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Places worth the detour in Vancouver

14 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Vancouver, Canada, across 1 kind of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (14). Best known: English Bay. 12 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Nature14
Within 20 km
14
Oldest
Brockton Point 1890
Little known
12 of 14
Most from
19th century

All 14, ranked 14

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Vancouver?

14 places within 20 km: 14 nature & landscapes. The best known is English Bay.

Is there anything near Vancouver that most visitors miss?

12 of these 14 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Vancouver?

Brockton Point, dated to 1890.

How is the 20 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Vancouver, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.