Hill Spring

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hill Spring is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 32 km (20 mi) west of Cardston and 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Pincher Creek, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Alberta

• Waterton Hutterite Colony
  3.6 mi away
• Blue Ridge Hutterite Colony
  4.5 mi away
• Levern
  8.6 mi away
• Thomson Hutterite Colony
  9.7 mi away
• Leavitt
  11.4 mi away
• Ewelme Hutterite Colony
  12.3 mi away
• Riverside Hutterite Colony
  13 mi away
• Cardston
  15.5 mi away
• Moses Lake
  15.9 mi away
• West Raley Hutterite Colony
  17.6 mi away
• Brocket
  18.5 mi away
• Stand Off
  18.7 mi away

Browse all places in Alberta →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Hill Spring

Ecological land classification of Big Hill Springs Provincial Park, Alberta

Sutherland, Ian. · 1998

Fifty years

Hill Spring, Alta. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints · 1960

Stratigraphy of plains of southern Alberta

Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists. · 1931

Beginner's Guide to Snowshoeing in the Canadian Rockies

Andrew Nugara · 2012

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Skillet, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-07-29 · 79 mi
• Wildfire Deer Creek, Lincoln, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-20 · 103 mi
• Wildfire Camp Creek, Powell, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 131 mi
• Wildfire Parker Lake, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 139 mi
• Wildfire Silver, Boundary, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 145 mi
• Wildfire Dudley, Shoshone, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-08-26 · 160 mi
• Wildfire Middle Coulee, Chouteau, Montana
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 162 mi
• Wildfire Moose Mountain, Clearwater, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-07-30 · 189 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Sandhill Crane

Antigone canadensis

Seen 2026-08-29

Ferruginous Hawk

Buteo regalis

Seen 2026-08-20

Foxtail Barley

Hordeum jubatum

Seen 2026-08-20

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-08-20

Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Seen 2026-08-19

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeata

Seen 2026-08-19

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

Seen 2026-08-19

Rocky Mountain Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus hemionus

Seen 2026-08-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers