---
title: "Deacon Creek Trailhead: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Deacon Creek Trailhead: trailhead (recreation site), 2 h 1 min from downtown Prince George. Snowmobiling, off-road vehicles. Toilets."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/deacon-creek-trailhead/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/deacon-creek-trailhead.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T17:22:32.648Z
---

# Deacon Creek Trailhead

Trailhead (recreation site), 2 h 1 min from downtown Prince George.

[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.01216,-122.2694) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC241085) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/deacon-creek-trailhead/#map)

## About

> This is the new trailhead for the Deacon Creek snowmobile / ORV network. Includes pit toilets, information kiosk. Site has a loop road to allow easy flow of traffic. Main access to approximately 72km of ORV Trails NOTE, Industrial traffic in area, use caution and obey all posted signs

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

## What’s there

### Activities

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

### Amenities

- Toilets

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

## Getting there

Follow Hwy 26 for 16km from the Hwy 97jct. Turn right onto the Chip Dump Road, follow this road for approximately 3km, trailhead is on the left.

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

- [Mouse Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mouse-mountain/) Summit 5.0 km
- [Hallis Lake Ski Trails](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hallis-lake-ski-trails/) Nordic ski trails 9.0 km
- [Dragon Lake Boat Launch](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dragon-lake-boat-launch/) Boat launch 10 km
- [Robert's Roost RV Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/roberts-roost-rv-park/) RV park 12 km
- [Bellos Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/bellos-lake/) Lake 12 km
- [Dragon Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/dragon-lake/) Lake 12 km
- [Lightning Creek](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/lightning-creek/) Recreation site 13 km
- [Ten Mile Lake Park](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/ten-mile-lake-park/) Provincial park 13 km

- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 1 min, 124 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 0.6 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 106 km from downtown
- **Maintenance**: User Maintained
- **Good for**: Summer and winter
- **Coordinates**: 53.01216, -122.26940

## Links

- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC241085)
- [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)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)

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

Source: [Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC241085). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.

Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.

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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/deacon-creek-trailhead

- **slug**: deacon-creek-trailhead
- **name**: Deacon Creek Trailhead
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites
- **kind**: Trailhead (recreation site)
- **lat**: 53.01216
- **lng**: -122.2694
- **kmFromCentre**: 105.5
- **driveKm**: 124.4
- **driveMinutes**: 121.3
- **offRoadMetres**: 616
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: snowmobiling, off-road
- **amenities**: Toilets
- **seasons**: summer, winter
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This is the new trailhead for the Deacon Creek snowmobile / ORV network. Includes pit toilets, information kiosk. Site has a loop road to allow easy flow of traffic. Main access to approximately 72km of ORV Trails NOTE, Industrial traffic in area, use caution and obey all posted signs
- **directions**: Follow Hwy 26 for 16km from the Hwy 97jct. Turn right onto the Chip Dump Road, follow this road for approximately 3km, trailhead is on the left.
- **page**: <https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/deacon-creek-trailhead/>
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**: <https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC241085>
- **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/REC241085 |


#### nearby

| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mouse-mountain | Mouse Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.04041 | -122.32796 | 5 | 101.4 | 121.6 |
| hallis-lake-ski-trails | Hallis Lake Ski Trails | ski-hills | ski-hills | Nordic ski trails | 52.94726 | -122.349 | 9 | 111.1 | 139.8 |
| dragon-lake-boat-launch | Dragon Lake Boat Launch | boat-launches | boat-launches | Boat launch | 52.96545 | -122.40433 | 10.4 | 108.3 | 130.3 |
| roberts-roost-rv-park | Robert's Roost RV Park | campgrounds | campgrounds | RV park | 52.95716 | -122.42054 | 11.8 | 108.9 | 131.1 |
| bellos-lake | Bellos Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.1168 | -122.30785 | 11.9 | 93.7 | 102.9 |
| dragon-lake | Dragon Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 52.94915 | -122.42102 | 12.3 | 109.8 | 134 |
| lightning-creek | Lightning Creek | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.01771 | -122.07832 | 12.8 | 109.4 | 140.1 |
| ten-mile-lake-park | Ten Mile Lake Park | provincial-parks | provincial-parks, campgrounds, swimming, boat-launches | Provincial park | 53.06878 | -122.44351 | 13.2 | 96.5 | 110.5 |

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

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