Near Nanaimo
All places near Nanaimo
297 places within 100 km of Nanaimo by road distance, nearest first. For the short version — the places worth the trip and a one-day loop — see places to visit near Nanaimo.
Within 15 km
- Nanaimo Museum · museum · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~0 km · Must-see
- The Bastion · fort · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~0 km · Must-see
- Protection Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~2 km · Must-see
- Saysutshun (Newcastle Island Marine) Provincial Park · sanctuary · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~3 km · Must-see
- Snake Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~8 km · Must-see
- Mount Benson · viewpoint · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~10 km · Must-see
- Entrance Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~13 km · Must-see
- Gabriola Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~14 km · Must-see
- Mudge Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~14 km · Must-see
15–50 km — half-day trips
- Quennell Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~17 km · Must-see
- De Courcy Island · river spot · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~20 km · Must-see
- Long Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~21 km · Must-see
- Ruxton Island · river spot · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~25 km · Must-see
- Valdes Island · river spot · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~29 km · Must-see
- Holland Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~31 km · Must-see
- Rhododendron Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~32 km · Must-see
- Ballenas Islands Light · beach · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~32 km · Must-see
- Thetis Island · river spot · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~33 km · Must-see
- Healy Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~35 km · Must-see
- Shelton Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~35 km · Must-see
- Dayman Island · river spot · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~35 km · Must-see
- Mount Whymper · viewpoint · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~36 km · Must-see
- Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park · beach · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~36 km · Must-see
- Chemainus Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~39 km · Must-see
- Englishman River Falls Provincial Park · waterfall · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~39 km · Must-see
- Penelakut Island · river spot · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~39 km · Must-see
- South Thormanby Island · river spot · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~45 km · Must-see
- Big Sicker Mountain · viewpoint · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~46 km · Must-see
- Fourth Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~46 km · Must-see
- Tems Swiya Museum · museum · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~46 km · Must-see
- Mount Moriarty · viewpoint · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~47 km · Must-see
- Labour Day Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~47 km · Must-see
- Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park · sanctuary · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~48 km · Must-see
- Mount Prevost · viewpoint · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~49 km · Must-see
- Crofton Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~50 km · Must-see
50–100 km — one-day trips
- Cowichan Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~51 km · Must-see
- Rowbotham Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~52 km · Must-see
- Qualicum Beach Community Park · beach · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~53 km · Must-see
- Lasqueti Island · river spot · qathet Regional · ~53 km · Must-see
- Keats Island · river spot · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~54 km · Must-see
- BC Forest Discovery Centre · museum · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~55 km · Must-see
- Galiano Island · river spot · Capital Regional · ~55 km · Must-see
- Somenos Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~55 km · Must-see
- Arrowsmith Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~55 km · Must-see
- Maple Mountain · viewpoint · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~56 km · Must-see
- Bowen Island Radiocommunication Site · attraction · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~56 km · Must-see
- East Beach · beach · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~56 km · Must-see
- Quamichan Lake · lake · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~57 km · Must-see
- Hidden Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~57 km · Must-see
- Peak Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~58 km · Must-see
- Fishtail Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~58 km · Must-see
- Mount Richardson Provincial Park · sanctuary · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~59 km · Must-see
- Kammat Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~59 km · Must-see
- Bowen Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~59 km · Must-see
- Mount Cokely · viewpoint · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~60 km · Must-see
- Hutt Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~61 km · Must-see
- Mount McQuillan · viewpoint · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~61 km · Must-see
- Sechelt Inlets Marine Provincial Park - Halfway Beach Site · beach · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~61 km · Must-see
- Henry Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~61 km · Must-see
- Killarney Creek Dam · lake · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~61 km · Must-see
- Mount Tzouhalem · viewpoint · Cowichan Valley Regional · ~62 km · Must-see
- Parker Island · river spot · Capital Regional · ~62 km · Must-see
- Passage Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Saltspring Island · river spot · Capital Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Snug Cove · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Wreck Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Point Grey · beach · Washington · ~63 km · Must-see
- Nitobe Memorial Garden · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Museum of Anthropology · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Father and Son Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~63 km · Must-see
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~64 km · Must-see
- St. Mary Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~64 km · Must-see
- Engineering Cairn · fort · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~64 km · Must-see
- Beaty Biodiversity Museum · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~64 km · Must-see
- University of British Columbia Botanical Garden · sanctuary · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~64 km · Must-see
- Cameron Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~65 km · Must-see
- Duck Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~65 km · Must-see
- Point Atkinson Lighthouse · attraction · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~65 km · Must-see
- Iona Beach Regional Park · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
- Iona Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
- Whytecliff Park · sanctuary · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
- Lighthouse Park · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~66 km · Must-see
- Gambier Island · river spot · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
- Lizard Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
- Spanish Banks Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
- Spider Lake Provincial Park · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~67 km · Must-see
- The Great Trail - West Vancouver to Nanaimo Ferry · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~67 km · Must-see
- HMCS Annapolis · fort · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~68 km · Must-see
- Garry Point Park · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~68 km · Must-see
- Locarno Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~68 km · Must-see
- Summit Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
- Jericho Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
- Steveston Museum · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
- Prevost Island · river spot · Capital Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
- Sea Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~69 km · Must-see
- Cypress Falls · waterfall · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~70 km · Must-see
- Hastings Mill Park · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~70 km · Must-see
- Loon Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~70 km · Must-see
- Tetrahedron Peak · viewpoint · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~70 km · Must-see
- Bowyer Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~71 km · Must-see
- Westham Island · river spot · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~72 km · Must-see
- London Farmhouse · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~72 km · Must-see
- Minoru Chapel · church · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~72 km · Must-see
- Bainbridge Lake · lake · Alberni-Clayoquot Regional · ~72 km · Must-see
- Minoru Park · park · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~72 km · Must-see
- Richmond Art Gallery · church · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~73 km · Must-see
- Sakinaw Lake-e. Arm Recreation Reserve · lake · Sunshine Coast Regional · ~73 km · Must-see
- Kitsilano Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~73 km · Must-see
- Marpole Midden · fort · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~73 km · Must-see
- Horne Lake · lake · Regional District of Nanaimo · ~73 km · Must-see
- Ben Franklin · attraction · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~74 km · Must-see
- Third Beach · beach · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~74 km · Must-see
- Vancouver Maritime Museum · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~74 km · Must-see
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre · museum · Metro Vancouver Regional · ~74 km · Must-see