Places to visit near Montecito: Playland & more
Around Montecito, the places to visit include 5 museums, 3 theme parks and 3 art galleries. Nothing on our list is inside Montecito’s neighbourhood outline; the 15 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. The best-known trip out is to Stanley Park, 14 km away.
The names to know near Montecito
Theme parkPlayland5 km outside town, to the northwest
Theme parkBurnaby Village Museum2.4 km outside town, to the southwest
AttractionWooden Roller Coaster4.8 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumMarianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum1.8 km outside town, to the east
Art galleryBurnaby Art Gallery2.3 km outside town, to the southwest
Art galleryFairacres Mansion2.3 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where things are
Furthest from the centre is Archery Museum, 6.4 km away.
The dashed line is Montecito’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The types of place
Count 8 museums or galleries and 4 zoos, ski hills, theme parks or other days out.
Green: inside Montecito. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Place after place
Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum
Art museum located at Simon Fraser University.
Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre
Museum and cultural centre about Japanese Canadian history, arts and culture in Burnaby, BC, Canada.
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Montecito → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Montecito →
Out of town
GardenStanley Park14 km northwestArt galleryArt galleryVancouver Art Gallery12 km northwest
Big drawMuseumScience World11 km northwest · 650K visitors a year
MuseumMuseum of Vancouver14 km northwest · 78K visitors a year
MuseumMuseum of Anthropology at UBC22 km northwest · 200K visitors a year (2024)Ski hillSki hillCypress Mountain Ski Area23 km northwest
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver12 km northwest
GardenQueen Elizabeth Park12 km west
Ski hillGrouse Mountain16 km north
AquariumVancouver Aquarium13 km northwestMuseumMuseumVancouver Maritime Museum14 km northwestCathedralCathedralChrist Church Cathedral12 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Montecito (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Planning a visit to Montecito
What is there to see near Montecito?
No attraction is mapped inside Montecito itself. Within 5 km of it are Burnaby Village Museum, Wooden Roller Coaster and Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum.
Does Montecito have a museum?
Look at Burnaby Art Gallery, Fairacres Mansion and Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, in Montecito or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Montecito?
Not within 5 km of Montecito: none is on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Montecito?
Within 40 km: Vancouver Art Gallery (12 km), Science World (11 km), Museum of Vancouver (14 km), Museum of Anthropology at UBC (22 km).
How is this list made?
Four open sources feed it (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers), merged so each place appears once. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches stay only with a sign they are open to visitors, and businesses such as hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Every place is tied to the town by its 2021 outline, or by lying within 5 km of it.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (13)
- Playland: ThePointblank, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burnaby Village Museum: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wooden Roller Coaster: Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Burnaby Art Gallery: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fairacres Mansion: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stanley Park: squeakymarmot, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science World: Differense, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Anthropology at UBC: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen Elizabeth Park: Craig Nagy from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grouse Mountain: Orlandkurtenbach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vancouver Aquarium: Emancipator at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).