Prince George / Full trip pack
Forests for the World
A forest network on Cranbrook Hill with Shane Lake, picnic shelters and connections toward UNBC and the Greenway. Choose a short lakeside outing or extend onto the hill’s longer paths; the published network length is not the length of a single loop.
1. Getting there and parking
From Foothills Boulevard take Cranbrook Hill Road uphill. At the top, turn left onto Kueng Road and continue south to the main park parking area, listed by the City at 2323 Kueng Road. For an outing starting nearer UNBC, use the Greenway trailhead off Tyner Boulevard west of the university. These entrances serve different parts of the network: save the name of the lot you used before setting out.
Parking: The main lot is at the end of Kueng Road, reached from Cranbrook Hill Road. An alternative Greenway entrance is at UNBC off Tyner Boulevard.
Drive from Prince George: 9.2 km · approximately 16 minutes. Estimate; allow for road conditions and stops.
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. The final Kueng Road approach is gravel; follow the signed main lot.
2. Walking the route
Begin with the trail map at your chosen entrance and pick a route to Shane Lake or one of the forest viewpoints. The lake offers a natural picnic stop; the wider network also includes shelters and an Indigenous pit-house. Trails range from broad, firm paths to narrower singletrack and less obvious informal connections, so an unfamiliar side trail can turn a short walk into a much longer outing. Follow mapped junctions back to your original entrance rather than assuming every path returns to the same parking lot. The City lists accessible picnic tables and outhouses, but access to the fishing dock includes stairs; those facilities do not establish accessibility for the whole network.
3. Route map
City mapped trail segments / park network; not a single measured hiking itinerary
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Prince George. · Line source · Open Government Licence – City of Prince George
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forests for the World Kueng Road main-parking access (address-geocoded) | 53.894959 -122.832065 | BC Address Geocoder matched the City-published 2323 Kueng Road address at CIVIC_NUMBER precision with an accessPoint descriptor, score 100 and medium positional accuracy. The City explicitly directs visitors along Kueng Road to the main Forests for the World parking lot. The published Shane Lake route starts at this lot; its mapped entrance is about 7 m from this access point. This coordinate identifies the parking approach, not a surveyed parking bay or a field-verified trailhead. Check current access and signs on arrival. https://www.princegeorge.ca/parks-recreation/parks-trails/forests-world |
5. Camping, facilities and seasons
Toilets
The City lists wheelchair-friendly outhouses. It also lists accessible picnic tables, while the lake dock is reached by stairs with handrails.
Dogs
on leash (source explicit)
Accessibility
City lists wheelchair-friendly outhouses and picnic tables, but dock access uses stairs. Do not mark whole trail network wheelchair accessible.
Practical details checked 2026-10-17.
Measurement notes
Varies by trails taken (1 - 20 km)
60 - 150 m
50 m, source calls this elevation without gain definition
Source comparison: Ramblers choice of forest outings; 1–20 km depending on selected paths distance; 60–150 m depending on route ascent; 1–5 hours duration; route choices, not a single itinerary scope. A source edition, network range or unresolved start/endpoint is not a separate route.
More maps & trail files
Forests for the World Lookout on AllTrails
A named loop outing of approximately 2.3 km within this wider network. Its specific start and trail sequence remain separate from our general network guide; it is not a network-wide distance.
AllTrails: https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/forests-for-the-world-lookout
Comparison checked 2026-10-18.
These links open files and maps maintained by their publishers. They require an internet connection and are not included in this saved guide.
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