Miles Canyon Basalts, Whitehorse

Name: Miles Canyon Basalts
Address: Whitehorse, Canada

#1 among attractions in Whitehorse

Nature, Natural attraction, Top attraction, Volcano

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The Miles Canyon Basalts represent a package of rocks that include various exposures of basaltic lava flows and cones that erupted and flowed across an ancient pre-glacial landscape in south-central Yukon. ()

Coordinates: 60°39'42"N, 135°1'44"W

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Whitehorse Canada

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Miles Canyon Basalts – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, SS Klondike, Schwatka Lake, Yukon Transportation Museum.

3.7 miNW
Museum, Natural history museum, History museum
Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre, Whitehorse
94 min walk • The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre is a research and exhibition facility located at km 1423 on the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse, Yukon, which opened in 1997.
3.6 miN
Museum, Historical place
SS Klondike, Whitehorse
93 min walk • SS Klondike was the name of two sternwheelers, the second now a national historic site located in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. They ran freight between Whitehorse and Dawson City along the Yukon River, the first from 1929 to 1936 and the second, an almost exact replica of the first, from 1937 to 1950.
1.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schwatka Lake
39 min walk • Schwatka Lake is a reservoir created by the damming of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, completed in 1958. The dam provides electrical power generation and is operated by the Yukon Energy Corporation.
3.8 miNW
60°42'41"N • 135°4'48"W
Yukon Transportation Museum, Whitehorse
98 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum
4.4 miN
60°43'29"N • 135°3'11"W
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre, Whitehorse
113 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum, Art gallery
4.2 miN
60°43'16"N • 135°3'7"W
MacBride Museum of Yukon History, Whitehorse
107 min walk • Museum, Natural history museum, History museum
4.2 miNW
Neighbourhood
Whitehorse West, Whitehorse
106 min walk • Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The Whitehorse district is the smallest riding, by size, in the Yukon and includes the subdivisions of Logan, Ingram, Arkell, and part of Copper Ridge.
4.2 miN
60°43'14"N • 135°3'22"W
Yukon Historical and Museums Association, Whitehorse
106 min walk • Museum