Great Central, on a bike

6 stops that will put up your tent. Vancouver Island.

Photo: Ben GiesbrechtVancouver Island, BC

Aerial view of a straight road cutting through dense coniferous forest with mountains and valley vista in British Columbia

What you’ll find here#

Every stop in the directory, grouped the way a touring day actually goes.

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Camping

Lowry Lake Recreation Site, Scout Beach Recreation Site, Snow Creek Campground, and 3 more.

Map#

Mute other bike trails

Camping

Routes around Great Central#

You don’t have to plan from scratch. These rides pass close to Great Central, mapped and written up by route publishers around BC. The full maps and turn-by-turns live on their sites.

Trans Canada Bike Route (BC Only) — Trans Canada Bike Route Network · 5,446 km route, passing about 3 km away

Getting there with a bike: province-wide buses, ferries, and shuttles are listed under Transport (some serving Great Central may be listed there rather than here).

The full list#

Every stop we know about in Great Central. Open a category:

Camping 6→

Lowry Lake Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Scout Beach Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Snow Creek CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

Snow Creek Recreation SiteInfo· Public Campground

Taylor Arm ParkInfo· Public Campground

Trailhead CampgroundInfo· Public Campground

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