Maps and trail highlights inside How to get there From downtown Victoria, start at the corner of Wharf Street and Pandora Avenue. Cross the Johnson Street bridge, then turn right on the paved path that connects to Harbour Road and the Galloping Goose Trail. From the BC Ferries Terminal at Swartz Bay, follow the signs to the Lochside Trail. Cyclists: after passing under the Landsend Road overpass, turn right at the bicycle lane, right at the overpass, then GALLOPINGGALLOPING right onto the Trail. Foot passengers: turn left at the Landsend Road overpass, then right onto the Trail. ANDAND From Victoria International Airport, follow the signs to GOOSEGOOSE Victoria. Turn left on McTavish Road, cross the Patricia Bay Highway, then turn right onto the Lochside Trail, which follows Lochside Drive. LOCHSIDELOCHSIDE Transit and the trails BC Transit buses can carry you R E S to or from the trails on several routes. Low floor buses on G IO AI L route 70 between Victoria and Swartz Bay, and route 61 between N AL TR Victoria and Sooke are equipped with bike racks and wheelchair lifts. For details and schedules, phone BC Transit at (250) 382-6161 or visit www.bctransit.com.

Need more info? CRD Parks coordinates the management and operations of your regional trails. To find out more about CRD Parks, and for information about trail closures or detours, visit www.crd.bc.ca/parks. Dial 9-1-1 in case of emergency or fire, or if you observe unlawful activities.

Capital Regional District Regional Parks 490 Atkins Avenue, Victoria, BC V9B 2Z8 Tel: 250.478.3344 F: 250.478.5416 E: [email protected] www.crd.bc.ca/parks

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BC Ferries to Tsawwassen and Gulf Islands LEGEND NORTH 33 Galloping Goose SAANICH Regional Trail T E L N I H C I N A A S Sidney Lochside Regional Trail Victoria Washington State International Ferries to Anacortes Regional Park Airport Other Parkland P B A Z A N B A Y P Parking P Toilets

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15 Distance from Johnson Street Brentwood CENTRAL 25 Bridge (km) Bay SAANICH TO DUNCAN

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VIEW Switch P LANGFORD P ROYAL Bridge P ESQUIMALT VICTORIA COLWOOD 0 OAK BAY P Johnson St SOOKE Bridge

S T R A I T O F SOOKE TO PORT RENFREW P METCHOSIN JUAN DE FUCA BASIN

P Quadra St Patricia Bay Hwy 17

Francis/King TO SIDNEY THETIS LAKE Millstream Rd Thetis Lake Regional Park H Carey Rd Regional Park Victoria General Hospital HelmckenSAANICH Rd McKenzie Ave Burnside Rd W Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary FLORENCE LAKE PORTAGE Six Mile Rd P 10 VIEW INLET Saanich Rd Trans-Canada HwyMill 1 Hill ROYAL 5 Regional Park Switch AdmiralsGORGE Rd Burnside Rd E Bridge INLET Blanshard St T L A M I U Q S E Atkins Ave Tillicum Rd LANGFORD Douglas St R U O B R A H Goldstream Old Island Hwy LAKE Craigflower Rd Gorge Rd Ave Aldeane Ave Ocean Blvd

LANGFORD Jacklin Rd 15 P Selkirk G L E N L A K E Trestle Glen Lake Rd Royal Roads University ESQUIMALT Bay St Fort Rodd Hill P National Sooke Rd Historic Site Esquimalt Rd COLWOOD LEGEND Pandora Ave ESQUIMALT Galloping Goose 0 Marwood Ave LAGOON Regional Trail INNER Johnson St HARBOUR Lochside Happy Valley Rd 1 Regional Trail Johnson St Lagoon Rd Bridge 20 GALLOPING Regional Park Dallas VICTORIARd Latoria Rd GOOSE Other Parkland Wishart Rd R E IL P Parking GIONAL TRA Toilets METCHOSIN Metchosin Rd TO SOOKE Beacon Hill Park Information STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA Distance from Witty‘s Lagoon Albert Head Lagoon 25 Johnson Street Bridge (km) Regional Park Regional Park

Duke Rd CYCLE DAY TRIP From Victoria, follow the Galloping Goose RIDING “THE GOOSE” NEAR MATHESON LAKE Trail, then Atkins Avenue, to Mill Hill Regional IN METCHOSIN Park. 12 km one way

CYCLE DAY TRIP From Victoria, follow the Galloping Goose Trail, then Six Mile Road, to Thetis Lake Regional Park. 11 km one way VIEW OF SOOKE BASIN FROM THE GALLOPING GOOSE TRAIL TO END OF TRAIL Goldstream 55 Provincial Park Sea to Sea Green Blue Trans-Canada Hwy 1 Belt Regional Park Reserve FLORENCE LAKE

CYCLE WEEKEND 50 From downtown Victoria, take the Galloping LANGFORD P Goose Trail and overnight in the Sooke area. LAKE Sooke Potholes The next day, explore beyond Sooke or return GLEN LANGFORD LAKE Regional Park after a detour to East Sooke Regional Park. Jacklin Rd 40 km one way Sooke Hills Mount Wells Glen Lake Rd P Wilderness Regional Park Todd Trestle Sooke TO VICTORIA Potholes Regional Park Provincial Reserve Marwood Ave Park Happy Valley Rd Sea to Sea 2 Charters Green Blue Belt Sooke Rd Trestle 45 P 20 Regional Park GALLOPING R E V I R E K O O S Sooke River Rd Reserve GOOSE R E IL GIONAL TRA METCHOSIN

Sooke Rd Harbourview Rd Witty‘s Lagoon Regional Park 40 Happy Valley Rd Gillespie Rd Lindholm Rd

SOOKE Ayum Creek Regional Kangaroo Rd Park Reserve P 35 Roche Cove SOOKE BASIN Regional Park 25

William HeadTaylor Rd Rd SOOKE HARBOUR East Sooke Rd Matheson Lake Rocky Point Rd Devonian Lombard Dr Gillespie Rd Regional Park Regional Park 30 Pike Rd P Matheson Lake Park Rd East Sooke Regional Park Becher Bay Rd East Sooke Rd LEGEND Galloping Goose P E D D E R B A Y CYCLE DAY TRIP Regional Trail

Park at Roche Cove Regional Park, and follow Regional Park the Galloping Goose Trail to the Sooke River Other Parkland Road parking area. From there, follow Sooke BECHER BAY CYCLE DAY TRIP River Road to Sooke Potholes Regional P Parking Park. 12 km one way Park at the Luxton parking area, near the Toilets corner of Sooke Road and Glen Lake Road. Follow the Galloping Goose Trail, then Lombard Information Drive and William Head Road, to Devonian STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA Distance from Regional Park in Metchosin. km one way 25 Johnson Street 9 Bridge (km) Horth Hill S W A R T Z B A Y Coal Regional Park 33 BC Ferries to Island INFORMATION KIOSK CYCLIST ON THE SWITCH BRIDGE Tsawwassen Wain Rd and Gulf Islands

McDonald McDonald Park Rd LEGEND 30 Campground Galloping Goose Resthaven Dr Regional Trail

Lochside Regional Trail NORTH SIDNEY Beacon Ave Regional Park SAANICH Washington State Ferries to Anacortes Other Parkland Victoria International Tulista Park Airport P P Parking McTavish Rd Toilets Lochside Dr (may be seasonal) Patricia 2Bay5 Hwy 17 B A Z A N B A Y Cy Hampson Park Information

Distance from P 15 Johnson Street Bridge (km) Lochside Dr CYCLE DAY TRIP To Mill Bay James Island From the Switch Bridge, take the Lochside Trail Ferry past Swan Lake and over the Blenkinsop Trestle Saanichton Bay to nearby Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park or Mt Newton X Rd Cordova Bay beach. 12 km one way 20 Island View Beach CENTRAL Regional Park SAANICH

Central Saanich Rd Island View Rd Keating X Rd Martindale Rd 3 Lochside Dr Bear Hill Regional Park 15 Brookleigh Rd Lochside Park P

Sayward Rd West Saanich Rd CORDOVA Elk/Beaver Lake BAY

Lochside Dr Cordova Regional Park Bay Road Doris Page Park

McMinn Park CYCLE DAY TRIP Royal Oak Dr 10 From the Switch Bridge, follow the Lochside Mount Trail through the farmland of the Saanich SAANICH Douglas Peninsula to Sidney. Stop to explore Island Rithet's Bog Park View Beach Regional Park on the way. Conservation Area Blenkinsop Rd km one way Blenkinsop 24 Trestle

PORTAGE Swan Lake McKenzie Ave INLET Trans-Canada Hwy 1 Nature Sanctuary Saanich Rd CYCLING ON THE LOCHSIDE TRAIL IN CENTRAL SAANICH Switch 4 TO SOOKE Bridge