Vernon to Kelowna Rail Trail and Kelowna Loops
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8.6km - 29.5 km (one-way)
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About the Journey

The Okanagan Rail Trail between Vernon and Kelowna follows, at this time, the shores of Kalamalka Lake and Wood Lake.  The link along Ellison Lake is a future link presently breaking up the rail trail between Wood Lake and the Kelowna Airport.

Rail trail from Vernon to end of finished trail – 29.5k (about 60k there and back)
Rail trail along Kalamalka Lake – 17.5k
Rail trail along Wood Lake – 8.6k
Alternate along Wood Lake – 8.8k

Once the 5.8k connection along Ellison Lake is completed the full length of the Okanagan Rail Trail from Vernon to Kelowna will be about 46k in length.

In Kelowna it is really worthwhile doing the loop that takes in the Mission Creek Greenway and Okanagan Lake.  The latter offers interesting greenway features along with other amenities of interest.

This greenway trail loop – 23k add 6.4k if you include the alternate  further up Mission Creek.
Rail trail in Kelowna – 10.8k  (add 7.3k when including the University Loop).




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GPS INFORMATION:

  • KML/KMZ files can be opened in Google Earth, and many smartphone apps.
  • GPX files can be opened by most GPS software apps when KMZ cannot. Note, GPX files do not contain custom colours and icons that we use on our maps; all tracks and icons will appear the same colours and styles. We recommend using KMZ instead when possible.
  • GPX-Garmin are GPX files that we have optimized for older Garmin units that only display tracks that contain 500 points or less (such as Garmin eTrex units).

Visit our GPS & Navigation page for instructions of how to use your smartphone as a GPS device (even when outside of data coverage) or how to import data to your Garmin unit.


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