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Waterton Lakes National Park |
Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park Writing-on-stone park was designated an Archaeological Preserve to |
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Dinosaur Provincial Park To the north lies Dinosaur Provincial Park. The park was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 by the United Nations in recognition of three significant features:
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Calgary Stampede Visit the Calgary Stampede, the greatest outdoor show on Earth! July 7-16, 2006. |
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| Travelling to the rocket launch via the United States? On the way here or back home, why not visit some of the vacation spots below. |
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Glacier National Park |
Yellowstone National Park |
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Going to make a Vacation out of it?
Extend your vacation to not only include the rocket launch, but the wonderful scenery and attractions around the area. Southern Alberta and surrounding area is home to some of the worlds most beautiful scenery and designated parks.
If you like the Rocky Mountains, foothills, vast wide open plains, or the big cities, you name it we got it. While the launch area is mostly open prairie, the ranch land and mountains are only 150km away.
Close by (1 hr drive) is 
protect the largest concentration of rock art, created by Plains People, on the Great Plains of North America. There are over 50 rock art sites, with thousands of figures, as well as numerous archeological sites.
The park encompasses approximately 1.4 million acres of wilderness and some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in the western United States. A combination of spectacular scenery, diverse flora and fauna, and relative isolation from major population centers have combined to make Glacier National Park the center of one of the largest and most intact ecosystems in North America.
Yellowstone National Park is a favorite to millions of visitors each year. Yellowstone is the flagship of the National Park Service. Since the first explorers began documenting their discoveries to modern day, the features of Yellowstone National Park have virtually remained the same.