Root Cellar

Root Cellar: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Root Cellar

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Root Cellar — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 50.41917, -114.24963. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Root Cellar

• Bar U Ranch National Historic Site · fort · Foothills · ~0 km · Must-see
• Chain Lakes Reservoir · lake · Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66 · ~24 km · Must-see
• Mount Burke · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~30 km · Must-see
• Sentinel Peak · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~31 km · Must-see
• Holy Cross Mountain · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~34 km · Must-see
• Turner Valley Gas Plant · fort · Foothills · ~35 km · Must-see
• Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve · sanctuary · Kananaskis Improvement · ~35 km · Must-see
• Dyson Falls · waterfall · Kananaskis Improvement · ~36 km · Must-see
• Etherington-Baril Ridge · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~38 km · Must-see
• Isola Peak · viewpoint · Municipal District of Ranchland No. 66 · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Armstrong True Summit · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~46 km · Must-see
• Mount Etherington · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~50 km · Must-see
• Fording River Pass · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~50 km · Must-see
• Mount Strachan · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~50 km · Must-see
• Frank Lake Conservation Area · lake · Foothills · ~51 km · Must-see
• Mount Holcroft · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~52 km · Must-see
• Gibraltar Mountain · viewpoint · Kananaskis Improvement · ~57 km · Must-see
• Brown-Lowery Provincial Park · sanctuary · Foothills · ~57 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Root Cellar

Other forts & heritage near Root Cellar

• Bar U Ranch National Historic Site · fort · Foothills · ~0 km · Must-see
• Turner Valley Gas Plant · fort · Foothills · ~35 km · Must-see
• Tombstone Mountain South · fort · Kananaskis Improvement · ~76 km · Must-see
• PPCLI · fort · Calgary · ~83 km · Must-see
• Lord Strathcona · fort · Calgary · ~83 km · Must-see
• Battalion Park geoglyphs · fort · Calgary · ~84 km · Must-see
• Lougheed House · fort · Calgary · ~88 km · Must-see
• Stephen Avenue · fort · Calgary · ~89 km · Must-see
• Coleman · fort · Municipality of Crowsnest Pass · ~111 km · Must-see
• Fort Macleod · fort · Town of Fort Macleod · ~122 km · Must-see

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