Glenford Alberta Map

About Glenford, Alberta

Glenford is a locality in 1-56-2-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Glenford is located at 53.8061°N, 114.1711°W.

Glenford rests in a wide, shallow valley carved by ancient glaciers, its flat floor now a quilt of cultivated fields stretching towards the hazy, blue-green shoulders of distant hills. It lies 33.2 km north-north-west of Spruce Grove, AB (from Spruce Grove, AB: bearing 328°T), and is situated 14.4 km north-east of Gunn. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries the sweet, earthy scent of turned soil and the faintest whisper of pine from the scrubby patches that cling to the higher ground. A meandering creek, its banks fringed with willow and poplar, threads through the landscape, its water a cool, opaque grey, reflecting the immense, ever-shifting prairie sky that presses down on Glenford like a benevolent, boundless dome. The houses are scattered, each standing sentinel over its own acreage, their roofs glinting like scattered coins under the sun, a testament to the quiet independence that defines this place. This is a land shaped by wheat and canola, where the hum of tractors is the season's steady heartbeat, a sound that has echoed across these fields for generations. Glenford's history is tied to the early homesteaders who saw potential in this seemingly endless expanse, their resilience etched into the very grain of the soil. While the grand ambitions of oil booms have occasionally touched its edges, the true wealth of Glenford has always been agricultural, a deep-rooted reliance on the earth's bounty. The local co-op, its weathered grain elevators standing like stoic sentinels against the horizon, remains the nexus of this enduring economy, a place where neighbours gather not just to trade, but to share stories and watch the slow, dependable turning of the seasons.

About This Glenford Map Page

Explore Glenford, 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: 53.806111, -114.171111. 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 Glenford includes the postal code (T7Z), 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 Glenford 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.