Mara Park is a day-use park on the southeast side of Mara Lake, accessed from Highway 97A. BC Parks places it 10 kilometres north of the Highway 97A and 97B junction and 12 kilometres south of Sicamous when travelling on the Trans-Canada Highway.
The park is popular with locals and travellers for fishing, swimming, boating, waterskiing, and family picnics.
Mara Park works well as a simple lake stop rather than an overnight destination. Visitors can swim in designated areas, picnic by the lake, launch into a day of paddling or powerboating, and fish with the proper licence. BC Parks also notes that Mara Lake is very popular for waterskiing.
The site has a long park history, established in 1938, and BC Parks identifies evidence of prehistoric Indigenous use. The shore of Mara Lake is important habitat for salmon, so lake recreation needs to stay tidy and low-impact. The park's convenient Highway 97A access makes it an easy break between Sicamous, Enderby, and the broader Shuswap-Okanagan corridor.
Swim in designated areas, picnic, canoe, kayak, powerboat, fish, waterski, and enjoy a short lake stop while travelling Highway 97A. Keep boats out of the park overnight because overnight mooring is not allowed.
This is day-use only, with no overnight camping. Boat traffic is heavy, there are no lifeguards, pets must be leashed and kept off beaches, and boats should be checked for zebra mussels, quagga mussels, and Eurasian watermilfoil. Swim only in designated areas.
