Start with Sunridge Ski Area: the sights of Strathcona County
Among the places to visit in and near Strathcona County are 6 museums, 3 art galleries and 2 ski hills. The municipal boundary itself has 5 places on our list; 13 others are within 5 km of its edge. Here, 2 places are kept up by Parks Canada. Further out, Art Gallery of Alberta is 15 km away.
The headline places in Strathcona County
National park · Parks CanadaElk Island National Park4.8 km outside town, to the eastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
At the edge of the map sits Canadian Moravian Museum, 37 km out.
The dashed line is Strathcona County’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
How the list breaks down
Green: inside Strathcona County. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Looked after by Parks Canada: Elk Island National Park and Ukrainian Pioneer Home.
Full list of places
6Elk Island National Park
National park in Alberta, Canada.
7Ukrainian Pioneer Home
The 5 inside Strathcona County come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Strathcona County → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Strathcona County →
The wider area
MuseumArt Gallery of Alberta15 km northwest
Big drawMuseumTelus World of Science21 km northwest · 530K visitors a year
MuseumMuttart Conservatory15 km northwest
CathedralSt. Josaphat Cathedral16 km northwest
ChurchSt. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton17 km northwest
MuseumRoyal Alberta Museum15 km northwestCathedralCathedralSt. John Cathedral17 km northwest
AttractionMindbender24 km west
GardenWilliam Hawrelak Park19 km westZooZooEdmonton Valley Zoo20 km west
Theme parkGalaxyland24 km west
MuseumUkrainian Cultural Heritage Village30 km eastPlaces well known beyond Strathcona County (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.
Planning a visit to Strathcona County
What are the main attractions in Strathcona County?
Within Strathcona County’s municipal boundary, the best known are Gallery@501, Picture This! framing & gallery and Strathcona County Museum and Archives.
Does Strathcona County have a museum?
In or within 5 km of Strathcona County: Fort Saskatchewan Museum, Fort Heritage Precinct and Bennett Centre.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Strathcona County?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Strathcona County, some places on this list are in the care of Parks Canada, as the By kind chart shows.
What are the best-known days out near Strathcona County?
Within 40 km: Telus World of Science (21 km), Muttart Conservatory (15 km), St. Josaphat Cathedral (16 km), St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton (17 km).
How is this list made?
Places come from four open sources (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF, the federal and Québec heritage registers), each site once. A building counts as a place to visit only with opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article; hotels, restaurants and tour firms are dropped. The town’s 2021 outline and 5 km around it set the reach.
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 (12)
- Elk Island National Park: Enzenberger~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Pioneer Home: Jeffery J. Nichols, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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. Josaphat Cathedral: Odysseus1479, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johntwrl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Alberta Museum: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mindbender: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hawrelak Park: WinterforceMedia ( WinterE229 19:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Galaxyland: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village: Kevlar67, 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).