South Alberta Parks & Trails

Cameron Lake is a well maintained sub alpine lake situated at an elevation of 1646 meters (5400 ft). The lake is located at the end of the 16 kilometre Akamina Parkway. The parkway itself is a sightseeing adventure.

Waterton

Erin Woods Community Park is located in Southeast Calgary. This community park is great for community sporting activities or for the kids to burn off some energy at the kid's playground. Enjoy the open green spaces, winding walkways and towering evergreen trees.

83 Erin Park Drive

Calgary

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Shawinigan Park is a sprawling community park with winding paved pathways through beautiful mature trees in Calgary Alberta. This is an excellent park for walking or jogging with benches amongst the trees to rest on.

224 Shawmeadows Road SW

Shawnessy

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Red Rock Coulee Natural Area is a fun and unique seasonal day use area located in southeastern Alberta, Canada. It's like a mini road trip to another planet featuring large round coloured sandstone bubble rocks. Visible from the parking lot, as well as open to hike and explore.

Red Rock Coulee, Range Road 72, Orion, Alberta

Medicine Hat, Alberta

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Established in 1982, the nature reserve is the site of the Helen Schuler Coulee Centre and interpretive walking trails. The centre is a good source for wildlife education and for interpretive programs.

Lethbridge

The Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump preserves and protects the actual site of a buffalo hunt. The site is the oldest buffalo hunting grounds of its kind in North America. And in 1981 the site was recognized as a UNESCO Heritage Site.

Fort MacLeod

The North Drywood Falls trail is located in Castle Wildland Provincial Park in southern Alberta, Canada. A 10km in and back trail through the front canyons of Castle, with amazing views of Pincher Ridge and Drywood Mountain. The hike features stunning scenery, seasonal wildflowers, and a waterfall.

Pincher Creek No. 9, AB T0K 1C0

Pincher Creek, Alberta

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The Drumheller McMullen Island park is a popular day use area because of the proximity to the popular museum and the Red Deer River but.... more importantly the park is popular because it is situated in a lush green and treed environment which is unique for badland country.

Drumheller

The pathway in the Sunshine Lake area, the lake itself, the large sprawling grass lawns, the sightseeing benches and the Happy Trails Pathway provide an opportunity for many activities in High River, Alberta.

High River

Take a nice easy hike along a beautiful trail in Coleman, Alberta to this small waterfall. Rainbow Falls is found along the historic Miners' Path in Flumerfelt Park.

2305 76 St, Coleman, AB T0K 0M0

Coleman, Alberta

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Murray Reservoir, also known as Murray Lake, is a fun fishing hole in southeastern Alberta just a short road trip away from Medicine Hat.

Township Road 102 & Range Rd 75

Medicine Hat

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Frank Slide is a historical sightseeing destination located near the community of Frank in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada. The slide is a historical natural disaster which was recognized in 1977 as a Provincial Historical Site.

Frank

Laycock Park is located along the Nose Creek regional pathway system in the community of Thorncliffe/Greenview
Hours: 5am - 11pm

5979 6 Street NE

Calgary

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New improvements have been made to Laycock Park making this an easy access, pet, and family-friendly park in North East Calgary.

5979 6th Street NE

Thorncliffe/Greenview

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Some of the summer activities enjoyed on the Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada trail system include walking, jogging, biking, roller blading, picnicking and sightseeing. The paved sections of the trail are very wheelchair and baby stroller friendly.

Medicine Hat