East Sooke Park: Pike Rd to Mt Maguire to coast by Coppermine Trail. Return via coast

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Sooke: 92B/5

9.5 km loop.

Terrain: Intermediate

Approximate Elevations (in meters)
Start:	24	End:	24
Minimum:	9	Maximum:	278
Net Gain:	269	Cumulative Gain:	488

Pike Road Trailhead: (57 km from Saanich Hall). Take the Trans Canada Highway (CA#1) west from Victoria, take the Langford exit (exit 14 - 8.8km) and take the Veteran"s Memorial Parkway (highway 14) south to Sooke Road (4.2km)). Follow Sooke Rd to Gillespie Rd (12.2km). Turn left on Gillespie and follow it to the T junction with East Sooke Rd (5.6km). Turn right and follow East Sooke Rd for 7.9km to Pike Rd. The trailhead is at the end of Pike Rd.

Facilities available at the trailhead include:

Toilets and/or outhouses

Uses

Dayhike

3 boot (moderate).

5.5 hours one way.

Suitable all year.

Description

This trail starts at the Pike Road parking area and accesses Mt Maguire (official park elevation 268m, our GPS reading 278m) via the Anderson Cove Trail, you then loop down to the coast via the Coppermine Trail returning to the parking area via the Coast and Pike Road trails.

Head south from the parking area on the Pike Road Trail towards Iron Mine Bay, after about 1km turn left onto the Anderson Cove Trail. Follow this for aobut 2km to the junction with the Mt Maguire Trail. Take this trail to the summit and head out to the viewpoint and then return to the Anderson Cove Trail via the same route. Once back on the Anderson Cove Trail continue east for about 300 meters to the junction with the Coppermine Trail. Turn south (right) and follow this trail for about 2.5km to the junction with the Coast Trail (passing a junction for another side trail to the Coast Trail at about 2km). Turn west (right) and follow the coast back to Iron Mine Bay and the junction with the Pike Road Trail (about 1km) passing a side trail for Mt Maguire. Return to the Pike Road trailhead via the Pike Road Trail.

Features

This trail features beaches, birds (American Kestral, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Northern Harrier, Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey vulture), flowers (Blue camas, Calypso orchid, Death camas, Ground cone, Red columbine, Tall bluebell and White fawn lily), forests (Arbutus, Douglas-fir and Western red cedar), fruits (Wild strawberry), historical artifacts (Mine), meadows, shrubs (Manzanita) and views.

Hazards

Route-finding skills are required
some scrambling is required

For additional information see:

East Sooke Park website.

Other trails in East Sooke Regional Park

Trail-conditions

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