Nancy Greene Park is at the junction of Highway 3 and Highway 3B, 26 kilometres west of Castlegar, 44 kilometres east of Christina Lake, and 29 kilometres north of Rossland. BC Parks describes it as a roadside park with a natural setting and subalpine lake in the Monashee Mountains.
The park is a popular overnight stop and a day-use escape from valley heat.
Nancy Greene Park works for camping, picnicking, swimming, fishing, paddling, walking, windsurfing when winds allow, and winter cross-country skiing. The easy five-kilometre loop trail around Nancy Greene Lake is wide and hard-packed, following shoreline, marsh, mixed forest, and lake views.
The sandy 100-metre beach supports swimming, though there is no roped swimming area and no lifeguard. Rainbow and cutthroat trout fishing is available, ice fishing is allowed in winter, and power boats are prohibited. The park was established in 1972 and named for Olympic skier Nancy Greene, who grew up near Rossland.
Camp, walk the lakeshore loop, swim at the sandy beach, canoe or kayak from the beach, fish or ice fish with the proper licence, windsurf when conditions suit, picnic, ski ungroomed winter trails, and visit nearby Rossland or Castlegar attractions.
A year-round boil-water advisory is in place. Grizzly bear activity occurs along Lakeshore Trail in May, so keep pets leashed and store food and garbage securely. Quiet hours are enforced, generator hours are limited, e-bikes are not allowed on trails, and power boats are prohibited.
