Otter Alberta Map

About Otter, Alberta

Otter is a locality in 10-23-2-W5, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Otter is located at 50.9422°N, 114.2019°W.

Otter nestles in a gentle embrace of rolling foothills, where the land begins its slow ascent towards the formidable Rockies. It lies 15.3 km south-west of Calgary, AB (from Calgary, AB: bearing 221°T), and is situated 14.8 km north-west of Academy. The fields here are a patchwork quilt of amber and emerald, stitched together by the winding silver thread of the Red Deer River. Sky, vast and luminous, presses down, imbuing the air with a crispness that hints at the wilder country beyond. Scattered groves of aspen, their leaves a vibrant shimmer in the breeze, punctuate the open pastures, offering fleeting shadows that dance across the well-worn tracks of farm vehicles and the occasional sinuous line of barbed wire fence. This is a place where the legacy of homesteaders is written in the very grain of the soil, a testament to lives carved out of the open prairie. The local economy, like the land itself, is deeply rooted in agriculture, with cattle ranching and grain farming forming the backbone of Otter's existence. The scent of freshly turned earth often mingles with the fainter, sweeter perfume of hay, a constant reminder of the enduring cycle of growth and harvest. Historically, the arrival of settlers transformed this landscape, their resilience mirroring the enduring spirit of the land, shaping Otter into the quiet, self-sufficient place it is today.

About This Otter Map Page

Explore Otter, 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: 50.942222, -114.201944. 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 Otter includes the postal code (T3E), 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 Otter 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.