Kitsilano Beach
Kitsilano Beach is one of the most popular beaches in Vancouver, especially in the warm summer months. Located at the north edge of the Kitsilano neighbourhood, the beach faces out onto English Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vancouver Maritime Museum and H. R. MacMillan Space Centre.
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is a maritime museum devoted to presenting the maritime history of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and the Canadian Arctic.
H. R. MacMillan Space Centre
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, is an astronomy museum located at Vanier Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The museum was opened on October 28, 1968, containing a Planetarium Star Theatre.
English Bay Beach
Beach
Photo: Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
English Bay is an open bay northwest of the Burrard Peninsula in British Columbia, Canada, extending from the headland between Siwash Rock and Prospect Point on Vancouver's Downtown peninsula in the northeast, to the northwestern tip of Point Grey in the southwest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitsilano-Granville Island and Kitsilano.
Kitsilano-Granville Island
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.
Kitsilano
Suburb
Photo: Flying Penguin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kitsilano, South Granville and Granville Island form most of the northern part of the Vancouver west side. In the 1960s Kits was a neighbourhood where hippies "tuned in and dropped out" but today it has some of Vancouver's most expensive properties.
Granville Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Zhatt, Public domain.
Granville Island is a peninsula and shopping district in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, across False Creek from Downtown Vancouver, under the south end of the Granville Street Bridge.
Kitsilano Beach
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: landform
- Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.27568° or 49° 16′ 33″ northLongitude
-123.15429° or 123° 9′ 15″ westElevation
-2 metres (-7 feet)Open location code
84XR7RGW+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 86339711OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Kitsilano Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Kitsilano Beach” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kitsilano”
- Cebuano: “Kitsilano Beach”
- Chinese: “基斯蘭奴海灘”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شط كيتسيلانو”
- Russian: “Китсилано”
- Russian: “Пляж Китсилано”
- Swedish: “Kitsilano Beach”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lower Davie and Davie Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Table tennis court and Vancouver Water Adventures.
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