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title: "Needle Point Ridge in Bowron Lake Park, Prince George"
description: "Needle Point Ridge: summit in Bowron Lake Park, 4 h 42 min from downtown Prince George. 2,220 m elevation. Map, driving directions and places nearby."
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markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/needle-point-ridge-summit-jdqxodj.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T16:58:16.864Z
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# Needle Point Ridge
Summit in Bowron Lake Park, 4 h 42 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.07291,-121.01082) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/needle-point-ridge-summit-jdqxodj/#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
- [Kaza Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/kaza-mountain/) Summit 0.3 km
- [Needle Point Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/needle-point-ridge/) Summit 0.8 km
- [Needle Point Ridge](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/needle-point-ridge-summit/) Summit 1.8 km
- [Mount Hughes](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-hughes/) Summit 2.5 km
- [Mount Foreman](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/mount-foreman/) Summit 5.5 km
- [Sandy Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/sandy-lake/) Lake 6.5 km
- [Flat Top Mountain](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/flat-top-mountain/) Summit 8.0 km
- [Hunter Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/hunter-lake/) Lake 8.2 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 4 h 42 min, 237 km by road
- **Beyond the road**: The drive ends about 10 km from this point
- **Straight-line distance**: 149 km from downtown
- **Elevation**: 2,220 m
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.07291, -121.01082
## Links
- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2028686637)
- [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/2028686637). ODbL 1.0, © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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/)
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- [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/needle-point-ridge-summit-jdqxodj
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- **name**: Needle Point Ridge
- **category**: summits
- **categories**: summits
- **kind**: Summit
- **lat**: 53.07291
- **lng**: -121.01082
- **kmFromCentre**: 148.5
- **driveKm**: 237.1
- **driveMinutes**: 282
- **offRoadMetres**: 10497
- **elevationM**: 2220
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: _none_
- **amenities**: _none_
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: Bowron Lake Park
- **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/2028686637 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| kaza-mountain | Kaza Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.07089 | -121.00717 | 0.3 | 148.8 | 237.1 |
| needle-point-ridge | Needle Point Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.07096 | -120.99894 | 0.8 | 149.2 | 237.2 |
| needle-point-ridge-summit | Needle Point Ridge | summits | summits | Summit | 53.06339 | -121.0318 | 1.8 | 148.1 | 237.1 |
| mount-hughes | Mount Hughes | summits | summits | Summit | 53.09239 | -121.02877 | 2.5 | 146.2 | 237.1 |
| mount-foreman | Mount Foreman | summits | summits | Summit | 53.12076 | -120.98791 | 5.5 | 146.3 | 237.1 |
| sandy-lake | Sandy Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.03861 | -121.09014 | 6.5 | 147 | 237 |
| flat-top-mountain | Flat Top Mountain | summits | summits | Summit | 53.11956 | -121.10271 | 8 | 140.4 | 233.3 |
| hunter-lake | Hunter Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.01886 | -121.09415 | 8.2 | 148.3 | 237 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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