Bow Falls
Bow Falls is a waterfall in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Top of the 11 other places within 15 km is Cave and Basin, 2.1 km off. 11 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.
Waterfall in Banff
Among the best-known places to visit in Canada
By coverage it ranks #140 of the 5,181 places on our Canadian list. About ↓
Inside Banff
Bow Falls sits inside Banff’s municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
The year in Banff
Warmest in Banff are June to August, at 18–23°C.
Bow Falls
Location: in Banff, within the town’s municipal boundary.
- Type
- Waterfall
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 11 languages
- Town
- in Banff
The way to Bow Falls
Numbered points are the places near Bow Falls, which is in orange.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Banff’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Which towns are near Bow Falls
Canmore tops the 5 for size, at 17,341 people. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Banff
Improvement District No. 9 Banff
Canmore
Bighorn No. 8
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Bow Falls is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banff | It’s in town | 11,402 | 15 |
| Improvement District No. 9 Banff | 200 m northwest of it | 1,144 | 35 |
| Canmore | 18 km southeast of it | 17,341 | 3 |
| Bighorn No. 8 | 30 km southeast of it | 1,857 | 6 |
| Electoral Area G, East Kootenay | 65 km southwest of it | 1,952 | 7 |
Beyond Bow Falls
National historic site · Parks CanadaCave and Basin2.1 km away2
MuseumBanff Park Museum1 km away3
Attraction · Parks CanadaBanff Upper Hot Springs1.9 km away4
MuseumWhyte Museum1.1 km away5
MuseumBuffalo Nations Luxton Museum1 km away6
Art galleryWalter Phillips Gallery400 m away7
National historic siteSulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station2.6 km away8MuseumMuseumLuxton Home & Garden Museum1.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions people have about Bow Falls
Where is Bow Falls?
Bow Falls stands in Banff, Alberta: inside the town’s municipal boundary.
What is Bow Falls?
Waterfall in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
How well known is Bow Falls?
Ranked by how many Wikipedias cover it, Bow Falls is #140 in Canada.
When is the best time to visit Bow Falls?
In Banff, June to August are the warmest, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Bow Falls: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cave and Basin: Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Banff Park Museum: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Banff Upper Hot Springs: Glenlarson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whyte Museum: Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Phillips Gallery: Craig Talbert, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station: Chris Short, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).