Fairholme Range, Banff National Park

Name: Fairholme Range
Address: Banff National Park, Canada

#152 among attractions in Banff National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka. John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme. ()

Area: 344.4 mi²Elevation: 9826 ftCoordinates: 51°14'15"N, 115°24'4"W

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Fairholme Range – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Minnewanka, Mount Inglismaldie, Mount Girouard, Bow Valley.

1.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park
36 min walk • Lake Minnewanka is a glacial lake located in the eastern area of Banff National Park in Canada, about five kilometres northeast of the Banff townsite.
1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Inglismaldie, Banff National Park
25 min walk • Mount Inglismaldie is the second highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. It is located immediately west of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka. The mountain was named in 1886 by park superintendent George A. Stewart after Inglismaldie Castle in Kincardineshire, Scotland.
~560 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Girouard, Banff National Park
3 min walk • Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
5.9 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Bow Valley, Banff National Park
152 min walk • Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada. The name "Bow" refers to the reeds that grew along its banks and which were used by the local First Nations people to make bows; the Blackfoot language name for the river is Makhabn, meaning "river where bow weeds grow".
6.3 miNE
Mountain
Mount Costigan
160 min walk • Mount Costigan is a summit in Alberta, Canada. Mount Costigan was named for John Costigan, a government official.
2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Peechee, Banff National Park
56 min walk • Mount Peechee is the third highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. Mt. Peechee is located immediately southeast of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
5.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Princess Margaret Mountain, Banff National Park
142 min walk • Princess Margaret Mountain is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park, 2.5 km west of Mount Charles Stewart.
5.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Astley, Banff National Park
146 min walk • Mount Astley is a 2,869-metre mountain summit located in the Palliser Range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. It is situated in Banff National Park above Lake Minnewanka.
4.5 miSW
Lake, Park
Johnson Lake, Banff National Park
116 min walk • Johnson Lake is a small alpine lake in Elmore County, Idaho, United States, located in the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. The lake is accessed from Sawtooth National Forest a cutoff of trail 459 along Johnson Creek.