Orion Alberta Map

About Orion, Alberta

Orion is a hamlet in 7-6-6-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a town. Orion is located at 49.4533°N, 110.8106°W.

Orion sits like a stoic sentinel on the vast, sweeping plains of southern Alberta, where the horizon stretches to an almost impossible breadth. It lies 66.0 km south of Medicine Hat, AB (from Medicine Hat, AB: bearing 188°T), and is situated 10.2 km north-west of Manyberries. Here, the land is a study in muted golds and ochres, a landscape sculpted by wind and sun into low, rolling swells that meet the sky with a quiet dignity. The air itself carries a crispness, a dry, clean scent of sun-baked earth and distant grasses, and in the late afternoon, the light bleeds across the sky in hues of rose and lavender, casting long, elongated shadows that seem to deepen the very soul of the prairie. Sparse clusters of hardy trees, resilient against the elements, punctuate the vastness, offering a fleeting sense of shelter, while the open sky overhead, a boundless canvas of ever-shifting cloud formations, dominates the visual experience. The lifeblood of Orion has long been tied to the fertile earth, a legacy of farming and ranching that has shaped its character and its economy for generations. The rich soil, once the domain of nomadic Indigenous peoples, now yields crops that feed far beyond these borders, a quiet testament to the enduring partnership between human endeavor and the land's bounty. While the agricultural roots run deep, the town also bears the marks of its oil and gas history, a more recent chapter written in the landscape. Though the pace of life in Orion is unhurried, marked by the changing seasons rather than the frantic ticking of clocks, there is a palpable sense of resilience and continuity, a community that understands the rhythms of the land and its own place within them.

About This Orion Map Page

Explore Orion, 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: 49.453333, -110.810556. 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 Orion 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 Orion 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.