Mount Turner

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Mount Turner is a 2,806-metre mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Turner in not visible from any road in Banff Park, however, it can be seen from Alberta Highway 742, also known as the Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail in Kananaskis Country. Mount Turner's nearest higher peak is Cone Mountain, 2.91 km to the north. ()

Coordinates: 50°51'15"N, 115°28'38"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Mount Smuts, Mount Shark, Marvel Peak, Cone Mountain.

5.1 miSE
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Mount Smuts
130 min walk • Mount Smuts is a 2,938-metre mountain summit located in the Spray Valley, near the northern end of the Spray Mountains range. It is situated on the shared boundary of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park with Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
3.5 miSE
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Mount Shark
88 min walk • Mount Shark is a 2,786-metre mountain summit located in the Spray Valley of Kananaskis Country at the northern tip of the Spray Mountains range. It is situated on the southern boundary of Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
3.3 miW
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Marvel Peak
84 min walk • Marvel Peak is a 2,708-metre mountain summit located in the southern tip of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
2.6 miN
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Cone Mountain
66 min walk • Cone Mountain is a summit in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is the southernmost peak in the Sundance Range. Cone Mountain was so named in 1915 on account of its shape.
7.1 miNE
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Mount Nestor
182 min walk • Mount Nestor is a 2,970-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is named after HMS Nestor, a destroyer sunk in the Battle of Jutland during World War I.
2.7 miSW
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Mount Byng
70 min walk • Mount Byng is a 2,965-metre mountain summit located in the upper Spray River Valley of southern Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is the highest point in the Blue Range. Mount Byng's nearest higher peak is Mount Alcantara, 6.5 km to the...
5.9 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
The Towers, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
151 min walk • The Towers is a 2,842-metre mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It was named in 1917 by Arthur O. Wheeler.
3.9 miNE
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Mount Fortune
99 min walk • Mount Fortune is a summit in Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. Mount Fortune was named in tribute to HMS Fortune, a British warship.
6.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Birdwood, Banff National Park
173 min walk • Mount Birdwood is a 3,097-metre summit in the Spray Mountains range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta, Canada. The mountain is situated on the east boundary of Banff National Park in the upper Spray Lakes River Valley.
3.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Aurora Mountain, Banff National Park
89 min walk • Aurora Mountain is located in the Blue Range of the Canadian Rockies, which forms part of the Continental Divide and the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta. It is named after HMS Aurora, a British Royal Navy light cruiser launched in 1913 that was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1920.
5.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Cautley, Banff National Park
143 min walk • Mount Cautley is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, SE of Assiniboine Pass. Richard W. Cautley was a surveyor from Ipswich, England.