Crescent Beach British Columbia Map

About Crescent Beach, British Columbia

Crescent Beach is a community in Osoyoos Division Yale Land District, British Columbia, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Crescent Beach is located at 49.6167°N, 119.6500°W.

Crescent Beach, nestled on the southern Okanagan rim, unfurls like a sun-baked scroll against a backdrop of arid hills. It lies 2.8 km north-east of Summerland, BC (from Summerland, BC: bearing 55°T), and is situated 13.5 km north-north-west of Penticton. The land here is a study in ochre and sage, where the dry, warm air hums with the drone of unseen insects and the distant whisper of wind through sparse grasses. The lake, a vast, shimmering expanse of turquoise, laps at the shore with a gentle insistence, its surface catching the sky in a thousand fractured reflections. Crescent Beach itself is a crescent of pale sand, dotted with weathered driftwood and the occasional hardy wildflower that clings tenaciously to the sandy soil, a testament to the resilient spirit of this desert fringe. The history of Crescent Beach is intertwined with the bounty of the land and the ingenuity of those who settled it. For generations, this area has been a place of gathering, its fertile pockets coaxed into yielding abundant orchards that now define the local economy, the sweet scent of ripening fruit often perfuming the evening air. The legacy of early pioneers, who carved lives from this rugged landscape, is still palpable in the sturdy, unpretentious architecture that dots the shoreline. It's a place where the pace of life is dictated by the sun's arc and the slow, steady pulse of the agricultural season, a quiet unfolding of days marked by the simple pleasures of lakeside living and the enduring warmth of community.

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Explore Crescent Beach, British Columbia, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 49.616667, -119.65. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Crescent Beach includes the postal code (V2A), telephone area code (236, 250, 604, 672, 778). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Crescent Beach is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.