---
title: "A.M.H.T. Parking: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "A.M.H.T. Parking: recreation site, 1 h 51 min from downtown Prince George. Off-road vehicles. Map, driving directions, places nearby and the official page."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:56:58.364Z
---

# A.M.H.T. Parking

Recreation site, 1 h 51 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.30254,-123.13936) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC266424) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking/#map)

## About

> This site provides parking for the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail at trail Km "31". Camping is available at 1.5kms down the road at the Blackwater River Crossing recreation site.

From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Off-road vehicles](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=off-road)

As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).

## Getting there

Travel 9kms west of Hwy 97/16 junction - turn left onto the Blackwater Rd - proceed 27kms until you reach Baldy Hughs community. The highway turns to gravel and begins at 0 km. The site is located at 40.5kms. Camping is available at 42km at the Blackwater River Crossing recreation site.

Driving directions from Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue). Forest service roads can be rough or closed: check [DriveBC](https://www.drivebc.ca/) for highways.

## Map

[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=rec-sites)

Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

## Nearby

- [Blackwater River Crossing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-river-crossing/) Recreation site 1.5 km
- [Blackwater Canyon](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/blackwater-canyon/) Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) 3.5 km
- [Cleswuncut Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cleswuncut-lake-uxld7oo/) Lake 6.0 km
- [Cleswuncut Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cleswuncut-lake/) Recreation site 6.1 km
- [Pantage Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/pantage-lake/) Lake 11 km
- [Boot Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boot-lake/) Recreation site 12 km
- [Boot Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/boot-lake-9pzytei/) Lake 12 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 1 h 51 min, 81 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 73 km from downtown
- **Maintenance**: User Maintained
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.30254, -123.13936

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC266424)
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/)
- [Fire bans and restrictions](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/safety/wildfire-status/prevention/fire-bans-and-restrictions)

[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)

Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC266424). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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- [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/)
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## Data

Machine-readable data behind this page, from the free PG Pulse API (https://princegeorgepulse.ca/developers/).

### Place data

Source: [BC Parks Data API, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and the BC Freshwater Atlas (BC Data Catalogue), OpenStreetMap](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-parks-data-api-access). Licence: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc) for BC Parks, Recreation Sites and Trails BC and Freshwater Atlas places; ODbL 1.0 © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) for OpenStreetMap places and drive times; each place names its own source. Updated 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z.
JSON: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/api/v1/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking

- **slug**: a-m-h-t-parking
- **name**: A.M.H.T. Parking
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.30254
- **lng**: -123.13936
- **kmFromCentre**: 73
- **driveKm**: 80.5
- **driveMinutes**: 110.9
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: off-road
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This site provides parking for the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail at trail Km "31". Camping is available at 1.5kms down the road at the Blackwater River Crossing recreation site.
- **directions**: Travel 9kms west of Hwy 97/16 junction - turn left onto the Blackwater Rd - proceed 27kms until you reach Baldy Hughs community. The highway turns to gravel and begins at 0 km. The site is located at 40.5kms. Camping is available at 42km at the Blackwater River Crossing recreation site.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/a-m-h-t-parking/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC266424>
- **licence**: Open Government Licence – British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/policy-standards/data-policies/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
- **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z
- **onShore**: _none_

#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| Recreation Sites and Trails BC page | https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC266424 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| blackwater-river-crossing | Blackwater River Crossing | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.28901 | -123.14017 | 1.5 | 74.4 | 82.3 |
| blackwater-canyon | Blackwater Canyon | rec-trails | rec-trails | Trail (Recreation Sites and Trails BC) | 53.29901 | -123.08652 | 3.5 | 72.2 | 82.7 |
| cleswuncut-lake-uxld7oo | Cleswuncut Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.35057 | -123.0971 | 6 | 67 | 74.3 |
| cleswuncut-lake | Cleswuncut Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 53.35207 | -123.1013 | 6.1 | 67 | 74.1 |
| pantage-lake | Pantage Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.21131 | -123.0962 | 10.5 | 81.7 | 95.5 |
| boot-lake | Boot Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.25922 | -123.30782 | 12.2 | 81.9 | 97.4 |
| boot-lake-9pzytei | Boot Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.25564 | -123.30502 | 12.2 | 82.2 | 97.4 |

_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._

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