Thornton Park

Thornton Park is a park in Vancouver, British Columbia which is located on Main Street. Thornton Park is situated nearby to the marketplace Main St. Station Farmers Market, as well as near the railway station Pacific Central Station.

Opening hours: 6:00 AM—10:00 PM
Type: Park
Address: 1166 Main Street, Vancouver

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pacific Central Station and BC Place.

Pacific Central Station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Pacific Central Station is a railway station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which acts as the western terminus of Via Rail's cross-country The Canadian service to Toronto, Ontario, and the northern terminus of United States passenger railroad company Amtrak's Cascades service to Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. Pacific Central Station is situated 100 metres east of Thornton Park.

BC Place

Stadium

Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.

BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the north side of False Creek, it is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation, a Crown corporation of the province. BC Place is situated 1 km west of Thornton Park.

Rogers Arena

Stadium

Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.

Rogers Arena is a multi-purpose arena at 800 Griffiths Way in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, the arena was known as General Motors Place from its opening until July 6, 2010, when General Motors Canada ended its naming rights sponsorship and a new agreement for those rights was reached with Rogers Communications. Rogers Arena is situated 1 km northwest of Thornton Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Strathcona.

Chinatown

Neighborhood

Photo: MRDXII, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chinatown is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is Canada's largest Chinatown. Centred around Pender Street, it is surrounded by Gastown to the north, the Downtown financial and central business districts to the west, the Georgia Viaduct and…

Strathcona

Suburb

Strathcona is the oldest residential neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Officially a part of the East Side, it is bordered by Downtown Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood and the False Creek inlet to the west, Downtown Eastside to the…

Gastown-Chinatown

Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gastown and Chinatown are in the east end of downtown Vancouver between downtown and East Van. The area is one of the oldest parts of the city and much of the early architecture and character remains, giving it a different look and feel to the glass and concrete of the rest of downtown.

Thornton Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Vancouver, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude

49.27395° or 49° 16′ 26″ north

Longitude

-123.09924° or 123° 5′ 57″ west

Open location code

84XR7WF2+H8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32603954

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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