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Welcome to Granite Bay ...

Granite Bay is located on Quadra Island.

Granite Bay is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<1>.

Time Zone: Granite Bay lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Area Codes for Granite Bay: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Granite Bay ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Granite Bay - they are located in California and Connecticut.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Granite Bay.

Communities near Granite Bay ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Granite Bay.

  • Campbell River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Campbell River 11
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bold Point
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Bloedel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloedel
  • Read Island
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Church House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Surge Narrows
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Duncan Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Heriot Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Rock Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Bay

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Granite Bay ...

Looking for more information about Granite Bay? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Granite Bay, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Granite Bay.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Granite Bay - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Granite Bay area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Granite Bay area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.