British Columbia 2018
We are beginning to plan a trip from TN up I-75 to Sioux St Marie in Canada then west to British Columbia. I have just read all the great tips about Banff, Jasper, Lake Louis, etc and plan a major sto...
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As for travel time distance..
My wife was raised in Stewart BC, next door to Hyder Alaska. We have done this trip many times over the years from Southern BC.
I’ll give you an idea of the distance in Time on the road.
We live just across the USA / CANADA boarder with the east side of Washington State below us. We are three hours north of Spokane Wash, and about 30 minutes from the Boarder.
When we drive non stop from our home in the south eastern side of British Columbia to Stewart it takes one 12 hr day drive to Prince George (PG) and then another 9 to 10 hr drive from PG to Stewart.( 21 or 22 hrs drive time)
We have done this trip many times over the years leaving at different times of the day and night and the only travel time that changes is the trip between PG and Stewart.
Traffic and road conditions always add time to this trip, it never fails. As well when I say non stop I mean, gas station and washroom breaks only. We always pack a lunch when we travel and will eat when we stop for fuel or washroom breaks. So when you see the times I give it means basically a straight through drive, no site seeing, no breaks of any kind, beside gas and washroom.
I entered the distance from my home to Stewart on Google to get an idea of “travel Time”. The travel time by google is way off on there calculation by about 3 hrs short of what it really takes.
We just did a trip down to Nevada and back, and again the travel time that Google gives was way off, 99% of the time. Their mileage calculation is correct, but not the time to do that distance.
So in my opinion don’t judge your travel time by google, they are not accurate.
Soup.
My wife was raised in Stewart BC, next door to Hyder Alaska. We have done this trip many times over the years from Southern BC.
I’ll give you an idea of the distance in Time on the road.
We live just across the USA / CANADA boarder with the east side of Washington State below us. We are three hours north of Spokane Wash, and about 30 minutes from the Boarder.
When we drive non stop from our home in the south eastern side of British Columbia to Stewart it takes one 12 hr day drive to Prince George (PG) and then another 9 to 10 hr drive from PG to Stewart.( 21 or 22 hrs drive time)
We have done this trip many times over the years leaving at different times of the day and night and the only travel time that changes is the trip between PG and Stewart.
Traffic and road conditions always add time to this trip, it never fails. As well when I say non stop I mean, gas station and washroom breaks only. We always pack a lunch when we travel and will eat when we stop for fuel or washroom breaks. So when you see the times I give it means basically a straight through drive, no site seeing, no breaks of any kind, beside gas and washroom.
I entered the distance from my home to Stewart on Google to get an idea of “travel Time”. The travel time by google is way off on there calculation by about 3 hrs short of what it really takes.
We just did a trip down to Nevada and back, and again the travel time that Google gives was way off, 99% of the time. Their mileage calculation is correct, but not the time to do that distance.
So in my opinion don’t judge your travel time by google, they are not accurate.
Soup.
