Nose Hill Park
Nose Hill Park
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This park's rugged, hilly terrain is full of paths and trails for hikers, bikers and runners.
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noscones
Toronto, Canada150 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
Check out Nose Hill one of the top destinations in all of Calgary. It's the big park and you can enter from different places. There's one that's got the medicine wheel made of rocks and also the city views. It's a good place to check out to chill and get a little exercise but also you can take the pictures of the downtown Cowtown from the Nose Hill and put them on the instagram and everyone is going to like them. Best of all Nose Hill is free and you can probably bring your own food and drinks and check the vibes
Written December 30, 2023
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mark k
2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
Nice open park, fields are well kept. Did not see a bathroom/outhouse available. Seems like lots of street parking available around the edges of the park but think if there are multiple games on simultaneously would create a parking nightmare for residents
Written July 10, 2020
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Isabelle M.
Ottawa, Canada108 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Solo
This park is quite beautiful and unique. There are lots of trails that can be taken (alltrails application was very helpful since the trails are not marked, most of the time) and you can probably create a new path everytime you go. Walking in this park makes you feel like you are in the prairire. The view on the city and on the mountains is superbe. This is a must do in Calgary for anyone who like to walk, short or long distance.
Written October 3, 2023
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Jersey1302
Niverville, Canada88 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2022 • Solo
Ran 6 km here the other day and absolutely loved it. Moderately challenging as the terrain changes and elevation changes around the entire park. Being from Manitoba I can say I’ve never had a run experience like this before. Beautiful views of the city with a ton of photo opportunities. Beautiful area for off leash dogs aswell but just be aware wildlife can be around so keep that in mind especially with small dogs.
Written October 1, 2022
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Meron
Calgary, Canada47 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
This is a shame for the City of Calgary. You call it a Park?!!! Most of the pathways are not even paved, it is not maintained, no signs (be careful, if you take one of not paved pathways you may have been lost and you need hours to find your way back) , you will not even feel safe in there, ... Just tell me what defines a park? None of them is there. It is like you fence a land, put a sign, and leave it for years ... this is called "Nose Hill Park".
Written December 1, 2011
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GoldenLilyPad
Calgary1 contribution
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2013 • Solo
Just wanted to make dog owners aware of two huge coyotes who attacked my dog last night (July 2, 2013 around 7:45pm) on the west side of Nose Hill Park. They must have been following us because they went directly to her and she was only about 20 feet away from me running through the grass. I only heard her yelp once and she managed to get away and thankfully is fine. She is around 55 lbs and these were significantly bigger than her and extremely scruffy looking. Going to be running with a stick and pepper spray from now on.

Nose Hill Park is a great area for walking, running and biking (tons of trails and huge off lease dog area) but we can't forget that there are still wild animals out there!
Written July 3, 2013
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Martin L
2 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2018 • Friends
Most of the park is off-leash so there are dogs running around. A lot of dog owners take that as an excuse not to keep their dogs under control and many don't pick up after their dogs. Even though on every off-leash sign it clearly says "Dogs must be under controls" and " Owner must remove defecation immediately".

Recently I went to the park with my mother. We were outside the off-leash area when a group of 6-7 barking dogs surrounded us. While I was figuring how to drive the dogs back, my mother started yelling "Help" ! The dog owner showed up several minutes later. When she saw us, she shouted at us "Stop yelling at the dogs ladies, this is an off-leash park". As if we didn't have the rights to protect ourselves.

She tried to call the dogs away but they wouldn't listen. An elderly lady walked up to us and the dogs surrounded her instead. We took that chance and quickly made our escape. I could hear the dog owner still trying in vain to control her dog while telling the elderly lady "my dogs are nice" and "sorry".

The park itself is scenic and spacious but there are many other urban parks in Calgary that are more beautiful than this one.

It's not worth the risk.
Written June 4, 2018
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kennethlawkl
12 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2014 • Couples
This is a good effort for conservation purposes and wildlife preservation, which I think many of us can agree upon is valuable to set aside space for. Calgary certainly has plenty of it. What I don't agree on is calling this some sort of tourist destination. Barren, brown, windy, mosquito-plagued and dull with only few walking trails and little else to do. The view isn't even that nice, there are better views of the city along Crescent hills.

Five for the effort and intent to preserve a natural area, two stars as an actual place to go,
Written June 3, 2014
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Britt Anne R
Calgary, Canada112 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2011 • Family
I have realized that it is sometimes hard to find good information on offleash areas for your dog when you are travelling. As the owner of a very large dog who travels with him occasionally, I find this very important. When you're travelling, you need to make sure your dog gets their energy out quickly.

There are a lot of offleash areas in this park, though not all of the park is off leash. There are clear signs everywhere saying where you can and cannot have your dog off leash. There is also a colour coded map at every entrance. Any paved pathways are definitely leashed areas. *The paved pathways are suitable for wheelchair access.

Nose Hill Park is gorgeous. Scenic views of city centre and also of the Rocky Mountains. It is called Nose Hill, but there are many many hills! You will get a work out going up and down these things. It's much better than the stairmaster!

The park is huge so there are quite a few parking lots.
-If you are looking for a quick and fairly easy walk. I would suggest going to the Shaganappi Trail entrance by the Edgemont Blvd lights. This puts you at the top of Nose Hill and close to off leash areas.
-If you are looking for a great view, I would suggest going to the entrances at 14 Street (closer to John Laurie), John Laurie and 19 Street, or John Laurie and Brisbois.
***Helpful tip here, there is a small rain water lake gem in the middle of the top of this part of the hill. If your dog likes the water, take him/ her here. It is a lovely escape from the city. You are among trees and hills. You don't even know you are in Calgary anymore. This is my favourite part of the whole park. :)***
-If you are looking for a great work out, go to the entrance on 14th Street that at the Berkley Gate lights or 14th Street that is at the 64th Avenue lights.
Use this link for better locations of the entrances: http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Documents/Construction/Nose-Hill-Project/trail-pathways-map.pdf?noredirect=1
Written April 13, 2012
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RyguyC
Calgary, Canada709 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
This is just my opinion but I honestly don't know what's stopping the city from zoning this land as residential and putting it to use. At present it's just a gigantic bald, baren hill where people walk their dogs and get attacked by coyotes. If the city put a ton of money into it and turned it into the equivelent of New York's central park or something then great, but as-is I don't see the appeal.
Written January 3, 2012
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