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Map of Yoho National Park and its lakes

Yoho National Park

51.3831° N, 116.5361° W

Park boundary and water from open government data.

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Yoho National Park, British Columbia. 51.3831° N, 116.5361° W

National park, 1,310 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/bc/yoho-national-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.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada facilities, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Parks Canada trails, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – 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).
  • Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.

Yoho National Park is a 1,310 km² national park 9.4 km north of Castledale, in British Columbia. It was established in 1886.

7 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Emerald Lake (1.06 km²).

Area
1,310 km²
Established
1886
Named lakes
7
Trails
85294 km
Campsites
1232 campgrounds

Conditions today

11.6 °C

Wind WSW 25 km/h

Observed at Yoho (National Park), as of Thu 11:00 p.m. MDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy near midnight. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 50. Low plus 3.

Weather: Yoho (National Park) (local forecast), as of 12:05 a.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:26 a.m.
Sunrise
8:00 a.m.
Sunset
7:05 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:38 p.m.
Moonrise
6:57 a.m.
Moonset
6:25 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Emerald Lake1.06 km²
2Lake McArthur0.79 km²
3Sherbrooke Lake0.36 km²
4Lake O'Hara0.31 km²
5Wapta Lake0.24 km²
6Lake Oesa0.17 km²
7Fairy Lake0.13 km²

Waterfalls

Rivers

Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.

Campgrounds

2 campgrounds have 123 campsites.

CampgroundSites
Kicking Horse Campsite88
Takakkaw Falls Campsite35

Trails

85 named trails and routes, with 294.2 km of trail. The 15 longest are listed.

TrailLength
Amiskwi Pass18.3 km
Ice River17.1 km
Amiskwi16.2 km
Ottertail River14.4 km
Burgess Pass11.7 km
Iceline10.2 km
McArthur Creek9.7 km
Lake O'Hara Fire Road8.7 km
Emerald River7.4 km
Goodsir Pass6.6 km
Otterhead6.4 km
Yoho Valley6.3 km
Wapta Highline6 km
Whaleback5.7 km
Ross Lake5.5 km

Things to do

Camping

  • Backcountry camping
  • Frontcountry camping

Facilities

  • Picnic areas
  • Playground
  • Trailheads
  • Visitor or interpretation centre

Official record

Designation
National park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Canada Agency

Photos

Bridge in Yoho - panoramio
Photo: Jack Borno, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
British Columbia - Yoho National Park IMG 4734
Photo: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
British Columbia - Yoho National Park IMG 4735
Photo: Deror_avi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Names

  • Parc national du Canada YohoFrench form