Jackpine Lake

MU 8-11, Okanagan
49.9158° N, 119.8078° W

WaterTraced road inRoadRough surface roadRec siteShoreline from the BC Freshwater Atlas, roads from the BC Digital Road Atlas, under the Open Government Licence, British Columbia. Rec site position from BC Recreation Sites and Trails, checked 11 September 2026. The lake's depth is not drawn on this map.

Surface area: 42.6ha
Maximum depth: 7.6m; 25 ft
Elevation: 1,311m
Campsites: 10; At Jackpine Lake rec site

Open Jackpine Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.

Jackpine Lake at a glance

Region: Okanagan
Management unit: MU 8-11
Species: Rainbow TroutThe newest of these fish records is from 2026.Species from the province's fish observation records.
Lake size: Small Water (< 50 ha)
Ice fishing: Open to ice fishing, confirmed
Coordinates: 49.9158, -119.8078

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Fish on record at Jackpine Lake

Species in the Province's fish observation records
Species	First recorded	Last recorded	Records
Rainbow Trout	1957	2026	189

A year is when the Province last recorded the fish here, not a statement that it is caught today.

How to fish Jackpine Lake

Best times of year at Jackpine Lake

May - June
September - October

Jackpine Lake fishing regulations

Electric motor only - max 7.5 kW. Source: Province of British Columbia

Getting to Jackpine Lake

1 resort, and the fee for service Jackpine Lake BC Recreation Site that operates from early May to mid October. The site offers 8 campsites, a cartop boat launch, tables and toilets.

23.5 km of traced road to the campground by way of Jackpine Lake FSR, Jack Pine FSR and Glenrosa Rd. The road at the end is a paved surface. It stops 80 m short of the campground.

The route traced over the BC Digital Road Atlas. A trace is a line on a map, not a report on the road: check conditions before you drive it.

Coordinates: 49.9158, -119.8078

Camping and rec sites at Jackpine Lake

Jackpine Lake
Campsites
10 designated
To the shore
39 m

Access: Located approximately 39 km. (24 mi.) Northwest of the town of Westbank (West Kelowna). To reach Jackpine from Westbank turn north off Highway 97, and take Glenrose Road 11km. Turn right onto Jackpine Forest Service Road travel 10 km. Turn left onto Jackpine Lake Forest Service Road, and travel another 5 km to the access of the Recreation Site on the left. <BR> <BR> From the city of Kelowna, Jackpine Lake can be accessed from Westside Road by travelling 26 km up Bear Main Forest Service Road, and then turning right onto Jackpine Forest Service Road. Travel 2.2 km to Jackpine Lake Forest Service Road, and travel the additional 5 km to the Recreation Site.
Coordinates: 49.918839, -119.804099
The site on Recreation Sites and Trails BC

Depth chart for Jackpine Lake

7.6 mdeepest4.6 mmean

Jackpine Lake runs to 7.6 m (25 ft) at its deepest.

The mean of 4.6 m (15 ft) is read off the same chart, surveyed in November 1979.

The Province sounded Jackpine Lake and published the depth chart surveyed in 1979.

Depth chart (PDF)

The ice year at Jackpine Lake, modelled

Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.

In the model Jackpine Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 2 November and 17 November, and ice-off between 7 May and 24 May. The median winter freezes on 9 November and opens on 18 May.

the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter

Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 29 October 2024 to 2 May 2025, 185 days.

Jackpine Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.

Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.

Jackpine Lake climate, 1960 to 2025

Averaged over a year, the air above Jackpine Lake is 0.9 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.

+0.9 Csince the 1960s
1.7 Caverage year now
0.8 Caverage year then
-9 daysbelow freezing, change

Average year at Jackpine Lakedegrees C, yearly mean

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

Days below freezingdays a year averaging under 0 C

each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025

This week at Jackpine Lake

The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.

Day	Sky	High / low	Wind	Rain	Pressure
Tue 20 Oct	Clear sky	10° / -2°	11 km/h, gusts 20	dry	Steady
Wed 21 Oct	Overcast	14° / 3°	9 km/h, gusts 22	dry	Falling (-6.3 hPa)
Thu 22 Oct	Overcast	13° / 3°	13 km/h, gusts 19	dry	Falling (-2.7 hPa)
Fri 23 Oct	Overcast	5° / -2°	24 km/h, gusts 44	dry	Rising (+12.3 hPa)
Sat 24 Oct	Overcast	6° / -4°	9 km/h	dry	Rising (+7.1 hPa)
Sun 25 Oct	Overcast	6° / -5°	8 km/h	dry	Rising (+2.6 hPa)
Mon 26 Oct	Partly cloudy	6° / -4°	7 km/h	dry	Steady

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Jackpine Lake, in brief

What fish are in Jackpine Lake?

Rainbow Trout. Species from the province's fish observation records.

Which management unit is Jackpine Lake in?

Jackpine Lake is in MU 8-11, in the Okanagan. The BC Freshwater Fishing Regulations Synopsis is organised by management unit; check it before you go.

Trout lakes near Jackpine Lake

Cameron Lake 8 km away
Lambly (Bear) Lake 8 km away
Lambly Lake 8 km away
Islaht (Horseshoe) Lake 8 km away
Dobbin Lake 9 km away

All 212 lakes in the Okanagan, with today's conditions on each.