Everett Crowley Park is a City of Vancouver park in Champlain Heights, in southeast Vancouver. Its woodland trails, pond and views toward Richmond farmlands make it a nature outing beyond the city’s more central green spaces.
- Location: 8200 Kerr Street, Vancouver
- Landscape: woodland trails, New Kinross Creek and Avalon Pond
- Park history: the Vancouver Park Board designated the site Everett Crowley Park in 1987
Where Everett Crowley Park is
Everett Crowley Park is in the Champlain Heights area of southeast Vancouver, at 8200 Kerr Street. The City describes a landscape of trails and quiet woodland, with views of Richmond farmlands, New Kinross Creek and Avalon Pond.
The setting reflects a layered history. The Everett Crowley Park Committee says the land was stewarded by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, and was logged before much of the present-day park became the Kerr Road Dump from 1944 to 1967.
Avalon Pond formed through sand and gravel quarrying in the park’s northeast corner. A family donation in 1984 helped transform the former quarry, and the Vancouver Park Board designated the site Everett Crowley Park in 1987.
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Trails, forest and viewpoints
The park’s trails link wooded areas with open spaces and pond-side habitat. The committee’s map names features including Mount Everett, Chorus Frog Corner, the Pollinator and Healing Garden, Berry Way, Fern Gully and Area 4.
Fern Gully acts as a trail to Avalon Pond, where the committee identifies Northwestern Salamanders, buffleheads, herons and devil’s club as part of the habitat. Mount Everett, once the site of a paragliding club, is now an open, sloped restoration site. The park also includes a Pollinator Garden and a Healing Garden.
Use the map’s named areas to plan a simple route: follow Fern Gully toward the pond, then consider the open slope at Mount Everett or the garden areas. The City describes the park as having views of Richmond farmlands, so the wooded paths and more open areas offer different settings within the same green space.
How do you get to the park?
Everett Crowley Park is about a 9-minute drive from Cassandra Hotel. The supplied route data also puts it about 44 minutes away on foot, so allow more time if walking.
For public transit, use TransLink’s interactive system map to search the destination and view nearby bus stops and routes. Transit routes and service information can change, so check the official site before you go.
For a wider day plan, this Vancouver day itinerary offers ideas for combining local stops. You can also see Cassandra Hotel as a base for exploring the city.
Access, facilities and trail etiquette
The park listing identifies a dog park as a featured amenity, and the City Park Finder lists a dog off-leash area. Keep to the paths and take care around habitat areas such as Avalon Pond and the restoration sites.
The park’s present landscape has been shaped by both its past and ongoing restoration. The committee describes the Pollinator Garden and Healing Garden as part of the park’s named features. As you move between open ground and woodland trails, give other park users room and avoid disturbing plants or wildlife.
FAQs
Where is Everett Crowley Park?
It is in Champlain Heights, southeast Vancouver. The City lists its address as 8200 Kerr Street.
What can you see at Avalon Pond?
The committee identifies Northwestern Salamanders, buffleheads, herons and devil’s club as part of the pond’s habitat.
Is there a dog off-leash area?
Yes. The City Park Finder lists one dog off-leash area in the park.
How did Avalon Pond form?
Sand and gravel quarrying created the pond in the park’s northeast corner. A family donation in 1984 helped transform the former quarry.