Alberta Rockies
The Alberta Rockies are the portion of the Rocky Mountains in western Alberta, Canada. This region attracts many visitors with its beauty, outdoor activities and two of Canada's oldest and best known national parks, Banff National Park and Jasper National Park.Photo: ChrisStubbs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Banff National Park and Banff.
Banff National Park
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Banff National Park is in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. Together with six other national parks it makes up the UNESCO World Heritage site "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
Banff
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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.
Jasper National Park
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Jasper National Park is in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta, Canada. It has been named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is the largest of Canada's Rocky Mountain Parks, spanning 10,878 km² of broad valleys, rugged mountains, glaciers, forests, alpine meadows and wild rivers along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in western Alberta.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Canmore and Hinton.
Canmore
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Canmore is a town in Alberta, Canada, located approximately 81 kilometres west of Calgary near the southeast boundary of Banff National Park. It is located in the Bow Valley within Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
Hinton
Hinton is a town of almost 10,000 people on the Yellowhead Highway in the Alberta Rockies region of Alberta. Hinton sells itself as a gateway town to the Rockies, and also for its beaver boardwalk and surrounding parkland.
Kananaskis Country
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Kananaskis Country is a network of wilderness parks in the Alberta Rockies region on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. This is a large region but its northern boundary is only about half an hour's drive west of Alberta's largest city, Calgary, along the Trans-Canada Highway.
David Thompson Country
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David Thompson Country is a network of wilderness parks in the Alberta Rockies region on the eastern slopes and foothills of the Canadian Rockies. This is a large region but its eastern boundary is about an hour and a half drive west of Red Deer, along the David Thompson Highway.
Grande Cache
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Grande Cache is a hamlet in West-Central Alberta, Canada within and administered by the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. It is located on Highway 40 approximately 145 kilometres northwest of Hinton and 435 kilometres west of Edmonton.
Alberta Rockies
- Type: mountain range
- Description: Rocky Mountains in Alberta, Canada
- Also known as: “Alberta’s Rockies”
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
52.08° or 52° 4′ 48″ northLongitude of center
-116.93° or 116° 55′ 48″ westWikidata ID
Q14201928
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Venetian—“Alberta Rockies” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “艾伯塔洛磯山脈”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البرتا روكيز”
- French: “Rocheuses albertaines”
- French: “Rocheuses de l’Alberta”
- French: “Rocheuses en Alberta”
- German: “Alberta’s Rockies”
- Hebrew: “הרי הרוקי של אלברטה”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Rocky Alberta”
- Italian: “Alberta Rockies”
- Japanese: “アルバータズロッキーズ地方”
- Ladin: “Alberta’s Rockies”
- Portuguese: “Região das Montanhas Rochosas de Alberta”
- Spanish: “Montañas Rocosas de Alberta”
- Ukrainian: “Скелясті гори Альберти”
- Venetian: “Alberta Rockies”
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