Dale Hodges Park — Attraction in Calgary

Dale Hodges Park is a 40.4686 hectares (100.000 acres) natural environment urban park in northwest Calgary, Alberta—an expansion of Bowmont Park—that features a massive public art installation combining aesthetics with functionality where stormwater from eight northwest upstream residential communities flows slowly through "water structures and landforms" inspired by "natural river morphology as well as hydrologic and sedimentation processes" that serve as filters. The park, which is connected to the regional pathway, has a boardwalk, cycling and walking trails, the Nautilus Pond, a polishing marsh, a wet meadow, man-made streams, vantage points of the Bow River, and...

This park is located within Bowmont Park where you can chill on the cool bridges and enjoy the nice sceneary of the water. This area was previously not good for nature but was turned into a park by Alderman Dale Hodges.

There are nice and easy trails around the park that can bring you around Bowmont Park and even into Bowness Park so you can go hiking, biking, or just on a...

Genuinely love this place: it's amazing how they managed to transform the old gravel lot into a vibrant riparian zone and wonderful habitat for a diverse array of wildlife. I feel like it's only improving with each successive year, and truly enjoy seeing the different species through the seasons. Highlight of this year was sighting a river otter for...