---
title: "Big Bend Meadow: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Big Bend Meadow: recreation site, 3 h 28 min from downtown Prince George. Wildlife viewing, hunting, camping. 3 campsites, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/big-bend-meadow/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/big-bend-meadow.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:43:31.579Z
---

# Big Bend Meadow

Recreation site, 3 h 28 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.48702,-124.52879) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5651) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/big-bend-meadow/#map)

## About

> A large open area beside the Kluskus Forest Service Road used by silvicuture crews in spring and as a hunters camp in the fall.

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

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Wildlife viewing](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=wildlife)
- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)

### Amenities

- 3 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings

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

## Getting there

Take the Kluskus Forest Service road to 84 km. Site is on the right adjacent the road.

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

- [Brewster Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/brewster-lake/) Recreation site 6.1 km
- [Brewster Lakes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/brewster-lakes-j4bzbb9/) Lake 6.7 km
- [Goose Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/goose-lake-w2y345h/) Lake 7.4 km
- [Andros Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/andros-lake/) Lake 7.6 km
- [Willington Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/willington-lake/) Lake 7.6 km
- [Brewster Lakes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/brewster-lakes/) Lake 8.4 km
- [Finnie Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/finnie-lake/) Lake 9.2 km
- [Brewster Lakes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/brewster-lakes-m18k0qz/) Lake 9.7 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 28 min, 191 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 127 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 3
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.48702, -124.52879

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5651)
- [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/REC5651). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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- [Things to do Parks, trails, indoor fun](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/)
- [Indoor fun Things to do on rainy and cold days](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/indoor-activities/)
- [Where to stay Hotels, motels, B&Bs and campgrounds](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/visit/where-to-stay/)
- [History and places The bowl, the rivers, the railway](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/explore/)
- [Lheidli T’enneh Whose land this is](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/indigenous/)
- [Land and resources Forests, mines, geography](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/resources/)

## 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/big-bend-meadow

- **slug**: big-bend-meadow
- **name**: Big Bend Meadow
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.48702
- **lng**: -124.52879
- **kmFromCentre**: 126.5
- **driveKm**: 191.1
- **driveMinutes**: 208
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: wildlife, hunting, camping
- **amenities**: 3 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: A large open area beside the Kluskus Forest Service Road used by silvicuture crews in spring and as a hunters camp in the fall.
- **directions**: Take the Kluskus Forest Service road to 84 km. Site is on the right adjacent the road.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/big-bend-meadow/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5651>
- **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/REC5651 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| brewster-lake | Brewster Lake | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.43305 | -124.54787 | 6.1 | 130.1 | 197.6 |
| brewster-lakes-j4bzbb9 | Brewster Lakes | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.42757 | -124.54572 | 6.7 | 130.2 | 198.3 |
| goose-lake-w2y345h | Goose Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.42505 | -124.48697 | 7.4 | 126.8 | 198.8 |
| andros-lake | Andros Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.54509 | -124.46677 | 7.6 | 120.3 | 173.6 |
| willington-lake | Willington Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.55396 | -124.50673 | 7.6 | 122.4 | 176.1 |
| brewster-lakes | Brewster Lakes | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.41214 | -124.54113 | 8.4 | 130.7 | 200.1 |
| finnie-lake | Finnie Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.552 | -124.44304 | 9.2 | 118.5 | 171 |
| brewster-lakes-m18k0qz | Brewster Lakes | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.39963 | -124.52975 | 9.7 | 130.6 | 201.4 |

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

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