Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve Photo: Alberta Parks

Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve

ab parks
Alberta

what to expect

Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve contains some of the best (and one of the few occurrences of) transverse dunes in Canada. The dunes are stabilized with jack pine-lichen forests. There are also a number of small lakes in the Reserve.

Description: Alberta Parks

Water + services

what to bring

This list adapts to Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve. no showers means a travel towel;

If Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve is full

Other places to stay within 25 km.

Plus 4 user-tagged dispersed sites on OpenStreetMap — often genuine wild-pitches; check access rights before relying on one.

Data refreshed 2026-06-13. Sources: Camis reservation system. Neighbourhood joins 8 named anchors.