---
title: "Close-To-The-Edge Park: provincial park around Prince George"
description: "Close-To-The-Edge Park: provincial park, 4 h 32 min from downtown Prince George. Hunting, hiking. 414 ha. Map, driving directions and places nearby."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/close-to-the-edge-park/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/close-to-the-edge-park.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:13:41.731Z
---

# Close-To-The-Edge Park

Provincial park, 4 h 32 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=54.05573,-121.01021) [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/close-to-the-edge-park/#map)

## BC Parks advisories

- Wear clean caving gear to protect bats from White-Nose Syndrome · May 20, 2021
- Cable car out of service · February 4, 2025
- Road Washout on Mcgregor-Gleason Forest Service Road affecting access to the park · June 10, 2026

[Details on the BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/)

## About

> This park is situated in the Dezaiko Range of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 160 km northeast of Prince George. Close-To-The-Edge Park protects the internationally significant Close-To-The-Edge cave, which has the deepest shaft and is the third deepest overall cave (472m) in Canada. The cave was bottomed in 2001.

From BC Parks Data API.

## What’s there

### Activities

- [Hunting](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hunting)
- [Hiking](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=hiking)

As published by BC Parks Data API.

## Map

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

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

## Nearby

- [Close-To-The-Edge Protected Area](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/close-to-the-edge-protected-area/) Protected Area 2.1 km
- [Mount McCullagh](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-mccullagh/) Summit 4.5 km
- [Hedrick Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hedrick-lake/) Lake 6.3 km
- [Mount Hedrick](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-hedrick/) Summit 6.9 km
- [Kittil Falls](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/kittil-falls/) Recreation site 14 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 4 h 32 min, 153 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 3.1 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 115 km from downtown
- **Area**: 414 ha
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 54.05573, -121.01021

## Links

- [BC Parks page](https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/)
- [BC Parks](https://bcparks.ca/)

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

Source: [BC Parks Data API](https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

Source read 2 days ago

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## More in Explore

[See all in Explore](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/browse/#explore)

- [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/close-to-the-edge-park

- **slug**: close-to-the-edge-park
- **name**: Close-To-The-Edge Park
- **category**: provincial-parks
- **categories**: provincial-parks
- **kind**: Provincial park
- **lat**: 54.05573
- **lng**: -121.01021
- **kmFromCentre**: 114.8
- **driveKm**: 152.6
- **driveMinutes**: 272.2
- **offRoadMetres**: 3118
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: 414
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: hunting, hiking
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **description**: This park is situated in the Dezaiko Range of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 160 km northeast of Prince George. Close-To-The-Edge Park protects the internationally significant Close-To-The-Edge cave, which has the deepest shaft and is the third deepest overall cave (472m) in Canada. The cave was bottomed in 2001.
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/close-to-the-edge-park/>
- **source**: BC Parks Data API
- **sourceUrl**: <https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/>
- **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_

#### advisories

| title | date | safety |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wear clean caving gear to protect bats from White-Nose Syndrome | 2021-05-20T17:00:00.000Z | false |
| Cable car out of service | 2025-02-04T23:19:49.076Z | false |
| Road Washout on Mcgregor-Gleason Forest Service Road affecting access to the park | 2026-06-10T15:35:05.063Z | true |


#### links

| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| BC Parks page | https://bcparks.ca/close-to-the-edge-park/ |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| close-to-the-edge-protected-area | Close-To-The-Edge Protected Area | provincial-parks | provincial-parks | Protected Area | 54.0639 | -121.03982 | 2.1 | 113 | 150.4 |
| mount-mccullagh | Mount McCullagh | summits | summits | Summit | 54.05189 | -120.94177 | 4.5 | 119.2 | 155.7 |
| hedrick-lake | Hedrick Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 54.11264 | -121.01238 | 6.3 | 115.6 | 148.1 |
| mount-hedrick | Mount Hedrick | summits | summits | Summit | 54.11164 | -121.05573 | 6.9 | 112.8 | 145.8 |
| kittil-falls | Kittil Falls | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds, waterfalls | Recreation site | 54.09698 | -121.20919 | 13.8 | 102.6 | 138 |

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

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