Lighthouse Park
An old-growth forest park on the headland of West Vancouver, with towering Douglas fir groves and a granite coastline. Watch the sunset in front of the 1912 Atkinson Point Lighthouse.
Lighthouse Park covers about 75 hectares and preserves old-growth coastal forest that is rare around Vancouver, with some Douglas firs more than 500 years old. Several trails cross the forest in about 30 minutes to reach the granite shoreline, where you can look out at the Atkinson Point Lighthouse (built in 1912, a National Historic Site) and, across the water, Stanley Park and the downtown skyline. Watching the sunset from the rocks in the evening is a local favorite. Admission is free, but parking is limited. From downtown, take bus 250 for about 45 minutes.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Museum of Anthropology at UBC
- Nitobe Memorial Garden
- Cypress Mountain
- Kitsilano Beach
- Lions Gate Bridge
- Stanley Park
- English Bay Beach
- Vancouver Aquarium