Powder Magazine

Powder Magazine: 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 Powder Magazine

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 Powder Magazine — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.89315, -59.98851. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Powder Magazine

• The Barachois · lake · Cape Breton · ~3 km · Must-see
• Louisbourg Lighthouse · beach · Cape Breton · ~3 km · Must-see
• Dixons Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~5 km · Must-see
• Cavanaghs Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~6 km · Must-see
• Stewarts Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~7 km · Must-see
• The Three Ponds · lake · Cape Breton · ~11 km · Must-see
• Taylors Ponds · lake · Cape Breton · ~12 km · Must-see
• Devils Hill Falls · waterfall · Cape Breton · ~12 km · Must-see
• Big Pond · lake · Cape Breton · ~13 km · Must-see
• Twelve Mile Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Belle Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Bear Cove · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Danny MacDonalds Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Little MacLeod Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Fieldings Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Little Ferguson Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~15 km · Must-see
• MacMullin Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~15 km · Must-see
• Dixon Lake · lake · Cape Breton · ~16 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Powder Magazine

Other forts & heritage near Powder Magazine

• Fort William Augustus · fort · Guysborough · ~123 km · Must-see
• Fort Sainte Anne · fort · Victoria · ~76 km
• Port Toulouse · fort · Richmond · ~91 km
• Dauphin Demi-Bastion · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Dauphin Demi-Bastion Barracks · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Embrasures at Lartigue · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Magasin du Roi · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Laundry and stables / buanderie et étable · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Maison Duhaget · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km
• Poteau d'exposition · fort · Cape Breton · ~0 km

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