Distance into downtown Kelowna

Oyama, Winfield, Carr's Landing & Okanagan Centre
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Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by mkmurrays » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:13 am

12th February 2007 01:19

Hi
Probably a question I could work out the answer to myself, but here goes. Lake County looks beautiful, but how long in the rush hour does it take to get into downtown Kelowna.
The community websites say it's 10 mins to the uni and airport...so I guess, 25 mins?
Thanks
Sharon



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by Betalil » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:13 am

12th February 2007 01:40

We use Orchard Park Mall as a benchmark for timing distances, since it seems to be pretty central to most places. So, yes, it takes about 25 minutes via hwy97. To get to downtown ie:Prospera we would take Glenmore Rd. and then it's takes about 25 minutes.

Most everything you need is in Lake Country, although we tend to do a major grocery shop about once a month in Kelowna.

Another plus of Lake Country is you are equi-distant to Kelowna & Vernon, so you have a choice.



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by LongInt » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:13 am

12th February 2007 20:27



It depends on where in Lake Country you're coming from. Lake Country was formed of four different communities: Winfield, Okanagan Centre, Carr's Landing, and Oyama. Winfield borders on Kelowna City Limits (so does Okanagan Centre, but there aren't any roads directly from there to Kelowna) and is about 15 minutes from Orchard Park Mall. Add about another 10 to 15 minutes from the Oyama isthmus or Carr's Landing.



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by Jason_B » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:14 am

15th February 2007 00:28


not sure who can answer this and it might sound like a silly question but does traffic holdups on the roads of Okanagan cause the typical delays you would expect in a average U.K. city ?



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by Betalil » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:14 am

15th February 2007 00:49


No! From what I understand the traffic issues in the UK can be horrendous! Here we complain bitterly about traffic, but in reality most delays are only a few minutes and most can be got around. You learn to avoid areas with road/service construction. Some sections of Hwy 97 & Hwy 33 that are 2 lane (one lane each direction) can have significant delays due to traffic accidents, these are thankfully few.

Hope this helps, and there are no silly questions.



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by Nigel123 » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:15 am

15th February 2007 01:02


Jason, I would agree with Betalil, in the two previous visits we have made we had no traffic hold up problems at all.
Sure it was busy on highway 97 through Kelowna but nothing that stressed me out like back home. We had read about it being busy in the summer but again we really didn't find any issues.

The one thing that amazed me was travelling down the main route from Whistler to Vancouver, they were improving and widening the road and this was MAJOR roadworks as they were blasting parts of the rock away yet when we got to the roadwork section there was a girl with a stop/go lollipop thing and we had to pull up in a queue of about 6 cars. I commented to my wife that if this was in the UK we would be stuck in a 10 mile jam!!



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Re: Distance into downtown Kelowna

Post by LongInt » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:15 am

15th February 2007 23:51


No, our traffic "problems" here are strictly relative. Compared to metropolitain areas, we don't have traffic.



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