| Okanagan
Falls, British Columbia is
a small lakefront village community located off of Highway #97
in the Okanagan Valley, southeast of Penticton, BC, on the shores
of Skaha Lake. The community is sometimes referred to as "OK
Falls".
The surrounding Kaleden landscape
is layered in orchards and wineries - fruit stands line the highway.
In town, there are services important to travelers like gas stations,
accommodations, ATMs and small grocery corner stores.
In the summer months people enjoy
activities in Kaleden like hiking, mountain biking, water skiing,
swimming, canoeing, rock climbing, kiteboarding, windsurfing,
picnicking, camping and more. Not far away, is Apex
Mountain, which is popular in the winter months for downhill
skiing and snowboarding.
Immediately south of Okanagan Falls
is Vaseux Lake.
This lake is an area of desert climate transition and bold geological
landscape. The lake is one of the top locations in the Okanagan
Valley for bird watching due to the nature of the surrounding
bio-diversity.
Christie
Memorial Provincial Park is a main park destination in the
region. It is a Skaha Lake park popular for swimming,
fishing, windsurfing, kiteboarding, canoeing, water skiing, sandy
beaches and picnicking.
The
Kettle Valley Rail Trail near Okanagan
Falls leads hikers, horseback riders, and mountain bikers over
an old pile trestle, directly into the community of Okanagan Falls.
OK Falls is the northern gateway to Canada’s pocket desert,
the most northern point of the Sonora Desert.
Green Lake Rd. climbs up past vineyards
and small lakes to the Community of Willowbrook, BC and the Dominion
Astrophysical Observatory.
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