Trip 309 - May 13, 2024 (Monday)

Mount Tolmie Park Visit

District of Saanich near Victoria, BC

Mount Tolmie Park location: Mayfair Drive in the District of Saanich near Victoria, British Columbia.

Liked: Fine views of Victoria, good views of distant hills and of Mount Douglass, Gary Oaks, colourful plants, free parking, much shade, no bugs, meeting a deer and several lizards, pleasant paths through the park.

Of Note: The park is popular.

Vancouver Island, Victoria & Gulf Islands Backroad Mapbook (9th edition) Trailhead Coordinates: Page 5 (Victoria) B3.

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Mount Tolmie Park is located on Mayfair Drive in the District of Saanich (by Victoria BC) close to University of Victoria and a community of Oak Bay. This park is located on both sides of Mayfair Drive and is 300-400 hundred meters long and wide. It has a very fine panoramic view of Victoria (with Mount Douglas visible in the distance) from the main parking lot and further down, and pleasant paths through vegetation with numerous Gary Oaks.

There is also some wildlife, as we met a deer and several lizards. Parking is free. In addition to the main parking lot, there is an overflow lot just below it (with parking for tour buses too, so you can imagine the number of people that would bring), and a small lot further down Mayfield Drive.

1. Here is a Google Maps location of Mount Tolmie Park by Victoria, BC.

Here is our video of driving to Mount Tolmie Park.

2. And here is a photo of a map we fount in Mount Tolmie Park, which shows the park and the surrounding area.

Map of Mount Tolmie Park in Victoria British Columbia Canada

3-4. A defaced information stand by the lower parking lot shows the map of Mount Tolmie Park itself.

Map of Mount Tolmie Park Victoria British Columbia Canada

5. Here is the main (upper) parking lot, which is suitable for regular vehicles only. Parking is free.

Victoria BC - Mount Tolmie Park upper parking lot

Here is our timelapse video of the view from the main parking lot.

6. The lower parking lot seen from the upper parking lot. The lower lot is where tour buses park, and it can also accommodate larger vehicles that would be too big for the upper lot. There is also a small overflow dirt lot along Mayfair Drive further down (towards Cedar Hill Cross Road).

Mount Tolmie Park

7. Here is the lower parking lot for Mount Tolmie Park.

Lower Parking Lot of Mount Tolmie Park in Victoria British Columbia Canada

8-12. The main sightseeing attraction of Mount Tolmie Park is a panoramic view of Victoria from the main parking lot (you can also walk downhill towards the overflow lot and beyond and see, more or less, the same view). Here it is left to right followed by two panoramas. Mount Douglas can be observed in the far background.