Experience Guide | Tourism Medicine Hat

City

“The wildlife and the trails make you feel you’ve escaped the city even though you’re in the heart of it.”

Parks

— Teanna Church, Medicine Hat local

Strathcona Island Park Located along the South Saskatchewan River, Strathcona Island Park has a play ground and waterpark, along with many kilometres of tree-lined, paved trails. The picnic areas have fire pits and a boat launch to experience the river up close. You can easily bike to Med icine Hat’s Historic Downtown to make it a full day adventure. Neighbouring Strathcona Island Park is Lions Park. Follow the paved trail to find the ballpark and Strathcona Centre, which offers swimming and pickleball courts. 210 5 St. SE

Police Point Park Kilometres of trails wind through cot tonwood forests and sagebrush. Some of the older cottonwood trees are thought to be between 200 and 300 years old. Named because it was once the location of a Northwest Mounted Police outpost, the park is now a great place to surround yourself in nature. The Nature Centre has knowledgeable interpreters who offer fun and infor mative scheduled programs, have GPS units for hunting geocaches, and set up informational displays year-round. Each winter, the designated cross-coun try ski and snowshoe trails offer a unique perspective of the park. Over 120 birds choose Medicine Hat as their habitat or stopping point, allowing for bird watching or “bird ing” to become a way for many to slow down and bask in nature. 1001 Police Point Dr NE

Find the Birding Trails of Southeastern Alberta by Grasslands Naturalists at the Visitor Information Centre at 330 Gehring Rd. SW

Great Blue Heron

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