Hiller (99.1 km)
Hiller is a 320-acre site located 16 km northeast of Stettler, featuring a mix of wetland, grassland, and bush habitats. The area is home to white-tailed and mule deer, moose, red fox, northern pocket gophers, American badgers, and both boreal chorus and wood frogs. Birdwatchers may spot species such as the blue-winged teal, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, horned grebe, American coot, yellow-bellied sapsucker, alder flycatcher, least flycatcher, eastern kingbird, red-eyed vireo, tree swallow, American goldfinch, bobolink, savannah sparrow, and clay-colored sparrow, depending on the season. Plants in the area include trembling aspen, balsam poplar, willow, wild rose, prairie rose, wild raspberry, silverberry, Saskatoon, snowberry, beaked hazelnut, buttercup, and sage. There are no marked paths, but the prairie parkland is easy to explore on foot. The site is accessible via a fair-weather road off Highway 56, and visitors should be aware that it is day-use only and livestock may be present. For more information, call 403-352-9395.
Access: Head north on Highway 56 from Stettler, then east on Township Road 404. Turn left at the T intersection onto the fair-weather road. The site will be on your left in 1.2 km.
Partners: DUC
Alberta Discover Guide: E3-158
Hiller is a 320-acre site located 16 km northeast of Stettler, featuring a mix of wetland, grassland, and bush habitats. The area is home to white-tailed and mule deer, moose, red fox, northern pocket gophers, American badgers, and both boreal chorus and wood frogs. Birdwatchers may spot species such as the blue-winged teal, northern shoveler, lesser scaup, horned grebe, American coot, yellow-bellied sapsucker, alder flycatcher, least flycatcher, eastern kingbird, red-eyed vireo, tree swallow, American goldfinch, bobolink, savannah sparrow, and clay-colored sparrow, depending on the season. Plants in the area include trembling aspen, balsam poplar, willow, wild rose, prairie rose, wild raspberry, silverberry, Saskatoon, snowberry, beaked hazelnut, buttercup, and sage. There are no marked paths, but the prairie parkland is easy to explore on foot. The site is accessible via a fair-weather road off Highway 56, and visitors should be aware that it is day-use only and livestock may be present. For more information, call 403-352-9395.
Access: Head north on Highway 56 from Stettler, then east on Township Road 404. Turn left at the T intersection onto the fair-weather road. The site will be on your left in 1.2 km.
Partners: DUC
Alberta Discover Guide: E3-158
