Lower Bankhead
Lower Bankhead is a parking area in Alberta, Prairies. Lower Bankhead is situated nearby to Two Jack Lake, as well as near the peak Cascade Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bankhead and Banff Airport.
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 180 metres south of Lower Bankhead.
Banff Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Shawn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banff Airport is a registered aerodrome located 1.7 nautical miles northeast of Banff, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by Parks Canada, as it is located within Banff National Park. Banff Airport is situated 3 km southwest of Lower Bankhead.
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 3 km west of Lower Bankhead.
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 5 km southeast of Lower Bankhead.
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.
Lower Bankhead
- Type: Parking area
- Category: transportation
- Location: Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
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Latitude
51.23247° or 51° 13′ 57″ northLongitude
-115.52344° or 115° 31′ 24″ westOpen location code
95366FJG+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 614436602OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parking
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