Stampede Grounds is a rodeo park in the centre of the community of Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Just across the street is the lake, Williams Lake, and up on the ridge, behind the stampede, is the retail sector of the community. From most points, in the centre of town, the stampede grounds are in view.

The park is a fully equipped complex suited for many different types of events especially major rodeo events. The Williams Lake Stampede Grounds is the ideal complex to practice western skills and to hold events celebrating these skills. It is here that cowboys and cowgirls feel at home riding and racing horses and cattle.

The complex is large from start to finish. The key components include a central rodeo ground with a grandstand, an outdoor riding ring, horse stables, cattle penning arena and an equestrian race track. In between the red buildings one notices rows of horse trailers and piles of hay bundles covered in plastic. And every once in awhile a horses head pokes out of a stall to see what all the commotion is about.

Also onsite is a small RV campground and a sani dump, a baseball field, curling rink and other event facilities. The community is deep in cowboy country and, obviously, the stampede grounds plays a big part in the community. And it does, the community plays host to one of BC's popular rodeos - The Williams Lake Stampede.

The Williams Lake Stampede draws cowboys and cowgirls from across the nation to compete in horse and cattle events. Some of the events include bull riding, barrel racing, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down roping and chuck wagon races.

On the ridge above the stampede grounds in the Pinchbeck Trail. It is a short trail leading from the downtown core to the Chilcotin Hwy. The Pinchbeck Trail is named after one of the first pioneers to settle on the shores of Williams Lake. From the Stampede Grounds and the Pinchbeck Trail one can easily reach Scout Island Park and Boitanio Park.

How to Get to the Stampede Grounds: Travel Hwy 97 into the community of Williams Lake, BC. and at the major intersection take a left onto the Chilcotin Hwy (Hwy #20) and then the next right onto the Stampede Grounds. You cannot miss the rodeo grounds, it is way to big to miss.