Just outside Empire Park: Edmonton Valley Zoo and more
12 of the 18 places to visit in and around Empire Park are museums or galleries. None of them is inside Empire Park itself. At 6.8 km, Art Gallery of Alberta is worth the journey.
Leading the list near Empire Park
GardenWilliam Hawrelak Park4.8 km outside town, to the northSki hillSki hillSnow Valley Ski Club2.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumFort Edmonton Park4.3 km outside town, to the northwestGardenGardenMill Woods Sports Park4.5 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumEdmonton Radial Railway Society3.5 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The places, mapped
William Hawrelak Park marks the outer edge, 5.6 km away.
The dashed line is Empire Park’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Green: inside Empire Park. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
Fort Edmonton Park
Open air living history museum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mill Woods Sports Park
Urban park and neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Empire Park → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Empire Park →
Trips out
MuseumArt Gallery of Alberta6.8 km northeast
Big drawMuseumTelus World of Science9.3 km north · 530K visitors a year
MuseumMuttart Conservatory6 km northeast
ChurchSt. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton6.2 km north
CathedralSt. Josaphat Cathedral7.8 km northeast
MuseumRoyal Alberta Museum7.1 km northeast
AttractionMindbender8.6 km northwest
Theme parkGalaxyland8.7 km northwestCathedralCathedralSt. John Cathedral7.9 km north
CathedralAll Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton6.2 km northeast
MuseumUkrainian Canadian Archives & Museum Of Alberta6.6 km northeast
Theme parkWorld Waterpark8.9 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Empire Park (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Asked about places to visit in Empire Park
What is there to see near Empire Park?
No attraction is mapped inside Empire Park itself. Within 5 km of it are Snow Valley Ski Club, Fort Edmonton Park and Mill Woods Sports Park.
Does Empire Park have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Empire Park include Edmonton Radial Railway Society, Calgary and Edmonton Railway Museum and John Janzen Nature Centre.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Empire Park?
No: none lies within 5 km of Empire Park on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Empire Park?
For a day out within 40 km: Telus World of Science (9.3 km), Muttart Conservatory (6 km), St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton (6.2 km), St. Josaphat Cathedral (7.8 km).
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (13)
- William Hawrelak Park: WinterforceMedia ( WinterE229 19:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Edmonton Park: Dylan Kereluk from White Rock, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Alberta: Stella Blu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Telus World of Science: WinterforceMedia( WinterE229 ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muttart Conservatory: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johntwrl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Josaphat Cathedral: Odysseus1479, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Alberta Museum: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mindbender: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galaxyland: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton: Sapperbdl at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Canadian Archives & Museum Of Alberta: 117Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- World Waterpark: Vr1, Public domain, 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).