Photo: Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
ab parks inside Cypress Hills Provincial Parkwhat to expect
Bypassed by retreating glaciers during the last Ice Age, the Cypress Hills are the highest point between the Rocky Mountains and Labrador. First-time visitors are surprised to find lodgepole pine forests and rugged mountain-like terrain here. The Cypress Hills are the prairie's oasis - cooler in the hot summer and warmer in the cold winter. More orchids grow in these hills than anywhere else on the prairies. Over 220 bird species, 47 mammal species, and several species of reptiles and amphibians are found here. The natural environment makes the Cypress Hills a wild and wonderful place!
Description: Alberta Parks
the basics
The campsites
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
Plus 4 user-tagged viewpoints, 2 user-tagged boat launches, 2 user-tagged beaches on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
What's around
Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park plus 1 named place to see and do nearby — trails, beaches, viewpoints, water, and services.
Water + services
- Nearest potable water
- dump station way/631408086
1 user-tagged dump station on OpenStreetMap.
what to bring
This list adapts to Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park. no showers means a travel towel;
If Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Elkwater Campground
- Ferguson Hill Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Beaver Creek Campground
- Beaver Creek Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Old Baldy Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Old Baldy Campground
- Lakeview Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Lodgepole Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
Plus 2 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.