Francis/King Trail RatingThe wilderness hiking trails in Francis/King Regional Park take you past massive, old-growth Douglas Fir trees.  Some estimated to be as old as 500 years and the Elsie King interpretive trail gives beautiful descriptions of the forest and creatures around you.  The park is an educational walk through a remote and secluded feeling park just 20 minutes from downtown Victoria.

  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProEleven kilometres of trails
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProTrail connects to Thetis Lake!
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProWonderful wildflower meadows
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProNice 800 metre interpretive trail
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProBig, 500 year old trees!
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProVery family friendly
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking Trail ProElsie King Trail is wheelchair friendly
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking ConNice hike, but not overly impressive
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking ConNot as pretty as nearby Thetis Lake
  • Tofino Clayoquot Hiking ConNice park, but not a must do

Victoria Hiking Trails

  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailAvatar Grove  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailBear Hill  Easy Hiking TrailEast Sooke Park  Victoria Hiking TrailElk/Beaver Lake  Victoria Hiking TrailEsquimalt Lagoon  Easy Pay Hiking Trail VictoriaFort Rodd Hill  Easy Hiking TrailFrancis/King  Victoria Hiking TrailGalloping Goose  Easy Hiking TrailGoldstream Park  Easy Hiking TrailGowlland Tod  Easy Hiking TrailGrass Lake  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailJohn Dean Park  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailJuan de Fuca Trail  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailLone Tree Hill  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailMill Hill  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailMount Douglas  Easy Hiking TrailMount Tolmie  Easy Hiking TrailSooke Potholes  Victoria Hiking TrailSpectacle Lake  Easy Hiking TrailThetis Lake  Victoria Hiking TrailWitty's Lagoon

Clayoquot Hiking Trails

  Easy Hiking TrailThe Big Tree Trail  Easy Hiking TrailHot Springs Cove  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailLone Cone  Easy Hiking TrailNuu Chah Nulth  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailRadar Beach  Steep, Dog Friendly TrailRadar Hill  Easy Hiking TrailVargas Island  Virgin Falls  Easy Hiking TrailWild Pacific Trail

There are over 11 kilometres of trails in the park and the Panhandle trail connects to the adjacent, Thetis Lake Regional Park.  The trail network extends quite far allowing you to roam far and wide or close and short.  Thetis Lake Regional Park then connects to the beautiful Mill Hill Regional Park, combining these three very distinct parks into one, massive, interconnected hiking paradise.  Francis/King contains the massive old growth forest, Thetis the beautiful lakeside trails, and Mill Hill the wonderful mountain views out to the ocean around Victoria.  Francis/King Regional Park gets its odd, double name of "Francis/King" because Francis and King were in fact two surnames of two different people.  Both enabled the creation of the park and therefore the name of the park was clumsily created with both surnames. Take a look at the detailed history of the park including archaeological research in the area here.  James Francis bought the area where the park is on the east side of Munn Road in the 1840's.  The area on the west side of Munn road was named Freeman King Park after a popular early Victoria area conservationist.  The beautiful Elsie King Trail is an 800 metre long wheelchair accessible boardwalk with a self guided interpretive trail.  There is also a nice nature centre near the parking lot open 12-4pm Saturday, Sunday and holiday Monday.

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