Nose Hill Park
Discover the beauty of Nose Hill Park, one of Canada’s largest municipal parks. From grasslands to treed areas, it’s home to diverse wildlife and plant species.
Parks
Edworthy Park
Hazard of the Hills is set in Edworthy Park.
Created in 1962, Edworthy Park has been around for a while. There are picnic shelters and BBQ pits, plenty of washrooms, playgrounds, and trails. The trails are very popular for mountain bikers as well as walkers. The paved pathways join up with the Bow River Pathway and run all the way downtown to Princes Island Park and farther east all the way to Valleyview Park. It is hoped that one day a path will run from Edworthy to Haskayne Park, Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, and through to Cochrane.
Elliston Park
Skimming over the Lake is set in Elliston Park.
Elliston Park is home to Elliston Lake, the second largest body of water in Calgary. There are a couple of walking loops around the lake, an off-leash dog area, playgrounds, including an accessible or inclusive playground, picnic tables, a rose garden, and a sundial. Calgary’s Globalfest Fireworks competition is held in Elliston Park each year.
Valleyview Park
Immersed in the View is set in Valleyview Park.
While Valleyview is the tinniest of the parks so far, it packs a punch, with a pond, a playground, a children’s splash park, beach volleyball courts, baseball diamond, and soccer field, along with a few park benches and picnic tables. There was also a fire pit there for a few months earlier in the year, though it has disappeared again.
Ralph Klein Park
Dark Water under the Bridge is set in Ralph Klein Park.
The Ralph Klein Park is much smaller than the previous two parks in the series, but this little place packs a punch with manmade wetland features, public art installations, a community orchard of apple and pear trees, a unique playground with a zip line, a small platform where children can dip for tadpoles and minnows, and an education center.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Long Climb to the Top is set in Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park.
In 2006, the children of Alberta rancher Neil Harvie sold 3,246 acres of land to the Government of Alberta to conserve the land, fulfilling the vision of their father. At that time, I was working as a legal assistant with Andy Crooks, the family’s lawyer, and had an insider’s view as plans for the park rolled out. I was involved in and present at the park opening in 2011.
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Fish Creek Provincial Park
Out with the Sunset is set in Fish Creek Provincial Park.
Fish Creek Provincial Park was established in the Fish Creek valley in southern Calgary in 1975 and is the second largest urban park in Canada, featuring over 100 km of trails for walking, running, and biking.
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