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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Parkview

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. 01
    University of Alberta

    The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, the university's first president.

    2.9 km · public research university in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    West Edmonton Mall

    West Edmonton Mall is a large shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, that is owned, managed, and operated by Triple Five Group. It is the second most visited mall in Canada, after the Toronto Eaton Centre in Toronto, followed by Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby, and the 29th largest in the world by gross leasable area.

    3.6 km · shopping mall in Edmonton, Alberta · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Al-Rashid Mosque

    The Al-Rashid Mosque was the first mosque built in Canada. It was constructed in 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, and relocated to its current site in Fort Edmonton Park, in 1992.

    2.7 km · mosque in Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton

    The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Joseph is a Catholic minor basilica in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The basilica, located west of downtown Edmonton is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Edmonton and is the second-largest church in Edmonton.

    3.9 km · church in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Edmonton Alberta Temple

    The Edmonton Alberta Temple is the 67th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the second in the province of Alberta, following the one in Cardston. Located in Edmonton, the temple serves about 15,700 members in the area.

    3.9 km · Mormon temple in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mindbender

    The Mindbender was an Anton Schwarzkopf looping roller coaster at Galaxyland, a theme park in West Edmonton Mall, in Alberta, Canada. The ride officially opened to the public on December 20, 1985 at a cost of $6 million.

    3.4 km · roller coaster in West Edmonton Mall, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Galaxyland

    Galaxyland Powered by Hasbro is an indoor amusement park located in the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was home to the world's tallest and longest indoor roller coaster, the Mindbender.

    3.5 km · amusement park in West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Edmonton Valley Zoo

    The Edmonton Valley Zoo is a zoo located in Edmonton, Alberta's river valley. The Edmonton Valley Zoo is owned and operated by the City of Edmonton and is open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas.

    1.7 km · zoo in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    William Hawrelak Park

    William Hawrelak Park is a park in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly known as Mayfair Park, it was initially going to be developed into a 500-lot subdivision; however, when the Strathcona Land Syndicate forfeited their taxes the city obtained the title for the land in 1922.

    1.4 km · park in Edmonton, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Universiade Pavilion

    The Universiade Pavilion, better known as the Butterdome, is a 5,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on the campus of the University of Alberta. It was built for the 1983 Summer Universiade.

    2.7 km · building in Alberta, Canada · Wikipedia

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.

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Getting to Parkview

Airports
Edmonton (YEG), 24 km · Calgary (YYC), 269 km
Stations
University station, 3.1 km · Health Sciences/Jubilee station, 2.9 km · McKernan/Belgravia station, 3.1 km · South Campus/Fort Edmonton Park station, 3.6 km
  • Calgary → Parkview
    277 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · C$37–50
  • Saskatoon → Parkview
    488 km · quickest by air, 4h 44m · C$160–250
  • Kelowna → Parkview
    574 km · quickest by air, 5h 20m · C$180–280
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Parkview

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 Parkview. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundThe city has a funicular system to access the river valley.
  • Get aroundAlthough somewhat slower than just taking the steps by the side of it, you can take two elevators (one a funicular style) from next to the Fairmont hotel downtown to adjacent to the low-level bridge.

From Wikivoyage: Edmonton/Central, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Gibsons and the Sunshine CoastCA

    10 ways of moving, 21 sources

    826 km
  2. 02
    Powell River and the upper Sunshine CoastCA

    12 ways of moving, 22 sources

    858 km
  3. 03866 km
  4. 04
    NanaimoCA

    11 ways of moving, 41 sources

    867 km
  5. 05
    Port Townsend and the Olympic PeninsulaUS

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    881 km

If you know how people move in Parkview – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Parkview

Parkview is 7 km from Edmonton, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Edmonton Centrefederal electoral district in Alberta, Canada (Since 2004)1.8 km
  • Crestwoodneighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada1.2 km
  • Jasper Placesuburb in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada2.4 km
  • Garneauneighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada3.6 km
  • Wîhkwêntôwinneighborhood in Central Edmonton, Alberta, Canada3.8 km
  • Edmonton-Glenoraprovincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada4 km