Location and Attractions
Attractions Nearby
Have a glance at some of the attractions that are near Timber Green Bed and Breakfast. The list is by far not complete, but will give you an impression of our region and inspire you if you are looking to plan your next day trip from here.
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Bighorn River Valley and Crescent Falls |
Bighorn River Valley Crescent Falls About an hour drive west of Rocky Mountain House lies the Bighorn River, that originates in the Alberta foothills of the Canadian Rockies. The river flows under Mount McGuire, travels past several creeks, drops at the Crescent Falls, and then passes through a canyon. |
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Cline River near Abraham Lake |
Cline River and Abraham Lake A little further west (1.5 hours drive from Rocky Mountain House) the Cline River shapes the landscape around the 32 km long Abraham Lake, which was created in 1972 through building the Bighorn Dam. The Cline River originates from Pinto Lake and joins the North Saskatchewan River at Lake Abraham. |
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Crowfoot Glacier, Crowfoot Mountain and Bow Lake |
Crowfoot Glacier and Bow Lake Following the Icefields Parkway south (2.5 hours drive from Rocky Mountain House) and entering Banff National Park at an altitude of 1920 m lies the Bow Lake, which is the source for the Bow River flowing south. The glacial lake is nestled at the foot of Crowfoot Mountain which holds the Crowfoot Glacier in the northeast, feeding lake and river with water. |
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Castle Mountain as seen from Trans-Canada Highway |
Castle Mountain Further south the Icefields Parkway joins the Trans-Canada Highway (3.25 hours drive from Rocky Mountain House) which connects the popular Lake Louise and the resort town Banff. Here is Castle Mountain, a peak with 2,766 m elevation and formed by rock deposits of limestone, dolomite and quartzite, showing a divide between older and younger sediment layers. |
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Lake Louise on a late summer afternoon |
Lake Louise Following Trans-Canada Highway another 15 minutes (3.5 hours drive from Rocky Mountain House) lies Lake Louise, famous for its emerald colour made by fine-grained, silt-sized sediments of rock, that were produced through glacial erosion and carried into the lake by the water flowing down from the glaciers. That same water drains through the 3 km long Louise Creek into the Bow River. |
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Moraine Lake as seen from its north bank |
Moraine Lake If you take the turn at Moraine Lake Road from the Trans-Canada Highway you will reach the glacially fed Moraine Lake (4.75 hours drive from Rocky Mountain House), which is situated in the Valley of Ten Peaks featuring 10 mountains glancing over the lake with a height between 3,051 m to 3,424 m. |
![By Erik Lizee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/bighorn_river_valley.jpg "By Erik Lizee [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons")
![By Eriklizee at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/cline_river.jpg "By Eriklizee at English Wikipedia [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons")
![Florian Fuchs [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/crowfoot_mountain.jpg "Florian Fuchs [CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
![Photo by Kmf164, taken on June 7, 2003. [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/castle_mountain.jpg "Photo by Kmf164, taken on June 7, 2003. [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons")
![By Edwardwexler (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/lake_louise.jpg "By Edwardwexler (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")
![By Tobias Alt, Tobi 87 (Own work) [GFDL (https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](/files/images/attractions/moraine_lake.jpg "By Tobias Alt, Tobi 87 (Own work) [GFDL (https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0-3.0-2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons")