Waterfall
Waterfall is a scenic viewpoint in Improvement District No. 9, Alberta. Waterfall is situated nearby to the aerodrome Banff Airport, as well as near the military installation Banff Training Area.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Banff Airport and Cascade Mountain.
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.
Cascade Mountain
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
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 2½ km northeast of Waterfall.
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 4 km southeast of Waterfall.
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.
Waterfall
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Improvement District No. 9, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.21347° or 51° 12′ 49″ northLongitude
-115.54329° or 115° 32′ 36″ westOpen location code
95366F74+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4986091121OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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In Other Languages
“Waterfall” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Vodopad”
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Highlights include Banff Training Area and Mountain View Cemetery.
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