There's also a boat launch here. A level pathway leads west of the park and runs for much of the distance towards the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge. It provides visitors to Barnet with a chance to walk or cycle on those overcast days when the beach is not the exclusive reason for visiting this charming site. To find the park, drive east from Vancouver on Hastings St towards Port Moody. This route leads to the Barnet Hwy - you'll see the signed entrance to Barnet Marine Park on your left.
Thick foliage hides any view of the park from the road, and railway tracks obscure the shoreline.
Park and walk across the tracks to reach the beach. Although Belcarra Regional Park and Buntzen Lake Recreation Area are both located directly across Burrard Inlet from Barnet Marine Park, it will take you 30 minutes to drive around the end of the inlet to reach them. Follow Hastings St east through Burnaby to its junction with the Barnet Hwy, then east to Port Moody. In hot months the beaches at Belcarra's Sasamat Lake and at nearby Buntzen Lake are so popular that park information signs, which appear immediately after you turn onto Ioco Rd, will tell you if Belcarra and Buntzen are full. Ioco Rd soon turns left at an intersection marked by a green GVRD sign pointing the way to Belcarra.