Alderson Alberta Map

About Alderson, Alberta

Alderson is a locality in 20-15-10-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Alderson is located at 50.2831°N, 111.3453°W.

Alderson sits exposed upon the vast, open plains of Alberta, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under a sky that dwarfs the earth below. It lies 50.1 km south-east of Brooks, AB (from Brooks, AB: bearing 129°T), and is situated 14.9 km west-north-west of Suffield. The land here carries a quiet, arid austerity, defined by the low elevation of the Outer Rainy Hill that rises slightly above the surrounding expanse. During the golden hour, the light turns brittle and pale, casting long, sharp shadows across the dry grasses that shiver in the constant wind. While the South Saskatchewan River flows twenty-six kilometers away, its presence is felt more as a distant memory than a local feature, leaving the immediate terrain to the sun and the persistent, expansive silence of the prairie. The history of Alderson persists in the scattered remnants of earlier agricultural efforts, where the remnants of fences and foundations sink slowly back into the dust. Once a point of transit for those traversing the heavy, iron-threaded landscape, Alderson exists now as a quiet observation of how the economy of the plains shifts with the currents of rail and road. Life here demands a certain endurance, as the inhabitants navigate a climate defined by extremes and a landscape that yields only to those who work it with patience. The character of Alderson is found in this stillness, where the movement of clouds across the high, unobstructed dome of the sky provides the primary sense of progression through the day.

About This Alderson Map Page

Explore Alderson, Alberta, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 50.283056, -111.345278. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Alderson includes the postal code (T1R), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Alderson is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.