Seymour Dam – Seymour Demonstration Forest loop from Vancouver Pacific Central

Seymour Dam – Seymour Demonstration Forest loop from Vancouver Pacific Central

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Seymour Dam – Seymour Demonstration Forest loop from Vancouver Pacific Central

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87.8km

1,480m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 17.0 km for 110 m

After 30.3 km for 92 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.08 km

Adanac Bikeway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

This traffic-calmed, mostly residential, street is a popular designated bike route. Note, however, that several intersections along the route have cross traffic that doesn't stop. There is a water fountain at Templeton Street.

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30.4 km

Deep Cove Lookout

Highlight • Viewpoint

You can walk down from the parking lot to a lookout point that peers between the treetops in the direction of Port Moody. The lookout is right along the road but separated from traffic by barricading.

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50.1 km

Seymour Parkway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Smooth road through the forest blocked for car traffic

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59.9 km

Seymour Dam

Highlight • Monument

60.0 km

Seymour Lake Gazebo

Highlight • Viewpoint

Head up the Seymour Valley Trailway, from Lillooet Road (from the turnaround, DO NOT go up the service road). It'll eventually connect to the Seymour Dam Falls Road/Seymour Mainline that'll lead to the dam.

The path to the gazebo isn't paved.

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68.9 km

Seymour Demonstration Forest

Highlight • Forest

The trail that runs through the Seymour Demonstration Forest, or the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve (metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/park/lower-seymour-conservation-reserve), is probably the most pleasant car-free paved trail in the Vancouver area. From the gazebo at the Rice Lake entrance to the gate at Seymour Dam, the path is 11 km long, with gentle rolling hills and curves. There are washrooms and a drinking fountain near the Rice Lake entrance.

It is sometimes a few degrees chillier on this trail, even on a hot summer day, due to the trees, the elevation, and the valley that can trap a pocket of cool air.

Cautions:
- The road to the park is gated, and therefore inaccessible to cars, at night.
- Throttle-actuated bikes are prohibited on the trail.
- The trail has multiple speed gates with flexible bollards.
- Since much of the trail is off-limits to cars and also out of range of cell phone service, be sure that your bike is in good working order, and that you are able to handle any likely mechanical issues.
- Bears roam the area. (nsnews.com/local-news/glad-to-be-alive-man-t-bones-bear-while-cycling-in-north-vancouver-7015380)

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78.7 km

Beach

79.8 km

View of Vancouver Port

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Quiet section of Vancouver’s cycling path system with views of the port and downtown. Great connector from Downtown East Side to 2nd Narrows Bridge. Take Adanac Street East and Lakewood St North to start.

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86.8 km

View of Science World

Highlight • Monument

Science World (officially called TELUS World of Science Vancouver since 2005) is a science center-style museum featuring permanent and rotating interactive exhibits.

The museum is housed in a geodesic dome designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller at the eastern end of False Creek. The dome was one of the main attractions of Expo 86 and was subsequently renovated for CAD 19.1 million. The museum opened in 1988, and a year later, an omnimax theater was added in the dome's upper section.

On July 20, 2005, the museum adopted its current name after the Canadian telecommunications company Telus donated CAD 9 million and acquired the naming rights. The new name has been met with public disapproval. The old name is far more familiar, and the nearby SkyTrain station also retains its name, Main Street-Science World.

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