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Visit one of Victoria's most enchanting and beloved urban destinations is Beacon Hill Park, located just south of downtown. The park has both exquisitely landscaped grounds and un-manicured natural habitats. The heart of the park offers many splendid features, such as Goodacre and Fountain lakes; arced wooden bridges; an alpine rock garden; formal rose gardens, and peaceful walking trails.
Facilities for visitors include the ever-popular children's petting zoo, an amphitheater for summertime concerts, sports fields, playgrounds, a wading pool, and a leash-free dog area by the ocean on Dallas Road. There is plenty of free parking in and around the park, as well as bike racks and washrooms. Leave a Comment Directions: On Douglas St. a little ways from the Inner Harbour, easy to find.
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Located at the foot of Douglas Street, Beacon Hill Park is the grand showpiece of Victoria, a city with a long and proud tradition of gardening.
Set aside in 1858 by James Douglas, governor of Vancouver Island, the 75-hectare (200 acre) plot of land was officially established as a park in 1882. Beacon Hill Park was named after a pair of masts strategically placed on a hill to act as a beacon and navigational aid to mariners approaching Victoria's inner harbour.
Prior to the arrival of settlers the area was the traditional territory of the Salish people, who had lived here for thousands of years. A tangled web of events since then has displaced the original dwellers, but their history is evident in the petroglyphs that adorn the shoreline and in the middens of seashells mounded up beside the beaches on Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Whilst the park boasts considerable areas of natural land in a native habitat, most of the park is beautifully landscaped and manicured with bridges, lakes and ponds, and an alpine and rock garden. Wondrous displays of exotic and native trees, including Garry Oak, Arbutus, Douglas-fir, Western Red Cedar, birch, willow and maples grace the park ...to name just a few!!!
Amongst the pond lilies of Goodacre and Fountain Lakes, a variety of waterfowl go about their business, thrilling visitors of all ages. In a copse of Douglas-fir trees an active heronry raucously sounds its presence whilst a pair of Bald Eagles nests nearby.
A delightful quiet envelops this sunny spot in Victoria, where walking trails link with neighbourhood streets that lead down into the busy hum of commercial activity.
Attractions in the park include the Beacon Hill Children's Farm.
Here the Children's Petting Zoo gives hands-on experience, which is enjoyed by young and old. Leave a Comment Directions: Accesses to the park on Douglas St, Dallas Rd, and Cook St. Main entrances to the park are located east of Douglas St. between Southgate St. and Dallas Rd. The Park is within walking distance of the Inner Harbour in Victoria.
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Beacon Hill Park is a beautiful urban park that stretches from the Juan de Fuca Straight to the heart of downtown Victoria. The history of the park goes back to the end of the 19th century, when landscaping work began under the direction of Scottish architect John Blair.
At Beacon Hill Park, the wilderness mixes with the most manicured gardens, and BC artist Emily Carr, who grew up in a house nearby, spent many days drawing and writing at the park. On top of the numerous walking trails there is a petting animal farm, a wading pool, picnic areas and playgrounds for children. Leave a Comment
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If you walk from downtown Victoria along Fort Street, and then turn south along Cook Street, you'll eventually hook up with Beacon Hill Park. At the foot of Cook Street is Dallas Road, and across from Dallas Road is the waterfront. There are several staircases leading you down the cliffs, and at the bottom, you'll find yourself on a rocky beach overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait. Unlike downtown Victoria's Inner Harbour, this waterfront is a place where you can stare out into the sea and watch cruise ships and whale watch boats off in the distance. Across the strait is the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state and the mountains you see are a part of Olympic National Park.
But there's something so serene and tranquil about this beach in the morning and in the evening. I first came here with a friend who was living nearby in Victoria. We were there around 10am and had a beautiful view of the snow-capped peaks of the mountains across the strait. The surf would gently crash against the rocks, and the long strands of brown sea kelp would be piled in sections along the tide line. It definitely felt like a different world away from the touristy hustle and bustle back downtown.
I visited once again in a late spring evening when all the broom was in bloom, but rainclouds were coming in from the distance. It made for a very moody, atmospheric place.
This is not a beach if you want to sunbathe and I'm not sure it's a great swimming area (as Victoria dumps its sewage RAW into the ocean!!!), but if you're looking for a scenic stroll along the waterfront where you feel like you're far away from the city, this is my recommendation. Leave a Comment Address: Cook Street & Dallas Road, VictoriaDirections: The southern foot of Cook Street, across the street from Dallas Road by Beacon Hill Park.
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Towards late afternoon, we headed to Beacon Hill Park for a walk around the small pond which I noted had just a few too many Canada geese as I was carefully trying to avoid all the goose poop, through the gardens, past the children's zoo where we saw a proud papa peacock with one of his babies and up to the top of the hill for a lovely view of the Strait of Georgia and Washington state's Olympic Mountains.
From there we walked through a section of park where dogs are allowed off leash, watched some folks sailboarding and then cut through Ross Bay cemetery on our way back to town. Leave a Comment
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Unfortunatelly i was there in the evening and the pictures I've taken were not the greatest. If you look at the website you can see better views.
Stroll through Beacon Hill Park - take in the Petting Zoo, Goodacre Lake, the free putting green, the summit lookout, behind the zoo and in the spring, the heron nests on the west edge of Goodacre lake. Leave a Comment Directions: Beacon Hill Park was named for the two beacons on Mount Beacon. The western most beacon had a triangle (blue) and the other a square (green). If the sailor could see the square through the triangle he was on Brotchie Ledge- which meant trouble.Website: http://www.beaconhillpark.ca/
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When you are wondering around in Beacon Hill Park you will enjoy different views and many different kind of plants and flowers. Take your time to enjoy this lovely place. Leave a Comment
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Beacon Hill Park is an easy walk from downtown Victoria. It's not as big as Stanley Park in Vancouver, but big enough to make you forget you are in the middle of a city. Inside the park there are small rock hills, well-maintained gardens, and a petting zoo to make your walk interesting. The south end of Beacon Hill Park is a good spot to view the mountain range of Olympic National Park on a good day. The southwestern corner of the park, where Dallas and Douglas intersect, is "Mile 0", the starting point of Trans-Canada Highway. Leave a Comment
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Beacon Hill Park
The park is right next to downtown, and extends to the waterfront. The park contains a cricket field, large playground for kids, lots of ponds with ducks and swans, an aviary, a children's zoo with farm animals and peacocks, beautiful trees, free concerts in the summer. I think the park is the most spectacular in Spring when all the cherry and plum trees are in blossom, and in Autumm when the maple and other deciduous trees are in full color, interspersed with the huge evergreen trees. I also like Spring because there are many broods of baby ducklings, which are so adorable. When I was a child almost every Sunday we would go to the park and feed the ducks bread crusts that we had collected in a brown bag all week long. I really liked looking at all the birds in the aviary too. Above the zoo is a hill that you can drive up to overlook the waterfront and across the straight, Port Angeles and the Olympic Mountains. Port Angeles is only 18 miles away and at night you can see cars driving up and down the streets. Leave a Comment Directions: You can't miss it. At the waterfront side of the park there is a milepost (Mile 0) that is the beginning of the Trans Canada Highway.Other Contact: Take a
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This is the largest and most beautiful park in Victoria. It is absolutely enjoyable in any season. The are numerous flat walking paths throughout the park. You will continuallly happen upon ponds filled with friendly ducks and geese. Squirrels will contstantlly cross your path and you can even see the heron breeding area. For kids there is a petting zoo open from late Feb - Oct. and a playground. You can always go for a romantic carriage ride through the park; last time newlyweds were doing this. The park also has rose gardens, rock gardens, etc. In the fall the park is filled with colourful trees.
The park is located in easy walking distance of downtown. Nearby is the Beacon Hill Drive-In where you can have amazing soft ice cream and snacks and only a bit further is the beautiful beach!!!! Leave a Comment
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