Mill Hill

2.0 km loop.

Terrain: Intermediate

Elevations (in meters)
Start:	95	End:	95
Minimum:	95	Maximum:	203
Net Gain:	108	Cumulative Gain:	108

Atkins Road Trailhead: (13 km from Saanich Hall). Drive west from Victoria 10.4 km to Millstream Road, turn left (south) and drive 1.1 km to Atkins Road (which is immediately before the first traffic light on Millstream Road). Turn left and drive another 1.1 km to the park entrance on your left. Note: The CRD Parks District Office is immediately before the entrance to the park, do not take this turn but continue on a short distance to the signed entrance.

Uses

Dayhike

1 boot (easy to moderate).

30 minutes for the loop.

Suitable all year.

Description

There are two trails which climb from the parking lot to the summit of Mill Hill, the Arbutus Trail leaves the north end of the parking lot near the fence bordering the Capital Regional District Equipment yard. After a couple of hundred meters there is a fork in the trail, stay right. The trail climbs at a moderate grade to a couple of view points before finally reaching the summit. The views from these view points are actually better than that from the summit itself.

Descending you may opt to take the Calypso Trail. This trail branches off near the summit and is somewhat more difficult than the Arbutus Trail with a couple of sections of rock crossings and one very minor .5m descent down a rock faced gully.

There is also the option to go north on the Calypso Trail and connect with the trails in Thetis Lake Regional Park.

Features

This trail features activities (Bird watching), flowers (Blue camas, Calypso orchid, Satin flower, Shooting star, Spring gold, Tiger lily and White fawn lily), forests (Arbutus, Douglas-fir, Garry oak (Approximately 20 hectares) and Western red cedar) and views.

For additional information see:

Mill Hill Restoration Project.

Trail-conditions

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