Strathcona Science Provincial Park is an Alberta Parks provincial park between Edmonton and Sherwood Park, south of the Yellowhead Highway and overlooking the North Saskatchewan River. Alberta Parks lists one day-use area and three special facilities.
The official page says this park is day use only and gates are closed overnight.
Strathcona Science is an urban-edge trail park with hiking, running, mountain biking, winter recreation, and direct River Valley connections. Alberta Parks says it links to Rundle Park by a pedestrian bridge and is home to Sunridge Ski Hill and a Model Aviation Field.
Activities include cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, front-country hiking, mountain biking and cycling, tobogganing, trail running, geocaching, and electric bicycles. It is part of Edmonton's River Valley Trail System.
The park also has interpretive history. Alberta Parks notes that it originally opened as an interpretive centre for the area's industrial and archaeological history, though those buildings have since been removed.
Check the partial closure before visiting. Alberta Parks says a short trail section south of the day-use parking lot is closed for the foreseeable future, with barricades expected until summer 2026; the rest of the park and trails remain open.
Plan around busy urban trail use.
Plan around hiking, trail running, biking, e-biking, skiing, tobogganing, geocaching, Rundle Park connections, Sunridge Ski Hill, model aviation, and trail-closure checks.
Confirm day-use hours, overnight gate closures, barricaded trail sections, winter operations, trail conditions, maps, weather, wildlife safety, and Alberta Parks updates.
