--- title: "Parkhill – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Parkhill, Canada: locality 4 km from Calgary. Nearby: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary Tower, Glenbow Museum. Every way there from the planner, and what we…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/parkhill" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/parkhill.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Locality · Canada · Alberta # Parkhill What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Parkhill 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. 1. Scotiabank 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. 2.6 km · multi-use indoor arena in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotiabank_Saddledome) 2. Calgary 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. 3 km · observation tower in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Tower) 3. Glenbow 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. 3.2 km · museum in Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenbow_Museum) 4. St. Mary's Cathedral St. Mary's Cathedral in Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a Catholic cathedral and the seat of the Diocese of Calgary. 2.2 km · cathedral in Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Cathedral_(Calgary%29) 5. Telus 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. 3.3 km · building in Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telus_Sky) 6. Canterra 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. 3.7 km · skyscraper · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterra_Tower) 7. Jamieson Place Jamieson Place is a 880,000-square-foot office building in the city's downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At the time of its completion in 2009, the 173 m Jamiseson Place was the third tallest office tower in Calgary. 3.6 km · skyscraper · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson_Place_(Calgary%29) 8. Lougheed 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. 2.6 km · building in Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lougheed_House) 9. Nexen 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. 3.3 km · building in Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexen_Building) 10. Brookfield Place Brookfield Place is a skyscraper located in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The complex is home to Brookfield Place East, a 56-storey, 247-metre-high office tower, which, upon its completion in 2017, became the tallest building in Calgary, exceeding The Bow. 3.3 km · Skyscraper in Calgary, Alberta, Canada · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookfield_Place_(Calgary%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Parkhill **Airports:** Calgary (YYC), 12 km · Edmonton (YEG), 257 km\ **Stations:** 4 Street SW station, 3.3 km · 7 Street SW station, 3.4 km · 8 Street SW station, 3.4 km · 3 Street SW station, 3.2 km · 6 Street SW station, 3.3 km\ - Edmonton → Parkhill 285 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · C$37–50 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/edmonton-to-parkhill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Edmonton&to=Parkhill) - Kelowna → Parkhill 404 km · quickest by air, 3h 46m · C$150–230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kelowna-to-parkhill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kelowna&to=Parkhill) - Saskatoon → Parkhill 526 km · quickest by air, 3h 46m · C$150–230 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/saskatoon-to-parkhill) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Saskatoon&to=Parkhill) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Parkhill) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Parkhill 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 Parkhill. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in From Europe there are non-stop charter flights from London, Glasgow, Manchester, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. From [Wikivoyage: Calgary](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Calgary), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Gibsons and the Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gibsons) CA 10 ways of moving, 21 sources 694 km 2. [Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/port-townsend) US 9 ways of moving, 17 sources 704 km 3. [Salt Spring Island and the Southern Gulf Islands](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/salt-spring-island) CA 10 ways of moving, 15 sources 717 km 4. [Nanaimo](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/nanaimo) CA 11 ways of moving, 41 sources 733 km 5. [Powell River and the upper Sunshine Coast](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/powell-river) CA 12 ways of moving, 23 sources 752 km If you know how people move in Parkhill – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cparkhill&title=Parkhill&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fparkhill), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Parkhill Parkhill is 4 km from [Calgary](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/calgary), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Calgary](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/calgary) largest city in Alberta, Canada 3.4 km - [Rocky View County](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/rocky-view-county) municipal district of Alberta, Canada 3.2 km - [Inglewood](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inglewood) neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 3.6 km - [Beltline](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/beltline) neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2.5 km - [Downtown Calgary](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/downtown-calgary) human settlement in Alberta, Canada 3.6 km - [Chinatown](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chinatown) neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada 3.7 km [The place page for Parkhill](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/parkhill) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Canada](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-CA) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/parkhill, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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