Banff Trail
Banff Trail is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta.
Banff Trail is a residential neighbourhood in the northwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located northeast of the intersection of Crowchild Trail and Trans-Canada Highway, east of McMahon Stadium and the University of Calgary. The Banff Trail station of the CTrain LRT system serves the community, which contains a large motel village in the southwest corner.
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Worth seeing in and around Banff Trail
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being instituted into a separate, autonomous university in 1966.
1.4 km · public research university located in Calgary, Alberta · Wikipedia - 02McMahon Stadium
McMahon Stadium is a Canadian football stadium in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is owned by the University of Calgary and operated by the McMahon Stadium Society.
800 m · stadium at Calgary, Alberta Canada · Wikipedia - 03Olympic Oval
The Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, is North America's first covered speed skating oval; it was built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and opened 39 years ago on September 27, 1987. Located on the University of Calgary campus, it is the official designated training centre for Speed Skating Canada and the Elite Athlete Pathway.
1.6 km · ice hall, Calgary, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Prince's Island Park
Prince's Island Park is an urban park in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is developed on an island on the Bow River, immediately north of downtown Calgary.
3.7 km · park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Canterra Tower
400 Third is a skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located at 400 3rd Avenue SW, it stands at 177 metres or 45 storeys tall.
4 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia - 06Nexen Building, Calgary
801 Seventh Avenue S.W., commonly known as the Nexen Building, is a high rise office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a 37-storey skyscraper, with a height of 153 m.
4 km · building in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 07Centennial Place
Centennial Place is a building complex located in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which includes a 39-storey 182.6 m and 23-storey 165.2 m office tower. The complex was named to honour Alberta's Centennial year.
3.9 km · skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Confederation Park, Calgary
Confederation Park is an urban park in northwest Calgary, Alberta. It is developed over an area of 160 hectares between the neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant, Capitol Hill, Collingwood and Highland Park.
1.7 km · park in Calgary · Wikipedia - 09Father David Bauer Olympic Arena
The Father David Bauer Arena is an ice hockey arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It seats about 1,750 for hockey with a standing room capacity of over 2,000.
900 m · building · Wikipedia - 10Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology is a polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. SAIT offers more than 110 career programs in technology, trades and business.
2.1 km · Polytechnic institute in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Banff Trail
- Airports
- Calgary (YYC), 9 km · Edmonton (YEG), 251 km
- Stations
- Banff Trail station, 500 m · 7 Street SW station, 3.9 km · Lions Park station, 1.3 km · Sunnyside station, 2.9 km · University station, 900 m
- Edmonton → Banff Trail279 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · C$37–49
- Kelowna → Banff Trail403 km · quickest by air, 4h 25m · C$140–210
- Saskatoon → Banff Trail527 km · quickest by air, 4h 4m · C$140–220
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Banff Trail
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Banff Trail. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFrom Europe there are non-stop charter flights from London, Glasgow, Manchester, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
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Banff Trail is 3 km from Calgary, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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