Mount Worthington

#985 among destinations in Canada

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Mount Worthington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1956 after Lt. Col. Don Worthington who was killed in action in 1944 during the Second World War while commanding the 7th Battalion, The British Columbia Regiment. ()

Elevation: 9564 ftProminence: 1263 ftCoordinates: 50°37'35"N, 115°17'49"W

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AlbertaCanada

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Mount Worthington – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Warrior Mountain, Mount Nomad, Mount Indefatigable, Mount Lyautey.

4.8 miSE
Mountain
Warrior Mountain, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
124 min walk • Warrior Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after HMS Warrior. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1930 by Kate Gardiner and Walter Feuz. The duo also made the first ascents of nearby Mount Sarrail and Mount Lyautey that same year.
4.6 miNE
Mountain
Mount Nomad
117 min walk • Mount Nomad is a 2,544-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
5.8 miE
Mountain
Mount Indefatigable
148 min walk • Mount Indefatigable is a 2,667-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from Alberta Highway 40, and the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Indefatigable's nearest higher neighbor is Mount Invincible, 1.8 km to the northwest.
3.6 miSE
Mountain
Mount Lyautey
92 min walk • Mount Lyautey is a 3,045-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lyautey is situated 2.0 kilometres east of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
5.2 miNE
Mountain
Mount Black Prince
134 min walk • Mount Black Prince is a 2,939-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Smith Dorrien, 5.8 km to the northwest. The mountain can be seen from highway 742, also known as Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail.
3.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Northover
92 min walk • Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, 2.0 km to the north-northeast. It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C. of the C.E.F. one of western Canada's first war heroes.
6.3 miNE
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Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
162 min walk • Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. The park is in Kananaskis Country about 90 kilometres west of Calgary, along the Kananaskis Trail. This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
5.2 miNE
Mountain
Mount Warspite
132 min walk • Mount Warspite is a 2,860-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from the Smith-Dorrien Road, and Alberta Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Warspite's nearest higher peak is Mount Black Prince, 2.4 km to the northwest.
3 miN
Mountain
Mount Beatty, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
77 min walk • Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War.
5.4 miW
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Mount Prince Henry, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
139 min walk • Mount Prince Henry is a remote 3,219-metre mountain summit located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
2.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Putnik
54 min walk • Mount Putnik is a mountain located north of Three Isle Creek and west of the Kananaskis River in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after the Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik.