Rockglen Tourism Visitor Centre
Rockglen Tourism Visitor Centre
2.5
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
About
Our Visitor Center, open from June through August, is located in Rockglen Saskatchewan,30 miles from the Grasslands National Park. It has full-service R.V. Parking with Public Washroom, Shower and Laundry facilities. There is also Children's Playground a block from the Visitor Center for your little ones enjoyment. You may browse our museum,craft shop,railway museum and coffee shop or just relax with a coffee on our wheel-chair accessible deck. Ask about "Oliver" who represents a four-tusked Mastodont found 3 miles out of town or take a guided tour of the Effie Mattson Nature Walk and Archeological Centre for a full description of the Glacial history of this unique area. Hikers may do the Burning Hills Hike or the Yost Wildlife hike, while a short drive to Rockin Beach Park on Fife Lake provides boaters lots more R.V. parking and a boat dock for some 'lake living'. Groups can arrange a 5 hour educational tour to Sitting Bull's Canadian Campgrounds that includes a visit to the Wood Mountain NWMP Post Provincial Park and the Rodeo Ranch Museum. Using our Visitor Center as a base, you can visit the Big Muddy Badlands, Grasslands National Park, Wood Mountain Post Provincial Park, St. Victor Petroglyphs Historic Park and Rockin Beach Park, all within a 35 mile radius, as you explore the historic Wood Mountain Uplands.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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Calgary, Canada2 contributions
Jun 2024 • Family
A week ago en route to Grasslands National Park, on a sunny Saturday afternoon, my wife and I stopped at this old railway station in this sad-sack town near where I grew up in the 60s and 70s . The building includes one small room with a paltry collection of old things and another that sells trinkets and coffee. To be nice, my wife bought some locally knitted dish rags.
Leaving, we had to walk past a table of elderly locals, and to make conversation I asked whether the pot-holed rural road to Grasslands park was well marked. The question (or was it my hat?) triggered one old fart, who told us we'd see "where our tax dollars were going". It seemed incongruous that a local would oppose a park that was the only reason anyone would ever stop at this dying and isolated hamlet, so we said nothing. Then (and I swear the geezer's upper lip was twitching) he said, "I suppose you're liberals. I should throw you out of town." A short volley followed about Ottawa and taxes. The others at the table were mute, and appeared bemused - just Jethro being Jethro, I suppose. We didn't respond, and quickly left.
I see now that the feeble yet aggressive redneck and his timid table of enablers were the most authentic thing about this "visitor centre". Grasslands NP is wonderful; small-town Saskatchewan, these days, is not. Sad.
Leaving, we had to walk past a table of elderly locals, and to make conversation I asked whether the pot-holed rural road to Grasslands park was well marked. The question (or was it my hat?) triggered one old fart, who told us we'd see "where our tax dollars were going". It seemed incongruous that a local would oppose a park that was the only reason anyone would ever stop at this dying and isolated hamlet, so we said nothing. Then (and I swear the geezer's upper lip was twitching) he said, "I suppose you're liberals. I should throw you out of town." A short volley followed about Ottawa and taxes. The others at the table were mute, and appeared bemused - just Jethro being Jethro, I suppose. We didn't respond, and quickly left.
I see now that the feeble yet aggressive redneck and his timid table of enablers were the most authentic thing about this "visitor centre". Grasslands NP is wonderful; small-town Saskatchewan, these days, is not. Sad.
Written June 29, 2024
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CAJ
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Aug 2018 • Couples
We arrived at the visitor centre early one Sunday morning when the centre was closed. Thankfully one of the ladies that worked there just happened by to welcome some visiting paleontologist coming through from Alberta. She let us in, made us coffee, showed us around the interesting exhibits there and gave us directions to some amazing hiking trails around town. Great experience.
Written January 20, 2019
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