---
title: "Beavermouth: recreation site around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Beavermouth: recreation site, 3 h 50 min from downtown Prince George. Off-road vehicles, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/beavermouth/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/beavermouth.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:33:20.884Z
---

# Beavermouth

Recreation site, 3 h 50 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=52.72642,-122.12363) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2572) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/beavermouth/#map)

## About

> This is a large two section rec site where the Beavermouth Creek meets the Quesnel River. The upper section is a large open area with several designated campsites, and is popular with ATV users. The second section is made up of a few campsites along both the Beavermouth and the Quesnel River.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Off-road vehicles](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=off-road)
- [Canoeing and kayaking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=paddling)
- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 4 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings

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

## Getting there

Follow the Hydraulic Road out of Quesnel, and the site will be just before the bridge over Beavermouth.

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

- [Nyland Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nyland-lake-eeu5auo/) Lake 9.3 km
- [Nyland Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/nyland-lake/) Recreation site 9.5 km
- [Maud Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/maud-lake-ue4ij13/) Lake 15 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 50 min, 177 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 139 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 4
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 52.72642, -122.12363

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2572)
- [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/REC2572). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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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/beavermouth

- **slug**: beavermouth
- **name**: Beavermouth
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 52.72642
- **lng**: -122.12363
- **kmFromCentre**: 138.8
- **driveKm**: 176.6
- **driveMinutes**: 229.8
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: off-road, paddling, hiking, camping
- **amenities**: 4 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This is a large two section rec site where the Beavermouth Creek meets the Quesnel River. The upper section is a large open area with several designated campsites, and is popular with ATV users. The second section is made up of a few campsites along both the Beavermouth and the Quesnel River.
- **directions**: Follow the Hydraulic Road out of Quesnel, and the site will be just before the bridge over Beavermouth.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/beavermouth/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC2572>
- **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/REC2572 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| nyland-lake-eeu5auo | Nyland Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 52.77634 | -122.01279 | 9.3 | 136 | 161 |
| nyland-lake | Nyland Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, boat-launches | Recreation site | 52.78175 | -122.01614 | 9.5 | 135.3 | 160.4 |
| maud-lake-ue4ij13 | Maud Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 52.73218 | -121.90091 | 15 | 143.3 | 171.9 |

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

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