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Sooke Potholes Park

48.447° N, 123.7281° W

Sooke Potholes Park, British Columbia. 48.447° N, 123.7281° W

Regional or municipal park, 0.72 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/sooke-potholes-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • BC Parks protected areas, BC Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Sooke Potholes Park is a 0.72 km² regional or municipal park 5.4 km north of Milnes Landing, in British Columbia. It was established in 2005.

Area
0.72 km²
Established
2005

Conditions today

14.3 °C

Partly CloudyWind SSE 8 km/h

Observed at Malahat, as of 12:00 a.m. PDT

Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness this evening then rain beginning before morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h early this evening except west 50 near Juan de Fuca Strait. Wind becoming southeast 30 gusting to 50 before morning. Low 11.

Weather: Malahat (local forecast), as of 12:02 a.m. PDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
6:54 a.m.
Sunrise
7:26 a.m.
Sunset
6:37 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:08 p.m.
Moonrise
6:26 a.m.
Moonset
5:57 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Air Quality Health Index

1 low risk

WestShore, as of 11:00 p.m. PDT Thursday

Things to do

Activities

  • Pets on leash
  • Wildlife viewing

As listed by the park’s official page.

Official record

Designation
Regional or municipal park
Park class
Class A
IUCN category
IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Capital Region District
Official website
bcparks.ca

Photos

Sooke Potholes Vancouver Island British Columbia
Photo: Spencer T Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc régional Sooke PotholesFrench form