Nominations for Trees of the Year 2024 ended March 31, and we’ve been busy planning tour routes to help you visit these 27 impressive trees efficiently. Maps of these routes are now available. You can access them using the links in the tables below.
For full descriptions of the individual trees, including tree number, location, a photo, size, and the tree’s story, see this page: Trees of the Year 2024.
If you prefer a guided walk, CVN is also offering a few of these for members and the general public. To sign up for a guided walk, see the Events page.
Please respect private property boundaries and owner privacy by viewing the trees from public land unless otherwise invited in.
The maps
We have three ways for you to access the route maps using the links in the table below:
- The route maps were implemented on the PlotARoute website (plotaroute.com) which has multiple viewing options. See some tips below the first table.
- If you would like to have printable information, you can download a PDF version of the plotaroute map.
- If you like Google maps, we have three special maps for you:
- Nine of the routes plus locations of all the 2024 nominations
- Locations of all trees nominated from 2021 to 2024
- Routes for discovering trees to nominate (these were previously published at the start of the nomination period)
Individual routes
Note that the Grand Tour route encompasses almost all the nominated trees, which (except for #12 and #27) are also in one or another of the shorter routes.
Tour Route | Tree Nos. | plotaroute.com (online) | plotaroute.com (PDF) | On Map? |
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Grand Tour | 1 to 27 | [coming soon] | yes | |
Comox 7-tree cycle route | 5, 8, 11, 17, 22, 25, 26 | web page | yes | |
Comox 5-tree walking route | 8, 11, 22, 25, 26 | web page | yes | |
Comox 5-tree and more walking route | 8, 11, 22, 25, 26 | web page | ||
Bear Creek Park | 2 | web page | ||
Courtenay A | 1, 4 | web page | yes | |
Courtenay B | 20, 23, 24 | web page | yes | |
Courtenay C | 3, 7, 10 | web page | yes | |
CVRD A | 9 | web page | ||
CVRD B | 6, 16 | web page | yes | |
Comox Lake Bluffs | 13 | web page | ||
Royston-Cumberland | 14, 15, “owl tree” | web page | yes | |
Seal Bay Park | 18, 19 | web page | yes | |
Union Bay | 21 | web page |
Tips for viewing the plotaroute maps:
- Expand the map to full screen using the crossed arrows at the top right of the map.
- Play an animation using the play icon at the bottom left of the map.
- Zoom in or out using the + and – icons at the top left of the map.
- The length of the route is given in the bottom margin of the map. You can switch between kilometres and miles.
- You can also find these routes any time by going to plotaroute.com and searching for “toty 2024”.
Collections of routes
Each individual route is also included in a plotaroute collection. All the routes in one collection can be shown on one map. In the table below the map, select the route or routes that you want to see. The table below refers to the individual routes by their designations in the first table.
Collection Name | Online | Contains |
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Comox Collection | web page | Comox 7-tree cycle tour, Comox 5-tree walking t9ur, Comox 5-tree and more walking tour |
Courtenay Collection | web page | Courtenay A, Courtenay B, Courtenay C |
CVRD North Collection | web page | Bear Creek Park, CVRD A, CVRD B, Seal Bay Park |
CVRD South and West Collection | web page | Comox Lake Bluffs, Royston-Cumberland, Union Bay |
We are grateful to ToTY team members Roger Chayer and I.E. for all their work preparing these maps.