Rock Lake Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park in the Central region, west of Hinton and northwest on Highway 40 with access by Rock Lake Access Road. Alberta Parks lists two day-use areas and one campground.
West Fraser Mills-Fox Creek Development Association is shown as facility operator.
Rock Lake is a foothills staging area for equestrian, hiking, mountain biking, fishing, and backcountry trips into Rock Lake-Solomon Creek Wildland Provincial Park, Willmore Wilderness Park, and northern Jasper National Park. Alberta Parks describes drive-in campsites, walk-in tent sites, and equestrian campsites with horse corrals.
Facilities include picnic shelters, water pumps, firewood, a boat launch, fish cleaning stations, and a horse loading ramp. Activities include camping, canoeing and kayaking, fishing, backcountry hiking, front-country hiking, equestrian use, mountain biking and cycling, power boating, swimming, wildlife viewing, geocaching, fat biking, and electric bicycles.
The official page identifies Willmore Viewpoint and George Kelley Trail as hiking options. Rock Lake is a fishing destination for mountain whitefish and lake trout, with bull trout, rainbow trout, burbot, and northern pike also present. Motor boats are permitted, but water skiing and towing are not.
Current access warnings matter: Rock Lake Access Road can flood suddenly when the Wildhay River rises after precipitation or snowmelt.
Plan around camping, equestrian campsites, horse loading ramp, boat launch access, fishing, hiking, biking, Willmore staging, paddling, swimming, fat biking, and wildlife viewing.
Confirm access-road flood warnings, campground status, equestrian facilities, AIS precautions, no-towing rules, fishing regulations, trail conditions, maps, and Alberta Parks updates.
