Parks and Trails in Alberta

Parks in Alberta, Canada provide travelers an opportunity to explore the wilderness landscapes, eco systems and communities of the province, as well as, discover the history of the province of Alberta.

Click the Alberta Regions below to view parks, trails and places in that area.

Central Alberta Parks

North Alberta Parks

Rocky Mountain Parks

South Alberta Parks

The community park is a green-space park with large grass lawns, rock and flower gardens surrounded by trees and recreation pathway.

Brooks

The Larch Valley Trail is a popular hiking adventure leading to views of the Valley of Ten Peaks, at an elevation of 2435 metres, in Banff National Park.

Lake Louise

Discovery Ridge is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest region of Calgary. It is located on the western ridge of the city bounded by Glenmore Trail, Elbow River, and Tsui T’ina

160 Discovery Ridge Blvd

Calgary

The Cory Pass Trail and the Edith Pass Trail located in the Banff National Park combine for one of the more difficult and more visual rewarding hiking adventures when exploring the Rocky Mountains in Alberta Canada. There are views of mountain vistas, mountain ranges, valleys of wildflowers, glacier

Banff

Kinbrook Island Provincial Park was not established as a provincial park until 1951. Next to the park is the Kinbrook Marsh. It is one of three marshes on Lake Newell along with the Sven Bayer Peninsula and Pelican Island.

Brooks

The park is situated on the western shore of Sylvan Lake and includes a beautiful 1.6 kilometre long sandy beach complimented by high-bank, large grass lawns. The grass lawns are complimented by trees for shade and open area for play.

Sylvan Lake

The Cougar Creek Trail explores the banks of the creek under the watchful eye of Lady Macdonald Mountain. The trail, itself, follows the banks of a dry river bed most of the way.

Canmore

The 43 hectare (106 acre) Nicholas Sheran Lake Park is a neighbourhood park with large grass lawns, groves of cottonwood trees, a recreation trail, a day use picnic area, a playground and access to sports fields.

Lethbridge

The Elk Island National Park is a unique mixture of aspen forests, wetlands, black spruce bogs, lakes, creeks and grasslands. It is a complex eco system for wildlife which once roamed the southern boreal plains and grassland plateaus of the region.

Edmonton

The Kananaskis Country trail is an activity route as well as a transportation route for getting from one end of town to the other. The pathway is one of the main access trails within the community popular for hiking, biking, rollerblading, dog walking and jogging.

Canmore

Kiwanis Park is one of the more busier parks for picnicking in Red Deer. There is a picnic day use area with picnic tables, a picnic shelter and some fire pits.

Red Deer

Fenland Trail is an easy going, very level and well maintained walking trail in the Village of Banff, Alberta, Canada in the Banff National Park. Fenland is a nature trail and picnic area destination located in a wetland environment called a fen.

Banff

Some of the features of the park include a lake with a boathouse providing rentals, a playground, splash park, recreation centre, baseball fields, soccer fields, disk golf course, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts and some horseshoe pits.

Edmonton

Sulfur Mountain is an elevation hiking trail and sightseeing destination located south of the community of Banff, Alberta, Canada. The views from on top of the mountain are far reaching including views of the Bow River, the community of Banff, Rocky Mountains and the Sundance Mountain Range.

Banff

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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