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title: "Mount Burns: summit around Prince George | PG Pulse"
description: "Mount Burns: summit, 2 h 26 min from downtown Prince George. 1,714 m elevation. Map, driving directions, places nearby and the official page."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-burns/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-burns.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:56:25.936Z
---
# Mount Burns
Summit, 2 h 26 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.05317,-121.66409) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-burns/#map)
## Map
[Read the full list without the map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/maps/list/?layer=summits)
Tap a marker for details and directions. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
## Nearby
- [Mount Amador](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-amador/) Summit 1.8 km
- [Quesnel Highland](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/quesnel-highland/) Summit 3.4 km
- [Mount Pinkerton](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-pinkerton/) Summit 3.9 km
- [Mount Nelson](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-nelson/) Summit 4.8 km
- [Grub Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/grub-mountain/) Summit 5.7 km
- [Mount Van Winkle](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-van-winkle/) Summit 6.0 km
- [Jack of Clubs Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/jack-of-clubs-lake/) Lake 6.1 km
- [Cow Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/cow-mountain/) Summit 6.6 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 2 h 26 min, 170 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 2.1 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 120 km from downtown
- **Elevation**: 1,714 m
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.05317, -121.66409
## Links
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2025774412)
- [Avalanche Canada](https://avalanche.ca/map)
[Wildfires and fire bans](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/dashboard/wildfire/)
Source: [OpenStreetMap contributors: waterfalls, peaks and viewpoints](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2025774412). ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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## More in Explore
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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/mount-burns
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- **name**: Mount Burns
- **category**: summits
- **categories**: summits
- **kind**: Summit
- **lat**: 53.05317
- **lng**: -121.66409
- **kmFromCentre**: 119.9
- **driveKm**: 170.2
- **driveMinutes**: 146.1
- **offRoadMetres**: 2135
- **elevationM**: 1714
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: _none_
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: _none_
- **directions**: _none_
- **page**:
- **source**: OpenStreetMap contributors: waterfalls, peaks and viewpoints
- **sourceUrl**:
- **licence**: ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- **fetchedAt**: 2026-10-14T11:40:15.055Z
- **onShore**: _none_
#### links
| label | url |
| --- | --- |
| OpenStreetMap | https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2025774412 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| mount-amador | Mount Amador | summits | summits | Summit | 53.05017 | -121.6374 | 1.8 | 121.3 | 175.4 |
| quesnel-highland | Quesnel Highland | summits | summits | Summit | 53.06353 | -121.61589 | 3.4 | 121 | 178.5 |
| mount-pinkerton | Mount Pinkerton | summits | summits | Summit | 53.03331 | -121.61522 | 3.9 | 123.7 | 174.7 |
| mount-nelson | Mount Nelson | summits | summits | Summit | 53.07861 | -121.72293 | 4.8 | 115.3 | 171.5 |
| grub-mountain | Grub Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.01718 | -121.72522 | 5.7 | 120.9 | 169.6 |
| mount-van-winkle | Mount Van Winkle | summits | summits | Summit | 53.00225 | -121.69164 | 6 | 123.5 | 175.5 |
| jack-of-clubs-lake | Jack of Clubs Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.08791 | -121.59413 | 6.1 | 119.8 | 179.3 |
| cow-mountain | Cow Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.06313 | -121.56682 | 6.6 | 123 | 186.6 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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