Outdoor Recreation
Get to know the Canadian Badlands by spending some time under expansive prairie skies. You’ll find many activities to do in the region. Golfing, hiking, canoeing, camping, star gazing and bird watching are just a few options.
Camping and Hiking
Camping opportunities abound in provincial and municipal parks and at private, full-service facilities. Hike through hoodoos in the Drumheller Valley, Dinosaur Provincial Park and Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, or camp beside a lake or tree-lined irrigation reservoir.
The lofty Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park has excellent hiking, and it’s also an astronomer’s paradise – it’s the world’s largest dark sky preserve.
Performing Arts
The Badlands region has a lively music and performing arts scene complete with its own rural professional theatre.
The extraordinary landscape of the Badlands inspires all kinds of visual art. You can see ancient Aboriginal rock carvings at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, or you can stop and chat with the friendly painters and potters who sell their works in local galleries and gift shops.
