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Potholes Provincial Park

47.9527° N, 84.2628° W

Potholes Provincial Park, Ontario. 47.9527° N, 84.2628° W

Provincial park, 2.47 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/on/potholes-provincial-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.
  • Provincial Park and Conservation Reserve Regulated, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
  • Visitation to Provincial Parks, Ontario Parks (Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • 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).

Potholes Provincial Park is a 2.47 km² provincial park 26 km southeast of Hawk Junction, in Ontario. It was established in 1985.

Area
2.47 km²
Established
1985
Visits 2025
1,590

Conditions today

5.5 °C

Mostly CloudyWind NNE 3 km/h, gusts 34

Observed at Wawa, as of 2:00 a.m. EDT

Tonight: Partly cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.

Weather: Wawa (local forecast), as of 2:02 a.m. EDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:16 a.m.
Sunrise
7:47 a.m.
Sunset
6:59 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:30 p.m.
Moonrise
6:39 a.m.
Moonset
6:18 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

Visitors

1,590 visits were recorded in 2025.

Visits per year

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
Park class
Nature Reserve
IUCN category
Ia, Strict nature reserveInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Status
Operating park
Regulated
1985
Managed by
Ontario Parks
Official website
ontarioparks.ca