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title: "Westroad River: recreation site around Prince George"
description: "Westroad River: recreation site, 3 h 11 min from downtown Prince George. Camping. 2 campsites, toilets, picnic tables, fire rings."
url: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/westroad-river/
markdown: https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/westroad-river.md
site: PG Pulse (https://princegeorgepulse.ca), The pulse of Prince George, British Columbia
generated: 2026-10-16T17:20:51.728Z
---
# Westroad River
Recreation site, 3 h 11 min from downtown Prince George.
[Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=53.12571,-123.58292) [Recreation Sites and Trails BC](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5573) [Map](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/westroad-river/#map)
## About
> This is a small rec site beside the Nazko Road by the bridge, used as a staging area for exploring the surrounding hills.
From Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).
## What’s there
### Activities
- [Camping](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/?activity=camping)
### Amenities
- 2 campsites
- Toilets
- Picnic tables
- Fire rings
As published by Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue).
## Getting there
From Quesnel follow the Nazko Hwy to Nazko.Head North from Nazko on the Nazko Road, at about 26km the site is visible from 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
- [Snaking River](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/snaking-river/) Recreation site 6.9 km
- [Rainbow Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/rainbow-lake/) Lake 14 km
- [Teepee Lake](https://princegeorgepulse.ca/outdoors/teepee-lake/) Lake 15 km
- **Drive from downtown**: 3 h 11 min, 134 km by road
- **Straight-line distance**: 104 km from downtown
- **Campsites**: 2
- **Maintenance**: Maintained to Standard
- **Access**: Road, 2 Wheel Drive, Motorhome
- **Good for**: Summer
- **Coordinates**: 53.12571, -123.58292
## Links
- [Recreation Sites and Trails BC page](https://www.sitesandtrailsbc.ca/resource/REC5573)
- [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/REC5573). Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Drive time: OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap data.
Source read 2 days ago
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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/westroad-river
- **slug**: westroad-river
- **name**: Westroad River
- **category**: rec-sites
- **categories**: rec-sites, campgrounds
- **kind**: Recreation site
- **lat**: 53.12571
- **lng**: -123.58292
- **kmFromCentre**: 103.8
- **driveKm**: 133.7
- **driveMinutes**: 190.7
- **offRoadMetres**: _none_
- **elevationM**: _none_
- **areaHa**: _none_
- **lengthKm**: _none_
- **activities**: camping
- **amenities**: 2 campsites, Toilets, Picnic tables, Fire rings
- **seasons**: summer
- **lake**: _none_
- **park**: _none_
- **closure**: _none_
- **advisories**: _none_
- **description**: This is a small rec site beside the Nazko Road by the bridge, used as a staging area for exploring the surrounding hills.
- **directions**: From Quesnel follow the Nazko Hwy to Nazko.Head North from Nazko on the Nazko Road, at about 26km the site is visible from the road
- **page**:
- **source**: Recreation Sites and Trails BC (BC Data Catalogue)
- **sourceUrl**:
- **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/REC5573 |
#### nearby
| slug | name | category | categories | kind | lat | lng | distanceKm | kmFromCentre | driveKm |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| snaking-river | Snaking River | rec-sites | rec-sites, campgrounds | Recreation site | 53.06625 | -123.55397 | 6.9 | 108.5 | 140.9 |
| rainbow-lake | Rainbow Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.00109 | -123.60749 | 14 | 116.6 | 150.7 |
| teepee-lake | Teepee Lake | lakes | lakes | Lake | 53.18224 | -123.78283 | 14.7 | 106.5 | 135.6 |
_Nested fields (links) are in the JSON version._
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