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World's Largest Dinosaur
Attraction · Drumheller · Alberta

World's Largest Dinosaur

World's Largest Dinosaur is a canadian roadside tourist attraction. This one is within Drumheller’s municipal boundary. Add Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, 5.8 km away, to a visit; it leads 8 places within 15 km.

Photo: World's Largest Dinosaur, Prakashsubbarao at English Wikipedia (Public domain)
Where
In Drumheller
inside the municipal boundary
How well known
Top 10%
#485 of 5,181 places we list
Warmest months
May–Sep
highs of 19–26°C
In brief

Attraction in Drumheller

Among the best-known places to visit in Canada

Ranked by coverage, #485 of 5,181 places to visit across Canada. About ↓

Inside Drumheller

World's Largest Dinosaur is inside Drumheller’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.

When to go

Seasons and weather

For warmth, aim for May to September (19–26°C highs in Drumheller).

Jan-5° / -18°14 mm
Feb-2° / -16°14 mm
Mar4° / -9°19 mm
Apr13° / -2°33 mm
May19° / 4°62 mm
Jun23° / 9°82 mm
Jul26° / 12°54 mm
Aug26° / 10°50 mm
Sep21° / 5°33 mm
Oct13° / -2°18 mm
Nov3° / -10°18 mm
Dec-4° / -16°15 mm
Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Drumheller, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals for Drumheller East (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. Precipitation comes from Queenstown, 96 km away. Drumheller’s full climate →
About

World's Largest Dinosaur

Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

World's Largest Dinosaur on Wikipedia ↗

Type
Attraction
Wikipedias
Covered in 4 languages
Town
in Drumheller
Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.
The map

Map of World's Largest Dinosaur and nearby

The orange dot is World's Largest Dinosaur; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

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© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Drumheller’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

Towns near it

Towns within reach of World's Largest Dinosaur

The largest of the 5 towns is Wheatland County, with 10,150 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

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  1. 1Drumheller
  2. 2Starland County
  3. 3Kneehill County
  4. 4Wheatland County
  5. 5Special Area No. 2
1 · It’s in town

Drumheller

8,439 people · 19 places to visit

2 · 1.3 km northeast of it

Starland County

1,820 people · 9 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Kneehill County

5,129 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 63 km southwest of it

Wheatland County

10,150 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns
TownWhere World's Largest Dinosaur isPeoplePlaces to visit
DrumhellerIt’s in town8,43919
Starland County1.3 km northeast of it1,8209
Kneehill County2.5 km northwest of it5,12916
Wheatland County63 km southwest of it10,15015
Special Area No. 277 km east of it1,83713
Make a day of it

Also within reach

Within 15 km you can add 5 museums, a theme park and a heritage railway.

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

World's Largest Dinosaur in questions

Where is World's Largest Dinosaur?

World's Largest Dinosaur is in Drumheller in Alberta, and inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is World's Largest Dinosaur?

Canadian roadside tourist attraction.

How well known is World's Largest Dinosaur?

World's Largest Dinosaur sits at #485 for Canada, going by Wikipedia coverage.

When is the best time to visit World's Largest Dinosaur?

For warmth, aim for May to September: highs of 19–26°C in Drumheller (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 (2)

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).