Kicking Horse Campground
Kicking Horse Campground is a campsite in British Columbia, Canada. Kicking Horse Campground is situated nearby to the peak Mount Field, as well as near Yoho River.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Field and Mount Stephen.
Mount Field
Peak
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Mount Field is a mountain located about 4 km northeast of the town of Field in Yoho National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1884 after Cyrus West Field, an American merchant who had laid the first Atlantic cable.
Mount Stephen
Peak
Photo: Wilson44691, Public domain.
Mount Stephen, 3,199 m, is a mountain located in the Kicking Horse River Valley of Yoho National Park, 1⁄2 km east of Field, British Columbia, Canada. The mountain was named in 1886 for George Stephen, the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mount Stephen is situated 3 km south of Kicking Horse Campground.
Walcott Quarry
Paleontological site
The Walcott Quarry is the most famous quarry of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, located in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, bearing the Phyllopod beds. Walcott Quarry is situated 3½ km northwest of Kicking Horse Campground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Field and Yoho National Park.
Field
Photo: Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Kicking Horse Campground
- Type: Campsite
- Categories: tourism and camping
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.42417° or 51° 25′ 27″ northLongitude
-116.43245° or 116° 25′ 57″ westOpen location code
9535CHF9+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 715592410OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=camp_site
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