Canadian Campgrounds – Backcountry campsites are also frequently referred to as designated campsites. They’re hardened campsites that have been set aside in more remote areas but lack the conveniences of frontcountry campsites such as running water, restrooms, and showers.
- Alberta – https://albertaparks.ca/reservations/ – Opens mid-February
- British Columbia – https://camping.bcparks.ca/ – two-month rolling window
- Yukon – https://yukon.ca/en/find-campground-or-recreation-site – no reservations
- Saskatchewan – https://parks.saskatchewan.ca/ – reservations open around mid-April for the current year.
- Parks Canada – https://reservation.pc.gc.ca/ – Reservations open in early February for the current year.
- Canadian Park Pass https://www.commandesparcs-parksorders.ca/en/decouverte-discovery
Calgary
- Drumheller – A city full of ice cream parlors, quaint streets, statues of dinosaurs, murals, and cute little shops
- Royal Tyrrell Museum – exhibits showcasing dinosaurs, fossils, and information from different prehistoric periods.
- Climb the World’s Tallest Dinosaur – At 151-feet long, 86-feet tall, and weighing over 65 tonnes
- Rosedale Swinging Suspension Bridge –
- Hoodoos near East Coulee
- Atlas Coal Mine, you’ll be able to learn the coal mining history of the area and even go inside the tipple and conveyor tunnel.
- The Dinosaur Trail (Highway 838) is a great way to drive and see the unreal, sometimes-desolate, natural landscape that makes up the Canadian badlands.
- Ghost Town of Wayne – At the operating Rosedeer Hotel, you’ll find the Last Chance Saloon — a quirky establishment that features food, alcohol, and old black and white photographs of eras past.
Medicine Hat
- Swirls Ice Cream
- Medalta – a pottery museum, factory and contemporary arts centre.
- Saamis Tepee – local cultural monument
- Pinto McBean – the world’s largest and most armed pinto bean
- Red Rock Coulee Natural Area is 800 acres of badlands, hard sandstone-capped hoodoos, and large, round, red boulders.
- Etzikom Museum and the Canadian National Historic Windmill Centre – hands-on displays in time-period settings, featuring early pioneer life, native artifacts, fossils, petroglyphs, homesteader tools and a historic church.
- 40 Mile Park – set along a reservoir and has become one of Southern Alberta’s most popular boating, fishing, and RVing spots.
- Sandy Point
- Eagle Butte Road
- Prairie Memories Museum, Irvine – They have many artifacts and buildings including an old schoolhouse, church, and lumber store. Be sure to check out Irvine’s 20 Milepost Days held annually on September long weekend. This event features all kinds of events, including a parade, rodeo, gymkhana, bench show, and much more.
- Dinosaur Provincial Park – A UNESCO World Heritage Site. The largest area of badlands in Canada and one of the richest sites in the world for late Cretaceous fossils.
- Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park – a nature preserve and sacred area featuring many historical rock carvings and paintings.
- Great Sandhills of Saskatchewan –
Watertown, AB
- Definitely take the 2.3mi, very easy Waterton Park Townsite Loop trail. It passes by Cameron Falls, the beach, an overlook of the Prince of Wales hotel as well as the International Peace Park memorial.