Calgary Tower
A 190.8 metre free standing observation tower in downtown Calgary. Originally called the Husky Tower, it was conceived as a joint venture between Marathon Realty and Husky Oil, and it has an observation deck with a glass floor.
- Where
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 51.0444, -114.0636
Get the Calgary Tower stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Calgary Tower. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Alberta volume with your photos and a note.
Near Calgary Tower
Heritage Park Historical Village 7.3 km
A living history museum on 127 acres of parkland beside the Glenmore Reservoir in Calgary. It is one of Canada's largest, and a steam train and historic buildings bring the settler era back to life.
Lake Minnewanka 94 km
A glacial lake in the eastern part of Banff National Park, about five kilometres northeast of Banff townsite. It is 21 kilometres long and 142 metres deep, the second longest lake in the Canadian mountain parks.
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 101 km
A palaeontology museum and research facility in Drumheller, in the Alberta badlands. It is named for Joseph Burr Tyrrell and fills a 12,500 square metre building with dinosaur skeletons from the region's rich fossil beds.
Banff National Park 105 km
Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park, in the Alberta Rockies west of Calgary. It covers 6,641 square kilometres of mountains, glaciers, forests and turquoise lakes, and the town of Banff sits inside its boundaries.
Fairmont Banff Springs 105 km
A historic hotel in Banff, Alberta, long known as the Banff Springs Hotel. It is a castle like building above the Bow River, and the whole town around it lies inside Banff National Park.
Kootenay National Park 140 km
A national park in southeastern British Columbia covering 1,406 square kilometres of the Canadian Rockies. It takes in parts of the Kootenay and Park ranges, the Kootenay River and the whole of the Vermilion River valley.
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 147 km
A museum and archaeological site west of Fort Macleod in Alberta. For nearly 6,000 years Blackfoot hunters drove bison over the sandstone cliff here, and an interpretive centre built into the hill tells the story.
Moraine Lake 151 km
A glacier fed lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks in Banff National Park, at about 1,885 metres. Its vivid blue water and the peaks behind it once appeared on the Canadian twenty dollar bill.
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Questions
Where is Calgary Tower?
Calgary Tower is in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Heritage Park Historical Village (7.3 km), Lake Minnewanka (94 km), Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (101 km).
How do I get the Calgary Tower stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Calgary Tower and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Alberta volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Calgary Tower before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Alberta volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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