight camping for those with high centred trucks with campers. The small site is located now in a clearcut due to mountain pine beetle harvesting.
Road access. User-maintained site with no regular servicing. Facilities on file: toilets, picnic tables. First come, first served.
Getting there: From Logan Lake proceed north on highway 97D for 15.5 km. Turn right onto the Surrey-Sussex Lake Road. Follow this road to about 7.75 km, going through the tunnel underneath the Coquihalla highway 5. Turn right and drive this road to Surrey Lake. Continue south along the shoreline past Surrey Lake for 2.5 kms until arriving at Sussex Lake. This is a narrow, rough road and is best suitable for 4 x 4 vehicles not towing anything. From Kamloops drive south along highway 5 until exit #336 swing right and proceed onto highway 97D and then drive 6.7 kms and turn left onto the Surrey-Sussex Lake Road. Follow the same directions as per the above.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 19° | -16° | 37° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 14° | -16° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 37° | 22° | 1° | 52° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 42° | 26° | 17° | 64° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 55° | 36° | 27° | 78° | 6 of 11 |
| June | 60° | 41° | 31° | 77° | 1 of 11 |
| July | 73° | 49° | 39° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 72° | 51° | 40° | 89° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 61° | 44° | 32° | 79° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 46° | 32° | 28° | 67° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 35° | 25° | 12° | 46° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 31° | 22° | -13° | 46° | 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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