Golden BC Museum opens Golden’s list
2 places to visit are mapped inside Golden’s municipal boundary, and 2 more within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are a museum, an art gallery and a theme park. Walking distance covers 2 of them, all within 1 km of the middle. Yoho National Park, 33 km away, is the best-known day out.
First stops in Golden
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The map ends at Grizzly Bear Refuge, 6.4 km out.
The dashed line is Golden’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kind by kind
Green: inside Golden. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
The 2 inside Golden come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Golden → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Golden →
Further afield
National park · Parks CanadaYoho National Park33 km east
National park · Parks CanadaGlacier National Park35 km west
Ski hillKicking Horse Resort7.5 km west
WaterfallWapta Falls30 km southeastWaterfallWaterfallBlaeberry Falls25 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Golden (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.
What visitors ask about Golden
What are the main attractions in Golden?
Inside Golden’s municipal boundary, the one place on our list is Art Gallery Of Golden-Kicking Horse Culture.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Golden?
Not within 5 km. The closest Parks Canada property on our list is the one named above, 33 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Golden?
Further out, up to 40 km: Glacier National Park (35 km), Kicking Horse Resort (7.5 km), Wapta Falls (30 km), Blaeberry Falls (25 km).
How is this list made?
A single list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, each site counted once. To appear, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), and hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Places in the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of its edge, are the ones shown.
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 (4)
- Yoho National Park: JZ85, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Glacier National Park: Sesivany /Jiri Eischmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kicking Horse Resort: CrazyCanuck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wapta Falls: Jakub Fryš, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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).