Improving our health and fitness can be easy and free. It can be as simple as going for a walk in your neighbourhood park or as tough as running up Churchill Drive in Mount Douglas Park. The key is to go at your own pace and enjoy nature around you while you are active.
With 170 Saanich parks and over 100 km of trails available, chances are you will find the right fit for your activities. Being active in nature is not an obligation; it is an opportunity.
Some ideas to try:
- Experience fresh air in a Saanich Park
- Soak up the Vitamin D while on a walk during your lunch hour.
- Enjoy running, biking or hiking through a park’s designated trails
- Spot birds in their habitat
- Grab a Naturehood map and build your own outdoor local adventure
Trails you can explore from the CTV News Hike the Island Series
- Boulderwood Hill Park - Saanich
- Centennial Trails Loop - Saanich
- Knockan Hill Park - Saanich
- Vic Derman Park - Saanich
- Ammonite Falls – Benson Creek Falls Regional Park (Nanaimo)
- Bald Mountain - Cowichan Valley Regional District
- Cedar Hill Park - Saanich
- Coast Trail - East Sooke Park
- Helliwell Provincial Park – Hornby Island
- Horth Hill Regional Park - North Saanich
- Leech Town - Sooke along Galloping Goose Trail
- Mount Manuel Quimper - Sooke
- Mount Tolmie Park - Saanich
- Mt Maxwell Provincial Park / Burgoyne Bay Provincial Park - Salt Spring Island
- Mt Tzouhalem - District of North Cowichan
- Mystic Beach - Juan de Fuca Trail
- Neck Point Park - Nanaimo
- Phyllis Park - Saanich
- Saysutshun - Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park
- Sea Bluff Trail – District of Metchosin
- Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary - Saanich