Explore Battle River, Alberta, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Battle River, Alberta. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Alberta or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Battle River and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Battle River.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Battle River |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 4-38-14-W4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 52.231667 |
| Longitude | -111.933333 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T0C |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IADMP |
Battle River is a locality in 4-38-14-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Battle River is located at 52.2317°N, 111.9333°W.
The vast, open expanse surrounding Battle River suggests a landscape shaped by the slow patience of the plains, where the horizon pulls the eye toward a sky that feels heavier and more deliberate than elsewhere. It lies 53.5 km east of Stettler, AB (from Stettler, AB: bearing 101°T), and is situated 2.5 km north-west of Castor. The land holds the memory of ancient glacial retreats, leaving behind a subtle, rolling terrain where the light at dusk turns the stubble fields into a bruised gold, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the horizon. Five kilometers away, Lanes Lake sits as a quiet, reflective eye in the earth, its surface often catching the sudden, sharp clarity of the prairie air. While the Battle River flows twenty-one kilometers from this point, its presence acts as a distant pulse, influencing the way the wind carries the scent of damp earth and cooling grass across the open miles. The economy of Battle River remains rooted in the deep productivity of the soil, where generations have practiced a quiet, persistent agriculture that dictates the seasonal cadence of the day. Life here moves with the necessity of the harvest and the preparation for the long, brittle winters that define the region. Further afield, the rugged relief of Big Knife Provincial Park offers a reminder of the raw, uncultivated character that exists just beyond the reach of the plow. There is a distinct, understated pride in the way inhabitants manage the land, a tradition of self-reliance that mirrors the stark, honest beauty of the surrounding geography. Even when the work of the day concludes, the stillness of the landscape remains, a quiet weight that settles over the fields long after the sun has vanished behind the edge of the world.
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Explore Battle River, 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: 52.231667, -111.933333. 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 Battle River includes the postal code (T0C), telephone area code (403, 587, 780, 825, 368). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Battle River 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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |