Craddock Alberta Map

About Craddock, Alberta

Craddock is a locality in 11-6-19-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Craddock is located at 49.4647°N, 112.4497°W.

Craddock rests on a broad, open sweep of land where the earth seems to exhale a quiet resilience. It lies 38.0 km south-east of Lethbridge, AB (from Lethbridge, AB: bearing 132°T), and is situated 5.8 km south-east of Stirling. The horizon here is a clean, unwavering line, broken only by the occasional cluster of weathered farm buildings or the stoic silhouette of a windbreak. Scattered coulees, carved by ancient waters, offer the land a subtle complexity, their slopes painted in shades of ochre and sage by tenacious grasses and hardy shrubs. The air, when the wind allows, carries the scent of dry earth and a faint, sweet perfume from unseen wildflowers. In the late afternoon, the sun bleeds across the sky in hues of apricot and rose, deepening the shadows in the coulees and casting a warm, golden light on the vast, undulating prairie. This is a place shaped by the persistent efforts of those who came before, their stories etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring rhythm of agricultural life. For generations, the rich soil of Craddock has yielded wheat and barley, a testament to the farmer's enduring partnership with the land. While the echoes of ranching history still whisper on the wind, the economy today is primarily rooted in grain farming, a cycle of sowing and reaping dictated by seasons and sun. The few scattered homes and outbuildings that dot the landscape speak of a quiet, self-sufficient existence, a community bound by shared experience and the immense, breathing silence of the Alberta prairies.

About This Craddock Map Page

Explore Craddock, 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: 49.464722, -112.449722. 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. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Craddock includes the postal code (T0K), 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 Craddock 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.