summer-2025-recreation-guide

Drop- in Parks & Environment

SURREY NATURE CENTRE AT GREEN TIMBERS

Nestled within GreenTimbers Park, the Surrey Nature Centre is a place for kids and adults to explore nature. With so many things to do here, what will you enjoy best? Adventuring through the forest with an activity backpack? Looking for bumblebees and hummingbirds in our pollinator garden? Exploring our indoor nature exhibit? Fishing at the lake? We look forward to seeing you and helping you choose your adventure for the day.

14225 GreenTimbersWay surrey.ca/naturecentre naturecentre@surrey.ca 604-502-6065

Visit us year-round Monday–Wednesday

8:30am–4pm 8:30am–7pm

Thursday, Friday

Saturday

9am–7pm

DOG OFF-LEASH AREAS Leashing your dog is a simple way to help keep Surrey’s parks safe and welcoming for everyone, including other visitors and wildlife. Surrey offers many off-leash areas for you and your dog to enjoy! All off-leash areas are fully fenced, except for Freedom, Tannery and Dogwood Parks.

EXPLORING SURREY'S PARKS

Pre-register at surrey.ca/parkprograms

*Dogs are not permitted in these parks

Discover Bats

Summer Bird Walk 13yrs+ Saturday, July 12 and August 16 8:30am–10:30am Blackie Spit Park* 3136 McBride Avenue Get to know the summer residents and the diverse habitats that play a vital role in their survival! Improve your identification skills, learn how to use iNaturalist as a data collection tool, and understand how you can protect wildlife in this park. Bring your binoculars or borrow one of ours. Meet at the kiosk at the north end of the gravel parking lot.

Summer Bird Walk All ages Saturday, July 12 and August 16 11am–12pm Blackie Spit Park* 3136 McBride Avenue Make new feathered friends and explore the special places they call home. Stop, look, and listen for flashes of bright colors or a bird calling its own name. Discover an easy-to use bird ID app to start your family birding adventures! Bring your binoculars or borrow one of ours. Meet at the kiosk at the north end of the gravel parking lot.

All ages

Park

Address

Community

Thursday, July 17 8pm–9:30pm Godwin Biodiversity Preserve Park* 9016 164 Street Discover the fascinating world of bats! Explore how bats use echolocation to ‘see’ in the dark, control insect populations and support healthy ecosystems. Check out the newly installed bat box and learn about the bats that will call it home.

Bear Creek Park Blackie Spit Park

8448 King George Blvd 3136 McBride Avenue

Whalley

South Surrey

13445 115 Avenue 7011 188 Street 13485 20 Avenue 10635 140 Street 11210 159A Street 15452 84 Avenue 10740 142A Street 5381 125A Street 12171 90 Avenue 2786 192 Street 3435 150 Street 12915 60 Avenue

Whalley

Bolivar Park

Clayton Dog Off-Leash Park

Cloverdale

Dogwood Park Forsyth Park Fraser View Park Freedom Dog Park

South Surrey

Whalley Guildford Fleetwood

Hawthorne Rotary Park

Whalley Newton Whalley

Joe Brown Park Kennedy Park

South Surrey

Latimer Park

Nicomekl Dog Off-Leash Park

South

Panorama Park

Newton Newton Whalley Guildford

Serpentine Dog-Off Leash Park 12589 76 Avenue

Tannery Park

10761 Dyke Road

Tynehead Regional Park

168 Street Parking lot

6811 134 Street 2955 160 Street

Newton

Unwin Park

Wills Brook Park

South Surrey

TEACHERS! Connect your students with your local park and foster appreciation for Surrey’s urban forest. surrey.ca/schoolprograms

School Park Cleanups Care for a local park this season with the help of Surrey Parks! We provide the tools, equipment and instructions. At the end of the school year, participating K to 7 classes will be entered for a chance for giveaways. Email partnersinparks@ surrey.ca for more information and to register your class.

Resources for Outdoor Learning Check out the full suite of outdoor learning resources on our website—everything from information to plan your park visits to nature knowledge and activity ideas. Help your students become stewards of our urban forest. Plan your park visits

STEWARDSHIP OF URBAN TREES Wednesday, July 9 | 10am–12pm Salmonberry Park 19054 72A Avenue Shade trees are all around. Learn about their benefits and how we can help them, then get your hands dirty renovating a tree well. Learn how to care for trees in parks and near your homes through fun games and activities.

STEWARDSHIP FOR WILDLIFE: BIRDS, BATS AND BUGS

STEWARDSHIP OF NATIVE PLANTS Wednesday, August 6 | 10am–12pm Joe Brown Park 5381 125A Street Learn about the ongoing struggle between native and invasive plants in Surrey parks while removing invasive Himalayan Blackberry. Join us for a walk to learn about invasive species and discover native plants you can grow instead by assembling a small planter to take home.

Thursday, July 24 | 6pm–830pm Godwin Farm Biodiversity Preserve Park* 9016 164 Street Learn about the fascinating wildlife and conservation of nighttime flyers: birds, bats and bugs! Enjoy a guided walk and interactive activities all while learning about the unique roles these creatures have in the ecosystem and efforts to conserve their habitats. See a newly installed bat box and peek in the pond to discover the insects that bats eat!

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604-501-5100  SURREY.CA/REGISTER  SUMMER 2025