Cranbrook Community Interpretive Forest
Near Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Who runs this site
Operated by Cranbrook Community Forest Society under a partnership agreement with Recreation Sites and Trails BC.
About Cranbrook Community Interpretive Forest
This is an Interpretive forest adjacent to the City of Cranbrook. There is a recreation trail network with day use facilities. For more information, refer to the Cranbrook Community Forest webiste, available here
- Type
- Interpretive forest
- Upkeep
- Maintained by an operator or contractor
- Access
- Road: 2 Wheel Drive
- Nearest town
- Cranbrook, British Columbia
- District
- Rocky Mountain South (Recreation Sites and Trails BC)
- Established
- 1997
- Location
- 49.54763, -115.72356
- Site ID
- REC6476
Activities
More activities are listed on the official page.
Facilities
Getting there
The main vehicle entrance to the Sylvan Lake area is adjacent to the South East Fire Centre Base at the north end of Cranbrook. Turn off the highway onto 30th Ave. N. and then immediately left onto the business frontage road. The most popular walking access can be found near the Cranbrook Golf Course. Continue past the golf course on 2nd St. S. Just beyond Edgewood Dr. turn left into the gravel parking area. This gate is closed year round.
Links
Official page at Recreation Sites and Trails BC
Host jobs
Hosts at BC recreation sites are hired by the site operator. Ask the operator through their website.
Host jobs near Cranbrook Community Interpretive Forest:
- Park Operator (seasonal) EK Parks Ltd., 5 km away
- Campground Hosts, East Kootenay Provincial Parks EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 11 km away
- Campground Host, Mount Fernie Provincial Park EK Parks Ltd. (BC Parks operator), 46 km away
Nearby recreation sites
- South Star Recreation Trail 12 km
- Horseshoe Lake 15 km, 17 campsites
- Mcginty Lake 18 km
- Palmer Bar Lake 18 km, 3 campsites
- Lakit Lake 19 km, 2 campsites
- Lakit Lookout 21 km
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.