Hike to Jug Island Beach

The 4.4 km Deer Lake loop wraps in under an hour and deposits you beside a rowboat rental and Burnaby's heritage district.

Forest, floating bridge, swimmable beach and a free parking reservation you must snag at 7 a.m. the day before.

A flat forest walk along an emerald creek to a waterfall that roars in spring and turns swimmable by late summer.

A 25 km river loop around all of Port Coquitlam, almost zero hills, salmon in the water and absolutely no pressure to finish it.

Big-sky dyke-top walking where the Fraser meets the sea, with a 10-metre treehouse that grown adults are absolutely allowed to climb.

An 8 km Cypress climb past historic log cabins and First Lake to a summit above the Lions and Howe Sound.

A forest hike in Pinecone Burke to two waterfalls, ending at the jagged Sawblade cascade that earns its extremely good name.

3.8 km from Deep Cove village through cedar rainforest to a granite outcrop hanging over Indian Arm, with doughnuts after.

The glacier-fed lake so clear you'll forget there's a Costco 40 minutes away, paddle included.

Flat South Langley trails through meadow, farmland and heritage barn territory, rated 4.7 by thousands of people who could not stop talking about it.

Flat, breezy, and bald-eagle-dotted: Delta's Centennial Beach to the dyke, where you set the distance and the eagles set the pace.

A leafy Fraser River island hiding Victorian heritage buildings, bald eagles and a profound lack of other people, right off Highway 99.

North Delta's 11-kilometre trail web through tall firs and cedars, best on hot days or grey ones, because the canopy handles both.

Ten flat kilometres of boardwalk and birding around a city lake where the ducks at Piper Spit have clearly been briefed.