Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park

Alberta Parks

Please respect this sacred place: writing, carving or otherwise leaving marks on the rocks at Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park is considered vandalism and is illegal. Protect this place for future generations by educating your group and reporting vandalism to staff.


Visitor Centre Trail

 Advisories and Closures ()

Operational Service Change - Water Shut Off - Fall '25/ Winter '26

Updated: October 28, 2025 

The trail provides visual access to the hoodoos, which are rock formations that are sculpted when the rock is eroded primarily by frost and wind-directed rain, along with the Milk River valley, and the Sweet Grass Hills in Montana.


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Open
Length 0.34km
Difficulty
Summer
Winter
Trailheads
Trail Map Campground Map
Accessibility
Average Grade 3.8%
Cross Slope Insignificant
Accessible Length 0.2 km (Includes trail from parking lot to visitor centre and sidewalk)
Trail Width 1.5m - 2m+
Surface Type
  • Concrete
  • Manufactured Fines
Obstacles

Not cleared in the winter

Trails: Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park | All Parks

Updated: Mar 20, 2025