Drumheller
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Drumheller is located at the convergence of provincial highways 9, 10, 56, 575, and 576.
Drumheller is 135km northeast of Calgary, about 1 hour 45 minutes by car. Drive north along Highway 2, then east along highway 72 and then highway 9. An alternative route is east along the Trans-Canada Highway, then north along Highway 21, and east along highway 575, approaching the town from the west.
Tour companies offer day trips to the Royal Tyrrell Museum and the Drumheller Valley. Call the Royal Tyrrell Museum for more information.
The Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
A spectacular range of exhibits and activities showing off the rich fossils of the Alberta badlands, from dinosaurs to pollen. Plenty to see and do. Hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. There are a variety of moderate hikes to fossil artifacts, starting from the museum during the summer months.
World’s Largest Dinosaur
60 - 1 Avenue West (On Riverside Drive at 1 St W, at the Visitor Information Center), Daily 10:00AM – 5:30PM; 9AM-9PM in July and August. 86 feet tall, 151 feet long, this sculpture is four times the size of a real Tyrannasaurus Rex. For a small fee, you can climb up inside it and look out over the badlands.
Midland Provincial Park
Highway 838 (Near the Royal Tyrrell Museum), On the site of an abandoned coal mine, this land houses the Royal Tyrrell museum. It also has day use sites for McMullen Island and Mine Sites 1, 2, and 3. No camping. Washrooms available.
Homestead Museum
901 North Dinosaur Trail, Open daily. Over 10,000 artifacts from the Victorian and Edwardian era, including a two-headed calf and a complete house bought from an Eaton's catalogue.
Reptile World
95 3rd Ave E (Across from the Telus Building), Summer: daily 9AM - 10PM. Spring & Fall: Thu-Tue 10AM-5PM; closed Wed.
January - April
October - December