Bench Road in Area I (Blue Sky Country), British Columbia

Bench Road in Area I (Blue Sky Country) is a two-lane, unpaved residential street. It runs in an east-west direction starting from Sundown Road. Bench Road also exists in Area J (Copper Desert Country).

Road Type
residential street
Lanes
2
Route
east-west

Campsite

  • Barnes Lake Recreation Site – approx. 18,3 km.
  • Barnes Lake Recreation Site – approx. 19,0 km.
  • Pimainus Lake East Recreation Site (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 40,1 km.
  • Third Lake Recreation Site (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 41,4 km.
  • Chataway Lakes Resort (limited wheelchair access) – approx. 43,6 km.
  • Murray Creek Rec Site – approx. 49,5 km.
  • Abbot Lake Recreation Site (tents allowed) – approx. 52,6 km.
  • Gordon Lake Recreation Site (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 55,6 km.
  • Botanie Lake Recreation Site (tents allowed, caravans allowed) – approx. 57,8 km.

Attraction

  • McAbee Fossil Beds Heritage Site – approx. 10,9 km.
  • Historic Hat Creek Ranch at Jackson Road 3484 (V0K 1H0). A historic landscape which comprises some 130 hectares of farmyards, fields and range land, and includes twenty historic wooden domestic and farm buildings dating from 1861 into the 20th century. – approx. 32,4 km.
  • Oregon Jack Pictographs – approx. 36,7 km.
  • Three Hunters Pictographs – approx. 52,1 km.

Restaurants

  • Cache Creek Desert Hills Taco Stand (Mexican, opening hours: Mon–Sun 9–23; Dec 25 closed) at Cariboo Highway 2520 – approx. 24,8 km.
  • Desert Hills Ranch Taco Stand (Mexican, opening hours: Mon–Sun 10–23) at Cariboo Highway 2520 BC-39 – approx. 25,7 km.

Museum

  • Walhachin Museum (opening hours: May 1 - Sep 30 Th-Mo 11–16, web) at Central Avenue 4359 – approx. 1,1 km.

Post offices

  • Spences Bridge (Canada Post) at Riverview Avenue 3705 (V0K 2L0) – approx. 45,1 km.

Tourist information offices

  • Canadian Northern Pacific's Last Spike – approx. 30,7 km.
  • Welcome to Marble canyon – approx. 49,8 km.
  • Caution Sign – approx. 50,2 km.

Farm shops

  • Suede Hills Organic Farm at Thompson River Drive Box 513 (V0K 2J0) – approx. 2,2 km.
  • The Gardens at Spences Bridge at North Frontage Road 3741 – approx. 44,4 km.

Viewpoint

  • Cornwall Lookout – approx. 33,4 km.
  • Museum Viewpoint – approx. 54,3 km.

Hotels

  • The Inn at Spences Bridge (12 rooms) at Merritt-Spences Bridge Highway No 8 3649 – approx. 45,6 km.