Basalt Creek Rest Area

Yellowhead Highway km 53

Basalt Creek Rest Area is a rest area on Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway), British Columbia. It has washrooms, picnic tables and accessible washrooms.

On the Yellowhead

At a glance

Washrooms: Yes
Drinking water: Not recorded
Truck parking: Not recorded
Sani-dump: Not recorded

Facilities

Washrooms
Picnic tables
Accessible washroom
Garbage bins

Can I stay overnight here?

British Columbia: You may rest or sleep at a provincial rest area, but overnight camping is not permitted; the ministry discourages stays of more than eight hours.

Signs at a rest area always override the general rule. Full rules and sources →

Along Highway 16

Toward Yellowhead

Next stop: Basalt Creek Rest Area 1.5 km
Next washrooms: Basalt Creek Rest Area 1.5 km
Next drinking water on record: Topley Rest Area 391 km
Next truck parking: Telegraph point 10 km

Toward Prince Rupert

Next stop: None recorded
Next washrooms: None recorded
Next drinking water on record: None recorded
Next truck parking: None recorded

Counts only stops a driver going that way can pull into, and only facilities recorded in our data; there may be others. Rest areas on British Columbia Highway 16 →

Nearby stops

Basalt Creek Rest Area Rest area · 1.5 km
Telegraph point Rest area · 9.7 km
Exstew Rest Area Rest area · 53 km
Sanderson Point Rest Area Rest area · 110 km
Boulder Creek Rest Area Rest area · 139 km

Where this information comes from

Directory updated September 28, 2026.

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