World's Largest Dinosaur

Drumheller


In a town filled with dinosaurs, this T rex is the king of them all. Standing 26m high above a parking lot, it dominates the Drumheller skyline (and is featured in the Guinness World Records). It's worth climbing the 106 steps to the top for the novelty of standing in the dino's toothy jaws – plus the views are mighty good. Ironically, the dinosaur isn't technically very accurate: at 46m long, it's about 4.5 times bigger than its extinct counterpart.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Drumheller attractions

1. Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

3.6 MILES

This fantastic museum is one of the pre-eminent dinosaur museums on the planet, made even better by a $5.9 million expansion project completed in 2019…

2. Rosedale Suspension Bridge

5.23 MILES

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3. Horseshoe Canyon

8.41 MILES

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4. East Coulee School Museum

12.84 MILES

This original village school in art deco style doubled in size to eight rooms during the coal mining boom of the 1930s. Exhibits inside detail the history…

5. Atlas Coal Mine

13.59 MILES

Home to the last wooden tipple (a coal-loading structure) in Canada, Atlas Coal Mine closed its production in 1959. Today it's an engaging historic sight…