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Cypress Hills Provincial Park

49.631° N, 110.1289° W

Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta. 49.631° N, 110.1289° W

Provincial park, 207 km². Scale bar on the map.

borealbound.ca/parks/ab/cypress-hills-provincial-park/, compiled October 9, 2026

  • Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
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Cypress Hills Provincial Park is a 207 km² provincial park 29 km southwest of Walsh, in Alberta. It was established in 1951.

3 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Elkwater Lake (2.18 km²).

Area
207 km²
Established
1951
Named lakes
3

Conditions today

9.6 °C

Wind SE 17 km/h, gusts 27

Observed at Cypress Hills (Provincial Park), as of Thu 10:00 p.m. MDT

Tonight: A few clouds. Wind becoming south 20 km/h this evening. Low 6.

Weather: Cypress Hills (Provincial Park) (local forecast), as of Thu 10:00 p.m. MDT

Sun and moon

Civil dawn
7:00 a.m.
Sunrise
7:32 a.m.
Sunset
6:41 p.m.
Civil dusk
7:13 p.m.
Moonrise
6:29 a.m.
Moonset
6:01 p.m.
Moon
Waning crescent, 1% lit

In the park

FeatureArea
1Elkwater Lake2.18 km²
2Reesor Lake0.52 km²
3Spruce Coulee Reservoir0.2 km²

Official record

Designation
Provincial park
IUCN category
II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
Managed by
Parks Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks