Where to go in Vernon: Okanagan Science Centre and more
This is a list led by museums or galleries, 5 of its 9. Mapped inside Vernon’s municipal boundary are 6 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 3. A short walk covers 4, all within 1 km. Further afield, Silver Star Mountain Resort is 21 km from the centre.
Top of the list in Vernon
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
Close by, the 3 mostly lie to the northeast.
The dashed line is Vernon’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What sort of places
Green: inside Vernon. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
The 6 inside Vernon 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 Vernon → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Vernon →
Beyond Vernon
Places well known beyond Vernon (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.
Asked about places to visit in Vernon
What are the main attractions in Vernon?
Within Vernon’s municipal boundary, the best known are Planet Bee - Honey Farm and Meadery, Vernon Arts Center and Vernon Museum & Archives.
Does Vernon have a museum?
Yes, Greater Vernon Museum And Archives and Vernon Public Art Gallery, all in Vernon or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Vernon?
None on our list stands in Vernon or up to 5 km away.
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
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 (1)
- Silver Star Mountain Resort: Klauskk, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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).