Top 5 places for a picnic in White Rock and South Surrey

What better way to spend a sunny afternoon in a new destination than with a picnic from a local eatery in a picturesque local park?

With plenty of parks and places to choose from, White Rock and South Surrey offer a plethora of picks for a summer-day spread.

Whether charcuterie, fried chicken, sandwiches, fruit, vegetables, vegan or a dessert-inspired theme, picnics offer a variety of options for every individual’s taste palate as well.

If you’re visiting the Semiahmoo Peninsula and the community of White Rock, here are five picnic-worthy destinations:

1. White Rock – From East to West Beach and Promenade

White Rock is known for its iconic pier and also, the giant white rock known as P’Quals, but it’s also a spectacular place to picnic. With plenty of places along the Promenade, which stretches all the way from West Beach to East Beach, picnickers can choose a grass or beach venue. With scenic ocean views, encounters with wildlife are common – watch for the hungry seagulls who are also, crafty.

2. Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit

Another ocean-front venue that offers marine views, Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit offer several picnic opportunities, whether along the beach or in the dedicated picnic area at Blackie Spit Park, where you’ll find picnic tables and space for barbecuing (note: with the fire danger rating currently at high, charcoal briquettes are not allowed in parks, only propane).

3. Kwomais Point Park

Located in southwest Surrey on top of the bluffs above Semiahmoo Bay, Kwomais Point Park is ideal for a picnic, offering breathtaking views across the bay to Tsawwassen and beyond. A viewing platform at the park allows visitors a chance to drink it all in. The park is also home to a mature forest, with many large grand fir, Douglas fir and big leaf maples, some of which are more than 80 years old.

4. Elgin Heritage Park

Always a popular haunt for locals as well as visitors, Elgin Heritage Park features a scenic wetland, meadow, forest, a marina and the Historic Stewart Farm heritage zone, as well as Totest Aleng, an Indigenous Learning House. A nature trail winds through it all, with visitors encouraged to help protect the wetland ecosystem by staying on trails and keeping dogs on leash.

5. Redwood Park

With a large forest of exotic trees, more than five kilometres of scenic nature trails, a wheelchair-accessible playground and lots of rustic picnic shelters, Redwood Park has something for everyone to enjoy.

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