Banff Training Area
Banff Training Area is a military installation in Alberta, Prairies and has an elevation of 1,403 metres. Banff Training Area is situated nearby to the aerodrome Banff Airport, as well as near the peak Cascade Mountain.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Banff Airport and Bankhead.
Banff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banff National Park is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.
Bankhead
Historic site
Photo: Radtek67, Public domain.
Bankhead, Alberta was a small coal mining town that existed in the early twentieth century, in Banff National Park, near the town of Banff, Alberta. The mine was located at Cascade Mountain, which contains high grade anthracite coal deposits. Bankhead is situated 2 km north of Banff Training Area.
Cascade Mountain
Peak
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Cascade Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park, adjacent to the town of Banff. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after the waterfall or cascade on the southern flanks of the peak. Cascade Mountain is situated 2½ km northwest of Banff Training Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anthracite and Banff.
Anthracite
Locality
Anthracite is a ghost town located within Banff National Park in southern Alberta, Canada. It is named after the anthracite variety of coal. Anthracite is situated 3½ km southeast of Banff Training Area.
Banff
Photo: Audree, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The town of Banff in Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies, is the larger of the two populated areas in Banff National Park, about an hour and a half drive west of Calgary and four hours south of Jasper.
Banff Training Area
- Type: Military installation
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.21493° or 51° 12′ 54″ northLongitude
-115.53406° or 115° 32′ 3″ westElevation
1,403 metres (4,603 feet)Open location code
95366F78+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4110488014OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryGeoNames ID
5892536
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In Other Languages
“Banff Training Area” goes by many names.
- French: “Champ de manoeuvre Banff”
Localities in the Area
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