Lathom Alberta Map

About Lathom, Alberta

Lathom is a locality in 29-20-17-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Lathom is located at 50.7225°N, 112.3308°W.

Lathom lies cradled in the vast, rolling prairie, a place where the horizon seems to stretch into infinity, a boundless canvas painted with the subtle hues of sun-bleached grasses and the distant, hazy blue of the foothills. It lies 35.2 km west-north-west of Brooks, AB (from Brooks, AB: bearing 299°T), and is situated 7.5 km south-south-west of Countess. The land here, a rich, dark loam, exhales a scent of turned earth and wild sage, a perfume that clings to the air long after the sun has dipped below the western rim, leaving behind a sky that bleeds from fiery orange to a deep, velvety indigo, pricked by the first shy stars. The wind, a constant companion, whispers secrets through the sparse stands of aspen and poplar, rustling their leaves with a sound like a thousand tiny, papery wings, and carrying with it the scent of rain that may or may not arrive. This is a land shaped by the enduring spirit of those who first tamed its wildness, a place where the echoes of the past mingle with the quiet hum of the present. The economy of Lathom has long been tethered to the fertile soil, with generations of families dedicating their lives to coaxing sustenance from its depths, their efforts etched into the landscape as neat, cultivated fields that contrast with the untamed beauty of the surrounding coulees. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling avenues, Lathom holds a quiet dignity, its character defined by the resilience of its people and the profound connection they share with the land that sustains them, a connection that finds its purest expression in the golden light of a prairie evening, when the world seems to hold its breath in silent reverence.

About This Lathom Map Page

Explore Lathom, 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: 50.7225, -112.330833. 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 Lathom includes the postal code (T1R), 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 Lathom 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.