idyllic picnic spots: beaches, Parks & LAKES

Salt Spring Island is an idyllic place for locals, their guests,  visitors and tourists alike to chill out, relax, and find a beautiful spot for a swim, kayak paddle, paddleboard excursion and – most definitely – picnic! 

This is the #1 source for a comprehensive map of all of the beaches, lakes, parks and swimming holes on Salt Spring Island. You can access the free, interactive Google Map which also shows you all of the farm stands near any one of these spots – or en route – so you can browse or pick up picnic supplies along the way. 

• Arbutus Beach –Intertidal beach
• Bader's Beach – Great beach to watch the sunset. 
• Beachside Drive Beach – Pebble and shell beach with easy water access.
• Beddis Beach – Beautiful wide beach facing Prevost Island. Cold water for swimming but neat tide pools on the right side and an even get quite far down the shoreline at low tide.
• Blackburn Lake – Lake access with long dock. Surrounded by nature reserve. "Clothing optional" lake FYI.
• Booth Bay - Baker Beach – Access to Booth Bay Baker Beach
• Burgoyne Bay Beach – Access is at left of dock
• Centennial Park – Great place to throw down a blanket or sit on the grassy knoll and have a picnic. 
• Chocolate Beach – Great place to picnic when boating or kayaking. 
• Cusheon Lake Public dock – Very popular warm water spot for swimming
• Drummond Park – Very popular family park has a children’s adventure playground a native rock carving of a seal originally found at Fulford Harbour on the shore opposite the ferry terminal. Enjoy the sand and rock beach.
• Fernwood Point Beach – Great low tide beach next to government wharf.
• Grantville Street Beach – Good spot to see tidal flats. 
• Hudson Point – Launching point on tidal sand flats. Dogs on leash in summer.
• Isabella Point Road Beach – Road side pull-off approximately 1.5 km down Isabella Point Road. Access to a wide sandy stretch along the southwest side of Fulford Harbour
• Maliview Drive Beach – Great beach for long walks and bird watching. 
• Menhinick Drive Beach –Beach access located adjacent to 133 Menhinick Drive down a dirt path and down a small staircase.
• Musgrave Landing – Great sunsets. 4X4 access.
• Ontario Place Beach – Access is at north end of Ontario Place. 
• Price Road Beach – Shell beach with nice strolling at low tide
• Ruby Alton Preserve – Access to beach via wooden gate. 
• Quarry Drive Driftwood Fort Beach – 2 acre beach front park
• Rotary Maritime Park – Look for the mermaid statue
• Ruckle Provincial Park – Awesome trails and rock formations and tidal pools. 
• Seabright Beach – views of Russell and Portland Islands
• Sea Star Point Beach – Great spot to watch the sun rise. Near Hastings House. 
• Southey Point Beach – Small beach
• St Mary Lake Public Access Beach – Public access to warm water lake for swimming
• Stowell Lake Beach – Nice place to swim in warm water lake and have a picnic
• Tripp Road Swimming Beach - St. Mary Lake access at the end of Tripp Road on the west side of the lake. 
• Vesuvius Bay Beach – Take the steps off Langley Road down to this warm water beach.
• Welbury Bay Beach – Just past the Long Harbour Ferry terminal
• Weston Lake - Natural access to the lake. 
• Yeo Point Beach – Access from Meyer Road or Ruckle Park Beach
• Zach Beach – Beach access between Pringle Farm Road and West Eagle Drive on Sunset Drive. 
• Zadra Beach – West facing ocean mud bay.