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City known for:
  • Dinosaur adventures
  • Dramatic landscapes
  • Paleontology museum

A charismatic town in the epic Canadian Badlands.

Between otherworldly landscapes, 70-million-year-old fossil beds and a haunted hotel, this place can seem like something out of a dream.

Drumheller is your hub for exploring the Canadian Badlands and Dinosaur Provincial Park. But while you’re in town, be sure to take in the famed dinosaur museum, guided ghost tours and delightfully kitschy photo ops. There’s no better place to unearth your Wild Side.

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Drumheller highlights

A tour guide showing a mother and two young children a fossil.

Dinosaur adventures abound

Visit the internationally renowned Royal Tyrrell Museum, step inside the world’s largest dinosaur and join experts on a guided fossil dig.

A townsite trapped in time

Hark back to the days of the Wild West in this old coal mining town and round out your Drumheller trip with a visit to the nearby Atlas Coal Mine for a tour.

Person and their dog hiking in the badlands amongst epic hoodoos on a summer day

Your entry to the Canadian Badlands

Lose yourself among multi-coloured canyons and wind-sculpted hoodoos in a region revered for its weird and wild beauty.

People golfing at the Dinosaur Trail Golf & Country Club in Drumheller.
A couple walk in downtown drumheller
A boy looks out from the mouth of the World's Largest Dinosaur statue in Drumheller, Alberta.
Couple in a coffee shop watching coffee roasting at Black Mountain Roasters in Drumheller.
People taking photos at Horseshoe Canyon in the Canadian Badlands.
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The green aurora borealis lights up a starry night sky. In the foreground, hoodoo rock formations loom.
Friends enjoying a beer at Valley Brewing in Drumheller.
Dinosaur exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum

Royal Tyrrell Museum

View one of the world’s largest displays of dinosaurs at Canada’s only museum dedicated exclusively to the science of paleontology.

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A couple taking a selfie at the Hoodoos Trail in Drumheller.

Drumheller Hoodoos

Sculpted by nature over millennia, the hoodoos are sandstone pillars that stand up to 7 m (23 ft) tall. Hike the Hoodoos Trail to fully experience their wonder.

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A man and woman chatting and smiling with the tour guide while they ride in an old mine cart at a historic Coal Mine

Atlas Coal Mine

Venture into a (nearly) abandoned mine just 20 minutes from town. Take an antique train, explore ancient machinery and uncover Drumheller’s curious history.

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Bison in the winter.
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A young girl and a guide at the interactive fossil dig at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller.
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Two people take sandwiches to go as they walk away from the Heller Good Sandwiches storefront.
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A person hiking at Dinosaur Provincial Park at sunset.
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A couple walk through the badlands near Royal Tyrrell Museum.

Did you know?

Living up to its name, the Badlands were once a popular hideout for outlaws. Drumheller’s rocky terrain was full of spots to hide stolen horses and Wild West loot.

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Two travellers stand in an eroded landscape, surrounded by sand-coloured rock formations in the Canadian Badlands.
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