Wainwright (Alberta)

Wainwright is in Eastern Alberta, Canada.

Understand

Wainwright is a town 206 kilometres (128 mi) southeast of Edmonton and 61 kilometres (38 mi) south of Vermilion, located in the Battle River Valley. The town of Wainwright is surrounded by the Wainwright Municipal District No. 61 and includes its administrative offices. It is adjacent to CFB Wainwright (Denwood), a Canadian military base, and is a divisional point on the Canadian National Railway main line.

Get in

By plane

🌍 Wainwright Aerodrome (YWV ^IATA). Municipal airport located 3 km south of the city; no scheduled flights. (updated Jun 2019)

By train

🌍 Wainwright station, 10th Street & 1st Avenue. The station is served by Via Rail's The Canadian three times per week in each direction as a flag stop (48 hours advance notice required). (updated Jun 2019)

By car

Wainwright is located on Highway 14, 206 km (128 mi) southeast of Edmonton and 69 km (43 mi) west of the Saskatchewan border. It is also accessible via Highway 41, located 61 km (38 mi) south of Vermilion.

Get around

See

Events

🌍 Wainwright Stampede, Stampede Grounds, 1401 1 Avenue, ☏ +1 780-806-1812, ✉ wwstampede@mscnet.ca. End of June. The third largest stampede in Canada including rodeos, chuckwagon races, parade, rides and an agricultural fair. (updated Jun 2019)

Do

Buy

Eat

🌍 1979 Taphouse & Grill, 1418 14 Avenue, ☏ +1 780-703-1979. M-Th 11:30AM-9PM; Fr Sa 11:30AM-10PM; Su 12-8PM. (updated Jun 2019)

Drink

🌍 Park & Trestle Pub and Restaurant, 102 10 Street, ☏ + 1 780-842-6166. (updated Jun 2019)

Sleep

🌍 Best Western Wainwright Inn & Suites, 1209 27 Street, ☏ +1 780-845-9934, toll-free: +1-800-780-7234. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Jun 2019)
🌍 Plains West Motor Inn, 1814 14 Avenue, ☏ +1 780-842-4436, toll-free: +1-888-842-3837, ✉ plainswest@outlook.com. (updated Jun 2019)
🌍 Ramada (Ramada by Wyndham Wainwright), 1510 27 Street, ☏ +1 780-842-5010, toll-free: +1-800-854-9517. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Jun 2019)
🌍 R&R Inn, 1809 14 Avenue, ☏ +1 780-842-2277, toll-free: +1-888-482-4667. Check-in: 4PM, check-out: 11AM. (updated Jun 2019)

Connect

Go next

Routes through Wainwright

Vancouver ← Edmonton ←	W E	→ Biggar → Saskatoon
Edmonton ← Tofield ←	W E	→ becomes → North Battleford → Prince Albert
Bonnyville ← Vermilion ←	N S	→ Oyen → Medicine Hat

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