Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint

Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint is a rest area in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia which is located on Trans-Canada Highway. Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint (Lower tunnel), as well as near Kicking Horse River.

Opening hours: 24/7
Type: Rest area
Address: Trans-Canada Highway, Field, BC V0A 1G0

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sherbrooke Lake and Wapta Lake.

Sherbrooke Lake

Lake

Photo: CutOffTies, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sherbrooke Lake is a lake in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is bounded on the west by Mount Ogden 2,695 m, Mount Niles 2,972 m to the north, and Paget Peak on the east side. Sherbrooke Lake is situated 3 km north of Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint.

Wapta Lake

Lake

Wapta Lake is a glacial lake in Yoho National Park in the Canadian Rockies of eastern British Columbia, Canada. Wapta Lake is formed from Cataract Brook and Blue Creek in Yoho National Park, and is the source of the Kicking Horse River. Wapta Lake is situated 3½ km east of Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint.

Cathedral Mountain

Peak

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Cathedral Mountain is a 3,189-metre complex massif located six kilometres northwest of Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Cathedral Mountain is situated 4 km south of Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Field and Yoho National Park.

Field is a cozy mountain village located in Yoho National Park within the Canadian Rockies in Canada. The town served as a base for workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway in its early days, and now hosts a small community of about 170, in addition to hosting the Yoho Park administration building and a number of quaint gift shops, restaurants, and small accommodations.

Yoho National Park

Photo: HylgeriaK, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Yoho National Park is British Columbia's sister to Alberta's Banff National Park, a world heritage site, on the western side of the continental divide that separates the two provinces.

Spiral Tunnels Viewpoint

Category: transportation
Location: Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

51.43139° or 51° 25′ 53″ north

Longitude

-116.4019° or 116° 24′ 7″ west

Operator

BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure

Open location code

9535CHJX+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 299549073

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=rest_area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Spiral Tunnel Viewpoint (Lower tunnel) and Kicking Horse River.

Nearby Places

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