Photo: Main Group Camping Area Main Group Camping Area
Alberta 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
Things to do nearby
Within 5 km — trails, viewpoints, beaches, boat launches you can reach without packing up camp.
Plus 3 user-tagged viewpoints, 2 user-tagged beaches, 2 user-tagged boat launches on OpenStreetMap — visible as pins on the map below.
Water + services
- Nearest dump station — dump station way/631408086
- Nearest potable water
what to know
Updated each morning from provincial parks and Environment Canada.
what to bring
This list adapts to Main Group Camping Area. no showers means a travel towel;
If Main Group Camping Area is full
Other places to stay within 25 km.
- Cypress Hills Main Group Use, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Camp Apistotoke
- Aspen Ridge Group Use Campground
- Elkwater Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Elkwater Campground
- Lakeview Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Beaver Creek Campground, Cypress Hills Provincial Park
- Beaver Creek Campground
Plus 2 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.