Elkton Alberta Map

About Elkton, Alberta

Elkton is a locality in 17-31-4-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Elkton is located at 51.6500°N, 114.5281°W.

Elkton rests in a fold of rolling country, where the land rises and falls with a gentle persistence, as if a giant hand had smoothed the earth into broad, sweeping curves. It lies 53.4 km north-west of Airdrie, AB (from Airdrie, AB: bearing 318°T), and is situated 11.9 km north-north-west of Cremona. The sky here is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, often brushed with the pale golds and bruised purples of a prairie sunset, and the air carries the clean, sharp scent of sun-baked grass and distant pine. Fields of wheat, in their season, shimmer like rippling seas of amber, broken by the darker, more stoic green of tree stands clustered in coulees where the wind whispers secrets through the dry stalks. Even the silence feels textured, punctuated by the caw of a crow overhead or the lowing of cattle in a far pasture, a sound that seems to emanate from the very heart of the land itself. The history of Elkton is bound to the quiet industry of working the soil and tending livestock, a legacy built by generations who understood the stubborn beauty of this place. For decades, its economy has been tethered to the fertile earth, with grain elevators standing as stoic sentinels against the horizon, symbols of harvests gathered and shipped. There’s a deep-rooted sense of continuity here, a feeling that the lives lived in Elkton have always been attuned to the turning of the seasons and the dependable rhythms of the agricultural year. While no grand monuments mark its past, the enduring spirit of its people, their resilience etched into the weathered faces and the steady hands that continue to shape this landscape, speaks volumes about the enduring character of Elkton.

About This Elkton Map Page

Explore Elkton, 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: 51.65, -114.528056. 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 Elkton includes the postal code (T4H), 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 Elkton 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.