Summary for Medicine Hat

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Time Zone: Medicine Hat lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT)<1> The time zone in French: MST- Heure Normale des Rocheuses (HNR), MDT- Heure Avancée des Rocheuses (HAR).

Telephone Area Codes: 403, 368, 587 & 825<2>

Canadian Postal Codes: T1A, T1B, T1C

Elevation: 2,290 feet [697.99 m] above sea level<3>

Websites for Medicine Hat

Official Website: www.medicinehat.ca/

Chamber of Commerce: www.medicinehatchamber.com/

GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude)<4>

For the purpose of mapping and calculating distances, we have chosen the following reference point for Medicine Hat:

Lat: 50.032400° (or 50°1'56" N)

Lon: -110.687100° (or -110°41'13" W)

About Alberta

Websites for Province of Alberta

Official Website: https://www.alberta.ca/

Tourism: https://www.travelalberta.com/

Parks: https://www.albertaparks.ca/

Fishing: https://mywildalberta.ca/fishing/

Hunting: https://mywildalberta.ca/hunting/

Footnotes ...

<1>	While Medicine Hat is in the Mountain Time Zone and observes daylight saving time, the area to the east is in the Central Standard Time Zone (CST) and does not..
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 403 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 368, 587 or 825. New phone numbers in the Medicine Hat area will be assigned with one of these codes: 403, 368, 587 or 825. As a result, placing a call in the Medicine Hat area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Medicine Hat - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>	Longitude & latitude values may not be the geographic center of Medicine Hat, rather it may be a prominent intersection or the center of population, etc. It will vary depending on the source.