Rife Alberta Map

About Rife, Alberta

Rife is a locality in 17-60-7-W4, Alberta, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Rife is located at 54.1817°N, 111.0042°W.

Rife rests in a landscape of broad, sweeping horizons, where the land rolls with a quiet dignity under a sky that often feels vast enough to hold all the colours of the day. It lies 19.7 km west-south-west of Bonnyville, AB (from Bonnyville, AB: bearing 241°T), and is situated 12.8 km south-east of Glendon. The terrain here is a gentle rise and fall, a subtle sculpting that speaks of ancient waterways and the slow, persistent work of wind and weather. Patches of aspen and poplar break the open fields, their leaves a vibrant green in the summer and a riot of gold and crimson when autumn arrives, casting fleeting shadows that dance across the earth. The air, particularly in the early morning or late afternoon, carries a crisp, clean scent, a blend of dry grass, distant pine, and the faint, sweet perfume of wild roses that bloom along the fencelines. This is a place where the land itself seems to breathe, a quiet, enduring presence that shapes the lives lived upon it. The history of Rife is tied to the rich, dark earth that has sustained generations of settlers drawn to its promise. For decades, the land has been coaxed into yielding bountiful harvests, a testament to the resilience and hard work of the farming families who have made this place their home. The economy, though rooted firmly in agriculture, has seen the quiet ebb and flow of broader economic tides, with the grain elevators standing as silent sentinels to the cycles of planting and reaping. While no grand monuments mark its past, the character of Rife is built into the weathered wood of its older buildings and the steady, unpretentious way of life that continues here, a quiet continuity that feels as essential as the turning of the seasons.

About This Rife Map Page

Explore Rife, 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: 54.181667, -111.004167. 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 Rife includes the postal code (T9N), 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 Rife 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.