Calgary parks
Battalion Park with your dog
Battalion Park is the hillside in Signal Hill where First World War battalions laid out their regiment numbers in stone, and it is a commemorative site before it is a dog walk. The City page lists a pathway and a lookout landing, gives the hours, and says nothing about dogs, which leaves the leash on. Below: what the hill asks of a leashed dog, and how we move around the stones.
Last reviewed September 25, 2026
Address, hours, leash
One pathway, one lookout, and a leash the whole way.
The City's page puts Battalion Park at 3001 Signal Hill Dr. SW, open 5 a.m. to 11 p.m., and lists three features: a pathway, a lookout landing and the historical stone formations. The site was Camp Sarcee in 1915 and opened as a park on November 3, 1991, to commemorate the First World War, with the stones laid out as the numbers 137, 113, 151 and 51 for the Calgary, Lethbridge, Central Alberta and Edmonton battalions.
None of those features is a dog area, and Battalion Park is not among the southwest entries on the City's off-leash locations list, so the bylaw's default applies: leash on, no longer than two metres on the pathway. On a commemorative hillside that means more than compliance. We keep the dog on the pathway rather than on the stone formations, give the lookout landing to the people already on it, and carry bags, because the slope is somebody's memorial. Posted signs override anything written here.
- Leash on across the park
- Leash under two metres uphill
- Dogs on the pathway, not the stones
- Open 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Walking the grade
What a hillside lookout asks of a leashed dog.
The grade comes first: on the way up, many dogs lean into the collar and pull; on the way down, they tend to use the handler as a brake. Sightline comes second. From a hillside and a lookout landing your dog sees people and other dogs long before they arrive, and the leash has to stay loose while it watches. Add the stone formations, which look like an invitation to leave the pathway, and Battalion is a walk we plan rather than wander.
Loose-leash walking and heel, the two skills a grade tests, are what On-Leash Foundations works on: a two-week one-on-one board and train at $1,865 plus GST, with a handover lesson and one free follow-up session. A dog who walks well on the flat but not on a slope may only need Private Training, $150 plus GST per one-hour session, with a written weekly plan to practise on this pathway. Which one, or whether a smaller option is enough, is what the consultation is for.
Asked and answered
The questions people ask us.
Are dogs allowed at Battalion Park?
Yes, on a leash. The City's page for the park lists a pathway, a lookout landing and the stone formations and no dog area, and the park is not on the City's off-leash locations list, so Calgary's default leash rule applies. On the pathway we keep the leash to two metres or less.
Is Battalion Park off leash?
No. The City of Calgary's off-leash locations list does not include Battalion Park, and its City page describes no off-leash area. We treat the hillside, the pathway and the lookout landing as on-leash, and we read any posted sign on arrival in case that changes.
What is Battalion Park like for a Calgary dog?
It is a hillside walk in Signal Hill with a pathway, a lookout landing and the commemorative stone formations, so the outing is a climb with long sightlines. In our experience the grade and the early view of other walkers are what test a leash there. We keep dogs on the pathway and off the stones.
Where is Battalion Park and when is it open?
The City gives the address as 3001 Signal Hill Dr. SW, on the hillside of the Signal Hill community in southwest Calgary, open from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. The site was Camp Sarcee in 1915, and the stone formations commemorate the First World War.
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