Location: Mount Arrowsmith, as the crow flies, is about 16 miles East of Port Alberni and 20 miles SW of Qualicum Beach. Access to the parks is by a logging road that leaves Highway 4 about 7 km west of the parking lot at Cathedral Grove. A Backroad Mapbook for Vancouver Island is recommended as the best way to find the right road to the park as there are no signs. See Backroad Mapbooks

Description: Mount Arrowsmith Regional Park and the adjacent parcel of Crown Land is a very popular place for hiking and for winter sports like cross-country skiing, snow-mobiling, and ice-climbing. A ski resort was once located on the adjacent Mount Cokely, but has now gone out of business. There are a variety of routes up the mountain from the logging road used to access the park . It gets people up to about the 1000m level and from there it is only another 800m or so to the summit. There is another historic trail that starts at the east end of Cameron Lake and ascends the lower slopes of the mountain to the site of the old ski resort and eventually to the summit of Mount Cokely. It is the oldest intact trail on Vancouver Island. Other than the trails, there are no facilities in this park.

Nearest Towns: Port Alberni, Parksville, Qualicum Beach

Nearby Services:

• Somass Motel & RV
• Cedar Wood Lodge 4-star B&B Inn
• PetroCanada Gas Station
• Alberni Valley Heritage Network
• The Old Country Market, Coombs BC
• Chase & Warren Winery
• Milner Gardens - Parksville, Qualicum Beach
• Lady Rose Marine Services - Daytrips, Kayaking And Lodging