Bittern Lake Recreation Site
Near Parson, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Run by an independent site operator under an agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Bittern Lake
A small Recreation Site with two open campsite at a tranquil lake.
- Type
- Recreation site
- Campsites
- 2 campsites
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Parson, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain North (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1994
- Location
- 50.97924, -116.59955
- Site ID
- REC2481
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
Accessible by 2wd vehicle down 15km of dirt road. Highly active logging road, CB radio recommended. Access is 68km north of Radium and 36km south of Golden.
From HWY 95 in Parson, turn west onto Parson River Crossing Rd. Continue straight, onto Crestbrook Main FSR (Radio controlled road use RR-3). Continue on Crestbrook Main for 6.5km then take a sharp left onto Mitten FSR, following signs for Mitten Lake. Keep right at 14km marker, following signs for Bittern Lake. Continue on Bittern Lake FSR for 1km to Bittern Lake Recreation Site.
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. BC also recruits live-in fee-site operators by request for proposals on BC Bid.
Host jobs near Bittern Lake:
- Campground Host, Kootenay Lake Provincial Park RAP Park Contracting Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 101 km away
- Volunteer Park Hosts, Martha Creek, McDonald Creek and Blanket Creek Parks West Kootenay Park Management Inc. (BC Parks operator), 112 km away
- Campground Manager (live on site) Kananaskis Campground Services Inc. (KCS), 130 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- Mitten Lake 3 km, 27 campsites
- Mclean Lake 3 km, 2 campsites
- Fourteen Mile Lake 4 km, 1 campsite
- Nine Bay Lake 5 km, 3 campsites
- Wilbur Lake 6 km, 2 campsites
- Rocky Point Lake 13 km, 1 campsite
Information from Recreation Sites and Trails BC open data (BC Data Catalogue, Open Government Licence – British Columbia), retrieved 2026-10-09. Conditions change: check the official page before you travel. CampHostJobs is not affiliated with the Government of British Columbia.