Minnekhada Regional Park has a marsh area with a butte. Not a bad view up there. Certainly a good short workout. Lots of birds and already mosquitoes. The old hunting lodge was closed when we were there (only opens on Sunday afternoon).
Next, visited Kanaka Regional Park, a bit further east, in Maple Ridge. A couple of entrance points along Kanaka Creek. Cliff Falls and a salmon hatchery. Another more picturesque spot is at its entrance to Fraser River. Display of the old local logging industry. It said that Winston Churchill visited here in 1929.
Direction: from Lougheed Highway, turn north on Coast Meridian. Turn right on Prairie Avenue, and left on Cedar Drive. Cedar Drrive continues to Oliver Road and the park entrance.