Calgary PLUZ Shelter Scout

Alberta Public Land Use Zones within reach of Calgary, from the Government of Alberta's official PLUZ layer, with each zone's rules.

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In the Kananaskis Country zone: over 1.2 km from any road or track, within 25 m of a mapped stream, on gentle ground (under 15°). Ranked by closeness to 50.95940, -114.69023 (black ring), then nearby rock. No rocky ground qualifies within 12 km of that point, so these are gentle forested creeks. Teal areas are all the ground that qualifies.

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    50.97015, -114.70109 · Build steps

    Trees: about 13 m canopy right at the spot. Within 50 m, 71% is covered by trees over 5 m and 15% is open (under 2 m). Within 300 m it's about half forest, half openings. ESA land cover calls it tree cover, with grassland patches nearby.

    Ground: about 1,454 m elevation, an 8–9° slope facing northeast (from a 20 m terrain model).

    Zone edge: the official boundary is 100–200 m east of the spot, so don't build any further east than the pick.

    LiDAR: none is public here. The nearest open survey (Elbow River) ends about 5 km east. Canopy heights come from Meta's 1 m satellite-based canopy model instead.

    Canopy: 0–2 m 2–5 5–10 10–15 15+

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      Click anywhere on the map to see coordinates, distance from downtown Calgary and which zone it falls in.

      Before you build. Click a zone to see its rules, summarised from alberta.ca with a source link on each one. Any shelter you build in a PLUZ needs approval from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, because camping gear has to be portable and temporary. Fire bans change often, so check before every trip.

      Official sources

      Public Land Use Zones (alberta.ca) Recreation and camping on public land Alberta fire bans PLUZ data service