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Waiparous Group Campground

Division No. 15 · AB

Source: OpenStreetMap — Canadian campsites · imported Aug 17, 2026

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Cost

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Key campground facts

Reservation

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Reservation details

Vehicle & access

RV: No

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Where it is

Division No. 15, AB

Map and coordinates

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The essentials

Key campground facts

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Price

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Type

Campground

Camping status

Official campsite

Facility phone

587-830-2198

Reservation page

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Getting there

Access and vehicle suitability

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Where it is

Location

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Province / territory

County

Division No. 15

Elevation

4,672 ft

Coordinates

51.36289, -114.98388

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Published record details

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Published site types

Group Camping

Official park name

Waiparous Creek Group Camp Provincial Recreation Area

Park phone

587-830-2198

This campground as published

Waiparous Creek Group Use Area is located 13 km west of Cochrane on Hwy. 1A and 36 km north on Hwy. 40. Surrounded by pine forests, rolling ridges, and the gentle sounds of running water, Waiparous Creek Group Camp offers an ideal mix of backcountry charm and group-friendly features, set in a quiet valley with easy access to nearby trails, creeks, and viewpoints. The site is large and private, designed for tents and RVs. Campers can enjoy picnic tables, a large group firepit, vault toilets, and a cook shelter with a wood burning stove. Enjoy fishing and hiking, as well as OHV trails nearby. Registered campers may off-load and travel to OHV trails from their campsites.

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Amenities

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Fire ringYes

Picnic tableYes

Vault toiletYes

Fresh waterYes

Camping

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Developed campground

Setting & surroundings

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Weather

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Connectivity

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Agency fire orders

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Nearby services

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Solar

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Is this place right for you?

Experience & practicality

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Experience

Published recreation and setting.

—/ 10

Not enough data. Only 0 relevant facts have been published for this record, so no score is shown rather than an invented one.

Practicality

Published logistics: access, cost, facilities.

6.3/ 10

87% of the 7 published facts are positive, scaled by how much is documented (72% of the 16-weight target). Partial data coverage · 20 still unpublished. A thin record reads low because little is published, not because the place is poor.

Why

Camping is published as allowed
Restroom
Drinking water
Cost is published
Fire ring
Picnic table

Published as not available

RV friendly

Partially supported: only one of the two dimensions has enough published evidence, so this record is not presented or ranked as the equal of a fully documented one.

Methodology nmr-score-3.0.0. Park-level activities feed Experience only; campsite facts feed Practicality only. Experience measures how much recreation and setting evidence is published; Practicality is the published positive share scaled by how much of the logistics catalogue has been documented, so a handful of positives can no longer read 10/10. Unknown is never treated as a no. Neither dimension is used to filter search results, and “Best” ordering ranks fully supported records above partially supported ones.

Overview

Why this place?

Campground.
Camping status: Official campsite.
Located in Division No. 15, AB at 4,672 ft.
No source publishes pricing for this location, so cost is unknown.

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Data & trust

Source confidence

Low

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Source

OpenStreetMap — Canadian campsites

Last source update

Aug 18, 2026

Source record

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