Boxcar

Boxcar: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Boxcar

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Boxcar — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 50.67941, -120.32605. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Boxcar

• Riverside Park · park · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km · Must-see
• Kamloops Museum · museum · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km · Must-see
• Sacred Heart Cathedral · church · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km · Must-see
• Kenna Cartwright Nature Park · park · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~6 km · Must-see
• Paul Lake Provincial Park · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Lolo · viewpoint · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~24 km · Must-see
• McConnell Lake Provincial Park · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~25 km · Must-see
• North Thompson Oxbows Jensen Island Provincial Park · sanctuary · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~26 km · Must-see
• Pinantan Lake · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~27 km · Must-see
• Greenstone Mountain Provincial Park · sanctuary · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~30 km · Must-see
• Lac Le Jeune · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~30 km · Must-see
• Roche Lake Provincial Park · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~33 km · Must-see
• Walloper Lake Provincial Park · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~33 km · Must-see
• Monte Creek Provincial Park · sanctuary · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~34 km · Must-see
• Kamloops Lake · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~34 km · Must-see
• Devick Lake · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mount Savona Provincial Park · sanctuary · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~42 km · Must-see
• Stump Lake Recreation Site · lake · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~46 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Boxcar

Other forts & heritage near Boxcar

• The Last Spike · fort · Columbia-Shuswap Regional · ~147 km · Must-see
• Twisted Steak · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~0 km
• McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site - (McAbee-Battle Creek) · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~72 km
• R.J. Haney Heritage Village · fort · Columbia-Shuswap Regional · ~96 km
• Little Fort Reaction Ferry · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~104 km
• Last Spike · fort · Improvement District No. 12 · ~147 km
• Red Bridge · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~0 km
• Cenotaph · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km
• Stuart Wood · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km
• Overlanders · fort · Thompson-Nicola Regional · ~1 km

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