Lone Tree Hill Regional Park

From the summit (364 m) of this small park, enjoy views of the Malahat, the Highlands, Victoria and the distant Olympic Mountains. Featuring rare and beautiful plants nestled in steep, dry rock faces, bald eagles, ravens, red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures riding the winds.

The park's namesake was a bonsai-like Douglas-fir tree, which was designated a "Heritage Tree." Only four metres tall, it graced the hillside for over two centuries.

Climb above the Highlands past dry, rocky outcrop vegetation to the 364-metre summit of Lone Tree Hill. From the summit, the view sweeps across the Malahat and the Highlands to Victoria and the distant Olympic Mountains.

The hilltop is an excellent spot for birdwatching. Look for bald eagles, red-tailed hawks and turkey vultures riding the thermals overhead.

Lone Tree Hill is particularly spectacular in the spring, when wildflowers such as fawn lilies, shooting stars and common camas grace the hillside.

source: CRD Parks