A privately developed botanical park combines woodland walking, labelled plants and trees, gardens and an indoor naturalist collection. It is particularly suited to a slow interpretive visit rather than a timed fitness hike.
Sources reviewed . This is a research date, not a trail inspection.
The published measurements describe the wider trail network. Your walk’s length and climbing depend on the trails you choose. The notes below describe the available walking options.
A full-route elevation profile is not available yet. The mapped paths have not been verified as one continuous outing.
Choose a specific route where available. Individual map fragments are not shown as separate hike stages.
A named loop of about 1.9 km in the hosted map. Other paths in the park extend beyond this individual outing.
Route comparison checked 2026-10-18. AllTrails maintains this separate map.https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/goodsir-nature-park-loop
Mapped trail network. Mapped footways within the compact nature park form this reference network, including its four named interpretive paths. Branches remain separate; the lines do not establish current private-park opening hours or operating arrangements. Line source (opens original source).
Travel north on Highway 97 to Old Summit Lake Road, approximately 23 km from Prince George in the club directions.
Turn left onto Old Summit Lake Road and continue about 4.7 km to the park on the left.
From Prince George drive approximately 23 km north on Highway 97, then turn left onto Old Summit Lake Road. Continue about 4.7 km to the park on the left at 22825 Old Summit Lake Road North. The operator publishes a May–October season and daily hours of 8 am–6 pm, with admission by donation. Confirm arrangements with the operator for a group visit or an overnight stay.
Estimated drive from Prince George: 34 min · 34.9 km. Modeled one-way driving time from downtown Prince George using mapped road speeds, rounded up to a whole minute. No live traffic or invented forest-road multiplier. Estimate reaches the published address entrance; follow operator signage for the final driveway and parking. The operator publishes a May–October season.
Map position: 54.13311, -122.65179 · operator-published embedded map reference. Operator map embed publishes !2d-122.65179418413167!3d54.133109280151444 for Goodsir Nature Park. Embedded map reference near the operator address at22825OldSummitLakeRoadNorth, not a separately identified parking point.
Explore the approximately 3 km of paths through the botanical collections, taking time to read the identification signs and visit the gardens. Trails also pass the beaver-pond habitat, where wildlife and waterfowl may be seen without leaving the paths. The indoor plant museum adds a different part of the visit when available. Published highlights change with the season: flowers in early summer, berries later in summer and autumn foliage. The club describes wheelchair-accessible trails, but no measured grades or complete surface audit were available, so confirm the section suitable for your needs directly with the operator.
The club’s ordinary park walk is described as a 3 km loop. Other mapped circuits may use fewer paths; return to the entrance used rather than treating every network branch as required.
3 km
Gentle slopes
Season-specific access has not been established in this guide. Read the dated notices and original land-manager information before choosing a departure date.
These are dated research notes. Open the trip planner for current available weather and advisory feeds; no alert found does not establish that a trail or road is open.
The operator explicitly lists a walk-in picnic and campsite where overnight tenting is permitted. Confirm current availability, access arrangements and fire rules with the park before planning a stay.
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