A Banff Spring, Banff National Park Alberta, Canada

4.3

(127 reviews)

About This Spring

Description:

Place bottle against ledge in flow.

Nearest Address

Banff National Park, Alberta

Directions from Nearest Address

Heading West on Highway 1 from Banff town, take the Johnstons Canyon turnoff 1A travel down this road a couple kilometers until the road becomes divided just before the divide you will see the spring on your right hand side place bottle on the ledge to collect best to collect with plastic bottle that has a handle and then pour into your glass bottles to store.

Vital Information

  • Fee: No, but technically you need a National Parks Pass
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 179
  • Temp: N/A
  • pH: 8

Hours Spring is Open:

Unknown

GPS:

N 51deg 10.182′
W 115deg 41.854′

Map Link: A Banff Spring

Submitted by: Malcolm Saunders

GPS Coordinates

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