Crown Land Near Golden

Golden sits where the Kicking Horse River meets the Columbia, in the Rocky Mountain Trench between the Rockies and the Purcells, with Yoho and Glacier national parks both within an hour's drive. Closer in, the public land is a ring of forest recreation sites and trails: the Moonraker trails and Cedar Lake are about 4 km from town, the Mount 7 area is under 6 km, and Dawn Mountain is 6 km. Cedar Lake has the nearest recreation site campground, about 4 km out; Gorman Lake (17 km), Thompson Falls (24 km) and Wapta Falls (30 km) are further along. The Kicking Horse River runs through town, and Cedar Lake, limited to electric motors, is the closest lake to fish. This page rounds up the closest public land, fishing spots, campgrounds and road trips around Golden.

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Public land near Golden runs well past the last cell tower. Export the area as a geo-referenced PDF and read it in BorealMaps to keep your GPS position on the map when the signal drops.

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