Length & Difficulty: 7 km | 2-3 hours | Moderate
Dinner Rock Trail, also known at the Browne Creek Trail, is a great hike that combines piney forest and ocean views. The arbutus trees along the route are quite spectacular as well, especially in the fall as the neat orangey-red bark becomes even more vivid in colour. The area is well suited for hiking and mountain biking, so be mindful of the other users on the path. The beginning of this trail along Browne Creek is a nice, wide, flat biking trail, and even has a few "slow down" signs. Along this trail you could see many snakes and frogs among the ferns and forest.
While you could shorten your hike to just head to Dinner Rock and back, a major highlight of this trail is the swimming and beach area at Hurtado Bay, as well as the lookout point where you can see the southern tip of Savary Island and the northern tip of Harwood Island, so take your time to check out Hurtado Bay while you're at it.
Directions to Trailhead
Drive north of Powell River about 23 km towards Lund and take a left at Dinner Rock Campground. A little ways down you'll see a Browne Creek trailhead sign on the right and that will be the starting point. There is some space to park at that trailhead and a good place to leave your vehicle if you are doing the entire loop.
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