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Cottonwood Island Nature Park Trail — Cottonwood Island Loop Trail
Selected outing: Cottonwood Island Loop Trail
- Loop
- 2.9 km
- Elevation gain
- 61 m Published route measurement
- Walking time
- 0.5–1 hour
- Difficulty
- Unconfirmed loop
complete clockwise circuit via riverfront and museum
Secondary publisher GPS cumulative ascent; route-specific, not full park network
1. Getting there and parking
Use the Cottonwood Island Park entrance off River Road beside the Railway and Forestry Museum. Identify the riverfront circuit on the entrance map before starting.
Parking: Use a River Road park entrance beside the Railway and Forestry Museum; River Road connects from Highway 16 near the Yellowhead Bridge or from Carney Street.
Location: In Prince George.
2. Walking the route
From the park parking area, take the clockwise riverfront circuit, passing the second parking area and then returning beside the Railway and Forestry Museum. The publisher’s 2.9 km route is a chosen circuit, not the sum of every park path.
3. Route map
A source line has not been associated with this route option. Any location pin is destination context only.
Published locations
Numbered points match the map. Use the role beside each point. A summit or park reference point is not a parking location.
| Place and role | Coordinates | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Island Nature Park Trail park reference point derived inside official boundary | 53.922506 -122.730464 | Official City ParkName=Cottonwood Island Park; OBJECTID=1430; active park polygon. Marker computed inside its largest polygon, checked against exterior and holes.
Park location marker for orientation; not a source-published parking point or trailhead. Neighbourhood park existence does not establish a named hiking route. https://services2.arcgis.com/CnkB6jCzAsyli34z/ArcGIS/rest/services/OpenData_ParkData/FeatureServer/12/query?where=OBJECTID%3D1430&outFields=*&outSR=4326&f=geojson |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Toilets
The City lists park washrooms among the amenities.
Dogs
Dogs on leash.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
How the elevation gain was established
Outing: 2.9 km clockwise circuit via the riverfront and Railway and Forestry Museum
This total is published for the named outing. Other starting points or turnarounds can produce different climbing totals.
The publisher defines its elevation figure as total elevation gained from its GPS route.
Sources checked 2026-10-19.
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