Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natural Area
53.6756° N, 117.7232° W
Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natural Area, Alberta. 53.6756° N, 117.7232° W
Natural area, 24.8 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ab/wildhay-glacial-cascades-natural-area/, 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.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Air Quality Health Index observations and forecasts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Wildhay Glacial Cascades Natural Area is a 24.8 km² natural area 25 km north of Hinton, in Alberta. It was established in 2000.
1 named lake lies in or along the park; the largest is Petite Lake (0.12 km²).
- Area
- 24.8 km²
- Established
- 2000
- Named lakes
- 1
Conditions today
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 7:32 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 8:07 a.m.
- Sunset
- 7:07 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:42 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 7:04 a.m.
- Moonset
- 6:27 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
Air Quality Health Index
1 low risk
Hinton, as of 2:00 a.m. MDT
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petite Lake | 0.12 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Natural area
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Lands Operations Division, Alberta Forestry and Parks
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