Cressday Alberta Map

About Cressday, Alberta

Cressday is a locality in 31-3-2-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Cressday is located at 49.2458°N, 110.2558°W.

Cressday occupies a quiet expanse of high plains where the horizon stretches wide enough to swallow the sun whole at the end of every day. It lies 91.7 km south-west of Maple Creek, AB (from Maple Creek, AB: bearing 218°T), and is situated 27.5 km north of Wild Horse. The land here possesses a raw, unadorned honesty, defined by the proximity of the Cypress Hills that rise like a blurred shadow against the southern sky. The air carries a thin, sharp clarity that makes the distance feel both infinite and intimate, while the golden light of late afternoon catches on the dry grasses, turning the fields into a sea of flickering amber. Though the Milk River flows thirty-four kilometers away, the moisture in the wind is faint, leaving the earth to hold its own dry, resilient character. Cressday exists as a collection of long-standing agricultural plots, where the work of generations is marked by the steady maintenance of fences and the seasonal turn of the soil. Life in Cressday follows the cycle of the frost and the harvest, a pattern that demands patience from those who stay to watch the seasons shift across the open expanse. The local economy persists through the deep-rooted traditions of dryland farming and ranching, practices that have shaped the way the land is managed and respected. Each homestead serves as a marker of endurance in a landscape that offers little shelter from the wind, yet rewards those who know how to read the clouds. In the hush of a summer evening, the stillness becomes a physical weight, grounded by the knowledge that the terrain remains much as it has been for decades, indifferent to the pace of the world beyond these borders.

About This Cressday Map Page

Explore Cressday, 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: 49.245833, -110.255833. 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 Cressday includes the postal code (T1B), 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 Cressday 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.