Curated list · 82 trails · Updated October 24, 2026
best hikes for beginners
Best hikes for beginners near Vancouver, BC: 82 trails on this site. Short, well-marked trails with modest climbing. Figures are approximate.
1Quarry Rock
North Shore · Easy · 3.8–4 km · +100–150 m · 1–1.5 hours2Lynn Loop
North Shore · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +100–150 m · 1.5–2 hours3Lynn Canyon & 30 Foot Pool
North Shore · Easy · 2–3 km · +50–100 m · 45–60 minutes4Rice Lake Loop
North Shore · Easy · 3 km · +0–30 m · 60 minutes5Capilano Canyon & Cleveland Dam
North Shore · Easy · 4–7 km · +100–200 m · 1.5–2.5 hours6Dog Mountain
North Shore · Easy · 5 km · +100 m · 1.5–2 hours7Cypress Falls
North Shore · Easy · 3–4 km · +150–200 m · 1–1.5 hours8Lighthouse Park
North Shore · Easy · 2–5 km · +50–100 m · 1–2 hours9Stanley Park Seawall
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9–10 km · +0–20 m · 2.5–3 hours10Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +0–100 m · 1–3 hours11Burnaby Mountain Trails
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–8 km · +100–250 m · 1–2.5 hours12Jug Island Beach
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +150–200 m · 1.5–2 hours13Minnekhada Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–8 km · +50–150 m · 1.5–3 hours14Lower Falls (Golden Ears)
Fraser Valley · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +50–100 m · 1.5–2 hours15Bridal Veil Falls
Fraser Valley · Easy · 1–1.5 km · +50–100 m · 30 minutes16Hayward Lake Railway Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 10–12 km · +50–100 m · 3–4 hours17Shannon Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1 km · +30–50 m · 15–30 minutes18Murrin Park (Browning Lake loop)
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1–3 km · +50–200 m · 30 minutes to 1.5 hours19Four Lakes Trail (Alice Lake)
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 6–6.5 km · +100–150 m · 2–2.5 hours20Brandywine Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1–1.5 km · +20–50 m · 30 minutes21Mystery Lake
North Shore · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +150–200 m · 1–1.5 hours22Killarney Lake (Bowen Island)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–4.5 km · +30–60 m · 1–1.5 hours23Admiralty Point (Belcarra)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5 km · +50–100 m · 1.5–2 hours24Burnaby Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 10–10.5 km · +10–30 m · 2.5–3 hours25Deer Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4.5–5 km · +10–30 m · 1–1.5 hours26Smuggler Cove
Sunshine Coast · Easy · 3.5–4 km · +30–60 m · 1–1.5 hours27Skookumchuck Narrows
Sunshine Coast · Easy · 8–8.5 km · +50–150 m · 2–3 hours28Whistler Train Wreck
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 3 km · +20–50 m · 1–1.5 hours29Nairn Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +30–100 m · 1–1.5 hours30Othello Tunnels
Fraser Valley · Easy · 3.5 km · +10–30 m · 1–1.5 hours31Hicks Lake loop
Fraser Valley · Easy · 4–4.5 km · +30–80 m · 1–1.5 hours32Mundy Park loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–5 km · +20–50 m · 1–1.5 hours33Colony Farm Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +5–20 m · 1–2 hours34Pitt-Addington Marsh dikes (Grant Narrows)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +5–20 m · 1.5–3 hours35Kanaka Creek: Cliff Falls
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–80 m · 1–1.5 hours36Derby Reach and Edgewater Bar
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +5–20 m · 1–2 hours37Campbell Valley: Little River Loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +5–20 m · 30–60 minutes38Tynehead Regional Park loops
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–5 km · +10–40 m · 1–1.5 hours39Redwood Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–60 m · 60 minutes40Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–4 km · +0–10 m · 30 minutes to 1.5 hours41Boundary Bay dike
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +0–10 m · 1–3 hours42Richmond West Dyke Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5–6 km · +0–10 m · 1.5–2 hours43Iona Beach jetty
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 8–8.5 km · +0–10 m · 2–3 hours44Queen Elizabeth Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–70 m · 30–60 minutes45Camosun Bog boardwalk
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 1–2 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes46Fisherman's Trail (Seymour River)
North Shore · Easy · 6–10 km · +50–150 m · 2–3 hours47Maplewood Flats
North Shore · Easy · 2–3 km · +0–10 m · 60 minutes48Seaview Walk
North Shore · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +10–40 m · 30–60 minutes49Ambleside to Dundarave Seawalk
North Shore · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes50Sasamat Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2.5–3 km · +10–40 m · 60 minutes51Port Moody Shoreline Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +0–20 m · 1–1.5 hours52Barnet Marine Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 1–2 km · +0–20 m · 30–60 minutes53Central Park (Burnaby)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–4 km · +10–30 m · 60 minutes54Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +0–10 m · 1–2 hours55Spanish Banks to Jericho Beach
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–4 km · +0–10 m · 1–1.5 hours56False Creek seawall loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9–10 km · +0–20 m · 2.5–3 hours57White Rock Promenade
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes58Delta Nature Reserve (Burns Bog)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +0–10 m · 60 minutes59Deas Island Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–5 km · +0–10 m · 1–1.5 hours60Stanley Park: Beaver Lake
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +10–40 m · 30–60 minutes61South Dyke Trail (Finn Slough to London Farm)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 7.2 km · not listed · 2 hours62De Boville Slough
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9.2 km · not listed · 3 hours63Yew Lake and Bowen Lookout
North Shore · Easy · 4 km · not listed · 2.5 hours64Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 7 km · +150 m · 3.5 hours65Pitt River Greenway
Fraser Valley · Easy · 8 km · not listed · 2.5 hours66Rolley Falls and Lake
Fraser Valley · Easy · 5 km · not listed · 2 hours67Brunswick Point
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6.5 km · not listed · 2.5 hours68Semiahmoo Ramble
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · not listed · 3 hours69Aldergrove Regional Park
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6.5 km · not listed · 2.5 hours70Fort-to-Fort Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 8 km · not listed · 2.5 hours71Matsqui Trail (western section)
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6 km · not listed · 2 hours72Vedder River Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 9.4 km · not listed · 3 hours73Bluffs Park (Galiano Island)
Further afield · Easy · 9.6 km · not listed · 4 hours74Heather Trail (Manning Park)
Further afield · Easy · not listed · not listed · 3.5 hours75Sea Island Dike (McDonald Beach)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 7 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes76Peace Arch Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · +0–10 m · 0 minutes77Delta Watershed Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 11 km · not listed · 0 minutes78George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary dikes
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 6 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes79Mud Bay / East Delta Dike Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · +0–10 m · 0 minutes80Porteau Cove viewpoint trail
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · not listed · not listed · 0 minutes81Whistler Valley Trail
Further afield · Easy · 35 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes82Portside and Burnaby Heights trails
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2.5 km · not listed · 0 minutes
North Shore · Easy · 3.8–4 km · +100–150 m · 1–1.5 hours2Lynn Loop
North Shore · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +100–150 m · 1.5–2 hours3Lynn Canyon & 30 Foot Pool
North Shore · Easy · 2–3 km · +50–100 m · 45–60 minutes4Rice Lake Loop
North Shore · Easy · 3 km · +0–30 m · 60 minutes5Capilano Canyon & Cleveland Dam
North Shore · Easy · 4–7 km · +100–200 m · 1.5–2.5 hours6Dog Mountain
North Shore · Easy · 5 km · +100 m · 1.5–2 hours7Cypress Falls
North Shore · Easy · 3–4 km · +150–200 m · 1–1.5 hours8Lighthouse Park
North Shore · Easy · 2–5 km · +50–100 m · 1–2 hours9Stanley Park Seawall
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9–10 km · +0–20 m · 2.5–3 hours10Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +0–100 m · 1–3 hours11Burnaby Mountain Trails
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–8 km · +100–250 m · 1–2.5 hours12Jug Island Beach
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +150–200 m · 1.5–2 hours13Minnekhada Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–8 km · +50–150 m · 1.5–3 hours14Lower Falls (Golden Ears)
Fraser Valley · Easy · 5–5.5 km · +50–100 m · 1.5–2 hours15Bridal Veil Falls
Fraser Valley · Easy · 1–1.5 km · +50–100 m · 30 minutes16Hayward Lake Railway Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 10–12 km · +50–100 m · 3–4 hours17Shannon Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1 km · +30–50 m · 15–30 minutes18Murrin Park (Browning Lake loop)
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1–3 km · +50–200 m · 30 minutes to 1.5 hours19Four Lakes Trail (Alice Lake)
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 6–6.5 km · +100–150 m · 2–2.5 hours20Brandywine Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 1–1.5 km · +20–50 m · 30 minutes21Mystery Lake
North Shore · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +150–200 m · 1–1.5 hours22Killarney Lake (Bowen Island)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–4.5 km · +30–60 m · 1–1.5 hours23Admiralty Point (Belcarra)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5 km · +50–100 m · 1.5–2 hours24Burnaby Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 10–10.5 km · +10–30 m · 2.5–3 hours25Deer Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4.5–5 km · +10–30 m · 1–1.5 hours26Smuggler Cove
Sunshine Coast · Easy · 3.5–4 km · +30–60 m · 1–1.5 hours27Skookumchuck Narrows
Sunshine Coast · Easy · 8–8.5 km · +50–150 m · 2–3 hours28Whistler Train Wreck
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 3 km · +20–50 m · 1–1.5 hours29Nairn Falls
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +30–100 m · 1–1.5 hours30Othello Tunnels
Fraser Valley · Easy · 3.5 km · +10–30 m · 1–1.5 hours31Hicks Lake loop
Fraser Valley · Easy · 4–4.5 km · +30–80 m · 1–1.5 hours32Mundy Park loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–5 km · +20–50 m · 1–1.5 hours33Colony Farm Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +5–20 m · 1–2 hours34Pitt-Addington Marsh dikes (Grant Narrows)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +5–20 m · 1.5–3 hours35Kanaka Creek: Cliff Falls
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–80 m · 1–1.5 hours36Derby Reach and Edgewater Bar
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +5–20 m · 1–2 hours37Campbell Valley: Little River Loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +5–20 m · 30–60 minutes38Tynehead Regional Park loops
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–5 km · +10–40 m · 1–1.5 hours39Redwood Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–60 m · 60 minutes40Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–4 km · +0–10 m · 30 minutes to 1.5 hours41Boundary Bay dike
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–10 km · +0–10 m · 1–3 hours42Richmond West Dyke Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 5–6 km · +0–10 m · 1.5–2 hours43Iona Beach jetty
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 8–8.5 km · +0–10 m · 2–3 hours44Queen Elizabeth Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +30–70 m · 30–60 minutes45Camosun Bog boardwalk
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 1–2 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes46Fisherman's Trail (Seymour River)
North Shore · Easy · 6–10 km · +50–150 m · 2–3 hours47Maplewood Flats
North Shore · Easy · 2–3 km · +0–10 m · 60 minutes48Seaview Walk
North Shore · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +10–40 m · 30–60 minutes49Ambleside to Dundarave Seawalk
North Shore · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes50Sasamat Lake loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2.5–3 km · +10–40 m · 60 minutes51Port Moody Shoreline Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–3.5 km · +0–20 m · 1–1.5 hours52Barnet Marine Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 1–2 km · +0–20 m · 30–60 minutes53Central Park (Burnaby)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–4 km · +10–30 m · 60 minutes54Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 4–6 km · +0–10 m · 1–2 hours55Spanish Banks to Jericho Beach
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–4 km · +0–10 m · 1–1.5 hours56False Creek seawall loop
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9–10 km · +0–20 m · 2.5–3 hours57White Rock Promenade
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–2.5 km · +0–10 m · 30–60 minutes58Delta Nature Reserve (Burns Bog)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +0–10 m · 60 minutes59Deas Island Regional Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 3–5 km · +0–10 m · 1–1.5 hours60Stanley Park: Beaver Lake
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2–3 km · +10–40 m · 30–60 minutes61South Dyke Trail (Finn Slough to London Farm)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 7.2 km · not listed · 2 hours62De Boville Slough
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 9.2 km · not listed · 3 hours63Yew Lake and Bowen Lookout
North Shore · Easy · 4 km · not listed · 2.5 hours64Brohm Lake Interpretive Forest
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · 7 km · +150 m · 3.5 hours65Pitt River Greenway
Fraser Valley · Easy · 8 km · not listed · 2.5 hours66Rolley Falls and Lake
Fraser Valley · Easy · 5 km · not listed · 2 hours67Brunswick Point
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6.5 km · not listed · 2.5 hours68Semiahmoo Ramble
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · not listed · 3 hours69Aldergrove Regional Park
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6.5 km · not listed · 2.5 hours70Fort-to-Fort Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 8 km · not listed · 2.5 hours71Matsqui Trail (western section)
Fraser Valley · Easy · 6 km · not listed · 2 hours72Vedder River Trail
Fraser Valley · Easy · 9.4 km · not listed · 3 hours73Bluffs Park (Galiano Island)
Further afield · Easy · 9.6 km · not listed · 4 hours74Heather Trail (Manning Park)
Further afield · Easy · not listed · not listed · 3.5 hours75Sea Island Dike (McDonald Beach)
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 7 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes76Peace Arch Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · +0–10 m · 0 minutes77Delta Watershed Park
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 11 km · not listed · 0 minutes78George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary dikes
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 6 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes79Mud Bay / East Delta Dike Trail
Metro Vancouver · Easy · not listed · +0–10 m · 0 minutes80Porteau Cove viewpoint trail
Sea-to-Sky · Easy · not listed · not listed · 0 minutes81Whistler Valley Trail
Further afield · Easy · 35 km · +0–10 m · 0 minutes82Portside and Burnaby Heights trails
Metro Vancouver · Easy · 2.5 km · not listed · 0 minutes
See also area guides, guides and the passport.
sources
- BC Hydro recreation area
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks
- BC Parks (Coquihalla Canyon Park)
- BC Parks (Cypress)
- BC Parks (E.C. Manning)
- BC Parks (Mount Seymour Park)
- BC Parks (Nairn Falls Park)
- BC Parks (Peace Arch)
- BC Parks (Porteau Cove)
- BC Parks (Rolley Lake)
- BC Parks (Sasquatch Park)
- BC Parks (Skookumchuck Narrows Park)
- BC Parks (Smuggler Cove Marine Park)
- BC Waterfowl Society
- City of Burnaby
- City of Chilliwack
- City of Coquitlam
- City of Coquitlam
- City of Delta
- City of Pitt Meadows
- City of Port Moody
- City of Richmond
- City of Surrey
- City of Surrey
- City of Vancouver Parks
- City of White Rock
- District of North Vancouver
- District of West Vancouver
- Fraser Valley Regional District
- Galiano Club / local trails
- Metro Vancouver (Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Aldergrove)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Belcarra Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Belcarra)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Boundary Bay Regional Park) and City of Delta
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Boundary Bay)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Burnaby Lake Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Campbell Valley Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Capilano River)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Colony Farm Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Crippen Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Deas Island Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Derby Reach Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Derby Reach)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Grant Narrows) and Province of BC (Pitt-Addington Marsh Wildlife Management Area)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Iona Beach Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Kanaka Creek Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Lynn Headwaters)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Pacific Spirit Regional Park)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks (Tynehead Regional Park)
- Recreation Sites and Trails BC
- Resort Municipality of Whistler
- Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation / City of Burnaby
- Vancouver Park Board
- Wild Bird Trust of BC (Maplewood Conservation Area)
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Hike Vancouver. "Best hikes for beginners." Updated October 24, 2026. https://hikevancouver.ca/lists/beginners/
