Hillhurst
Hillhurst is a community located within the inner city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Hillhurst is a community located within the inner city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The boundaries of the community are 8th Avenue NW to the north, 10th Street NW to the east, the Bow River to the south, and 18th Street NW to the west. The communities of Hillhurst and the neighbouring Sunnyside together form the Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Association. The two communities have an area redevelopment plan in place, revised in 2009.
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Worth seeing in and around Hillhurst
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.
3.4 km · public research university located in Calgary, Alberta · Wikipedia - 02Scotiabank Saddledome
Scotiabank Saddledome is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Located in Stampede Park in the southeast end of downtown Calgary, the Saddledome was built in 1983 to replace the Stampede Corral as the home of the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League, and to host ice hockey and figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
3.9 km · multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 03McMahon 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.
2.3 km · stadium at Calgary, Alberta Canada · Wikipedia - 04Calgary Tower
The Calgary Tower is a 190.8-metre free-standing observation tower in the downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty Company Limited and Husky Oil as part of an urban renewal plan and to celebrate Canada's centennial of 1967.
2.9 km · observation tower in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Olympic 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.
3.5 km · ice hall, Calgary, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Glenbow Museum
The Glenbow Museum is an art and history regional museum in the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The museum focuses on Western Canadian history and culture, including Indigenous perspectives.
3 km · museum in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 07St. Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a Catholic cathedral and the seat of the Diocese of Calgary.
3.1 km · cathedral in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 08Prince'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.
2.2 km · park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 09Telus Sky
Calgary House, is a 60-storey, 222.3 m mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At completion in 2019, the structure building became the third-tallest building in Calgary behind Brookfield Place East and The Bow.
2.8 km · building in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Lougheed House
Lougheed House, or as it was originally known Beaulieu, is a National Historic Site located in the Beltline district of Calgary, Alberta. Originally constructed in 1891 as a home for Senator James Alexander Lougheed and his wife, the structure has since become an iconic heritage building in Calgary.
2.2 km · building in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hillhurst
- Airports
- Calgary (YYC), 10 km · Edmonton (YEG), 253 km
- Stations
- 4 Street SW station, 2.2 km · 7 Street SW station, 1.7 km · Banff Trail station, 2.2 km · Lions Park station, 1.3 km · University station, 3.3 km
- Edmonton → Hillhurst281 km · quickest by road, 3h 51m · C$37–49
- Kelowna → Hillhurst403 km · quickest by air, 3h 42m · C$140–220
- Saskatoon → Hillhurst527 km · quickest by air, 3h 42m · C$150–230
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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 Hillhurst
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 Hillhurst. 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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Next door to Hillhurst
Hillhurst is 1 km from Calgary, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Calgarylargest city in Alberta, Canada2.9 km
- Rocky View Countymunicipal district of Alberta, Canada3.3 km
- Beltlineneighborhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada2.7 km
- Chinatownneighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada2.6 km
- Eau Claireneighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada2.2 km
- Downtown Calgaryhuman settlement in Alberta, Canada2.3 km