Whispering Spruce Campground is located in the beautiful city of Golden in British Columbia. Golden is located towards the north end of the Columbia Valley between two ranges of the Canadian Rocky Mountains: the Purcell range and the Rockies range. Golden is a neighbour to Canada's numerous national parks: Jasper, Banff, Glacier, Mt. Revelstoke, Kootenay and Yoho.

The Columbia Valley Wetlands is considered to be a major bird migratory route; there have been 260 different species of birds identified in this area, which also embraces two great rivers, the Kicking Horse and the Columbia.