How this works
The key
Real field guides identify things with a dichotomous key — one question, a few answers, branch, repeat. This one has two questions. Nothing below is visible until you need it.
Keyed out
Your short list
Narrow it down
Appendix
Every specimen
The whole catalogue, in order, for when you would rather browse than be asked things.
Colophon
Notes on the guide
Why a key
An A–Z list of 26 places is a decision problem, not a guide. A key asks two questions and hands back three or four options — which is roughly the number a tired brain can actually choose between.
Bail-out plans
Every entry says how to leave early without it counting as a failure. Twenty minutes at Piper Spit is a complete outing. The guide is written as though you will leave when you want to.
Effort vs. charge
Two different costs. Charge is what the place asks of you once you are there. Effort is the friction of getting out the door — tickets, gear, parking, timing. Low charge and high effort is the combination that kills plans.
Access
Keyboard-operable throughout, visible focus, semantic disclosure, and a low-stim mode that drops colour and stops the drizzle. Motion respects prefers-reduced-motion. Your answers and collected specimens stay in this browser.
Check before you go
Prices, hours and seasons drift — the carousel, the miniature railway and the Nature House are all seasonal. Every entry links to the official page. Treat the numbers here as the right order of magnitude, not a quote.
Whose land
Burnaby sits on the unceded territories of the həňq̌əmiňəm̌- and Ṣəńżə́ż ̠-speaking peoples, including the kʷikʷəʌ̌əm, Səľílwətaẁətļ and xʷməθkʷəy̌əm Nations.