Explore Highland Ranch, 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 Highland Ranch, 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 Highland Ranch 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 Highland Ranch.
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 | Highland Ranch |
| Type | Locality |
| Province / Territory | Alberta (AB) |
| Location | 32-33-24-W4 |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 51.874722 |
| Longitude | -113.361667 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | T4G |
| Area Code | 403, 587, 780, 825, 368 |
| Importance | Town |
| CGN ID | IAJVH |
Highland Ranch is a locality in 32-33-24-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Highland Ranch is located at 51.8747°N, 113.3617°W.
Highland Ranch sits amidst the vast, open expanse of the Alberta prairies, defined by the stark reach of the sky and the quiet endurance of the land near the Three Hills. It lies 43.8 km east-south-east of Innisfail, AB (from Innisfail, AB: bearing 113°T), and is situated 9.7 km north-east of Curlew. Here, the horizon stretches thin and pale, and at dusk, the light clings to the tall grasses with a golden, translucent weight that makes the earth feel suspended between the day and the coming stars. The terrain maintains a steady, resolute stillness, distant from the Red Deer River which flows some 22 km away, and removed from the waters of Lakeview Lake situated 15 km to the side. The air carries the scent of dry earth and cured hay, a sharpness that sharpens the senses whenever the wind moves across the plains. The history of Highland Ranch reflects the persistence of those who worked the soil and managed the livestock in a climate that demands both grit and patience. Agriculture remains the lifeblood of the local economy, with the rhythm of the seasons dictating the work of those who tend the fields and the herds. While the landscape is largely defined by the quiet labor of farming, the nearby Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, located 28 km distant, serves as a silent reminder of the deep, enduring human presence that preceded the current fences and roads. Life in Highland Ranch follows the cyclical demands of the harvest and the winter, maintaining a steady, grounded existence where the scale of the landscape dwarfs the small, purposeful movements of the people inhabiting it.
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Explore Highland Ranch, 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: 51.874722, -113.361667. 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 Highland Ranch includes the postal code (T4G), 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 Highland Ranch 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) |