Walks in Your Backyard
A pocket guide to
Sooke Parks, Playgrounds and Green Spaces
The harbourside District of Sooke provides a tranquil refuge on southern Vancouver Island. As one of thirteen communities that form the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Sooke provides a relaxed, casual lifestyle in a rural setting with waterfront walks, meandering rainforest trails and breathtaking vistas of Washington State’s Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Care and respect must be taken when strolling in Sooke as the area also has a lot of open private lands and it is difficult to tell the difference between those and parkland. The Galloping Goose Trail lies on the eastern edge of the village of Sooke. The Trail can be combined with more hikes to explore further into the hills and mountains to the north, toward Shawnigan Lake.
The walks described in this blog vary in distance. There are few that are several meters and thus a few moments of your day. Others can extend to several kilometers. Enjoy these walks in your back yard.
As all else, trails are altered and the conditions of the parks and green spaces that I describe in this blog change. I ask that you help to keep this book current and useful. For the enjoyment of all parks, playgrounds, and green spaces, please carry out any litter, respect adjacent property, pickup after your dog and keep dogs on a leash, and do not pick the wildflowers, mushrooms or other vegetation.
Exploration is footsteps away in your backyard.
Cains Trail – Matheson Lake Park
Parks Heights Trail – East Sooke Park
Copper Mine Trail – East Sooke Park
Endurance Ridge Trail – East Sooke Park
Humpback Sooke Flowline Green Space
Sooke Mountain Provincial Park
Sooke Harbour Cemetery Green Space
Saseenos Elementary School Green Space
Edward Milne Community Green Space
Sooke River Regional Park Reserve
Charters River – Sea to Sea Park
Sooke Regional Museum Green Space
Sooke Campground Flats Green Space
Sunriver Stormwater Pond and Trail Park
Sunriver Community Garden Green Space
Driftwood Green Space
Cedarview Park
Riverstone Drive Park
Phillips Road Trial
Sooke Skate Board Park
DeMamiel Creek Golf Course Green Space
Throup Road Park
Art Morris Park
Journey Middle School Green Space
Steeple Chase Green Space
Ecole Poirer Elementary School Green Space
Helgesen Park
Felderhof Park
Arranwood Drive Park
Arranwood Drive Green Space
Woodland Creek Park
Caffery Place Green Space
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church Green Space
Bamford Place Park
Grant Solent Green Space
Colledge Road Green Space
Sooke Elementary School Green Space
Knox Presbyterian Church Green Space
Belvista Green Space
Terrott Park
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Green Space
Ed Macgregor Park
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