Who doesn't love a good road trip? And isn't part of the fun is stopping for a picture with the family at all the cool and interesting roadside attractions in the towns you drive through!? Manitoba has tons of interesting stops, including the beautiful new sign that boasts that it is the longitudinal centre of Canada located just outside of Winnipeg in the RM of Tache, MB!
We have complied a list of 101 stops you should make when driving through Manitoba. A lot of them are 3 hours or less from Winnipeg so make great day trips! So what’s stopping you!! Go out and EXPLORE!!
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*Based on Driving Distance from Winnipeg
| These are so close you could do them after work: 1 Hour or less from Winnipeg (a few within the city) | |
| 1 | Dominion City: World’s Largest Sturgeon |
| 2 | Elm Creek: World's Largest Fire Hydrant |
| 3 | Gimili: Lighthouse |
| 4 | Gimili: Viking |
| 5 | Gunton: Adirondack Chair |
| 6 | Grunthal: Buffalo |
| 7 | Grunthal: Bull |
| 8 | Inwood: Sam & Sara - The Garter Snakes |
| 9 | Kamarno: Mosquito |
| 10 | La Broquerie: Holstein |
| 11 | Meleb: Mushrooms |
| 12 | Petersfield: Mallard Duck |
| 13 | Portage la Prairie: Canada's Largest Great Grey Owl |
| 14 | Portage la Prairie: Windmill |
| 15 | Portage la Prairie: World's Largest Coca Cola Can |
| 16 | Roland: World's Largest Pumpkin |
| 17 | Sanford: Mini Grain Elevator |
| 18 | Scanterbury (off Hwy 59): Giant Red & White Chair (honouring Brokenhead Wavers) |
| 19 | Selkirk: Chuck the Channel Cat (Catfish) |
| 20 | St. Andrew: Bison |
| 21 | St. Claude: World's Largest Smoking Pipe |
| 22 | Saint Joseph: Red Kidney Bean |
| 23 | St. Francis Xavier: The White Horse |
| 24 | Saint Malo: White-Tailed Deer |
| 25 | Ste. Agathe (south on Hwy 75): Union Point United Church |
| 26 | Steinbach: 1931 Rolls Royce |
| 27 | Tache: Centre of Canada Sign |
| 28 | Winnipeg Beach: Whispering Giant |
| 29 | Winnipeg (Shaw Park): Baseballs |
| 30 | Winnipeg (Arthur St): Boxing Gloves |
| 31 | Winnipeg (Pembina Hwy): Football Out of Wall |
| 32 | Winnipeg (Transcona): Hi Neighbour Sam |
| 33 | Winnipeg (Waterfront Dr): High Five |
| 34 | Winnipeg (Concordia Ave & Gateway): Life Journey |
| 35 | Winnipeg (Chief Peguis): Pack of Wolves |
| 36 | Winnipeg (Beaumont Station): Rooster Town Kettle & Fetching Water |
| 37 | Winnipeg (Inkster Blvd): Sentinel Guard |
| 38 | Winnipeg (St Anne’s & St Mary’s): Watershed |
| 39 | Winnipeg (Ellice Ave): Yellow Adirondack Chair |
| 40 | Winnipeg (Assiniboine Park): |
| Leo Mol Sculpture Garden | |
| Ox Cart | |
| Polar Bears (in front of Zoo) | |
| Winnie The Bear | |
| 41 | Winnipeg (Manitoba Legislative Grounds): |
| Famous Five Monument | |
| Georges-Etienne Cartier Statue | |
| The Golden Boy | |
| Holocaust Memorial | |
| Jon Sigurdsson Statue | |
| Louis Riel Sculpture | |
| Next of Kin Monument | |
| Statue of Queen Victoria | |
| Taras Shevchenko Monument | |
| Remember to pack a lunch: 1-2 Hours from Winnipeg | |
| 42 | Altona: Ox and Cart |
| 43 | Altona: Sunflower |
| 44 | Altona: World's Largest Painting on an Easle (Reproduction of Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers)' |
| 45 | Arborg: World's Largest Curling Rock |
| 46 | Arden: Crocuses |
| 47 | Arden: Pioneer Ox Cart |
| 48 | Ashern: Sharptail Grouse |
| 49 | Austin: Antique Tractor |
| 50 | Emerson: Northwest Mounted Police |
| 51 | Fisher Branch: World's Largest Wagon Wheel |
| 52 | Gladstone: Happy Rock |
| 53 | Glenboro: Sara the Camel |
| 54 | Graysville: 1965 Meteor Weather Vane |
| 55 | Holland: Windmill |
| 56 | Langruth: Heron |
| 57 | La Riviere: Wild Turkey |
| 58 | Lundar: Canada Goose |
| 59 | Morden: Archelon Turtle |
| 60 | Morden: Bruce the Mosasaur |
| 61 | Neepawa: World's Largest/Tallest Purple Martin Colony |
| 62 | Pinawa: Pinawa Heritage Sundial |
| 63 | Poplarfield: King Buck |
| 64 | Riverton: Farm Plow |
| 65 | Riverton: Moose |
| 66 | Roseisle: Roses |
| 67 | Treherne: Glass Bottle Buildings |
| 68 | West Hawk Lake: Spirit of the Hawk |
| A nice day trip but you'll be home before supper: 2-3 Hours from Winnipeg | |
| 69 | Boissevain: Bear |
| 70 | Boissevain: Tommy the Turtle |
| 71 | Brandon: 1967 Barracuda & Herbert - The Used Car Salesman |
| 72 | Brandon: Wayside Chapel |
| 73 | Dunrea: Cabrea the Snow Goose |
| 74 | Erickson: Viking Ship |
| 75 | McCreary: Alpine Archie |
| 76 | Minnedosa: Canvas Back Duck |
| 77 | Oak Lake: Isaac the Ox |
| 78 | Onanole: Elk |
| 79 | Rossburn: Duke the Giant Black Bear |
| 80 | Sandy Lake: Rose |
| 81 | Ste. Rose du Lac: Angus Bull |
| You better pack an overnight bag for these ones: Over 3 hours from Winnipeg | |
| 82 | Cranberry Portage: World's Largest Tipi |
| 83 | Churchill: Inukshuk |
| 84 | Churchill: Polar Bear |
| 85 | Dauphin: Amisk (Beaver) |
| 86 | Flin Flon: Neighbours of the North Park |
| 87 | Flin Flon: Flinty Rides a Submarine |
| 88 | Flin Flon: Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin |
| 89 | Gilbert Plains: Bull |
| 90 | Gilbert Plains: Gilbert the Golfer |
| 91 | Grandview: Train |
| 92 | Melita: Sunny the Banna & Breezy the Bluejay |
| 93 | Minitonas: Sunflower |
| 94 | Roblin: Flower Sundial |
| 95 | Roblin: Jewel of the Parkland |
| 96 | Russell: Arthur the Bull |
| 97 | Sifton: Spinning Wheel |
| 98 | Swan River: Swan |
| 99 | The Pas: Inukshuk |
| 100 | The Pas: Trapper |
| 101 | Thompson: King Miner |
