First pick
Lake Stafford Park
Park or garden
39 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
1.5 km northfrom the centre
Stafford lake Loop9 Avenue Path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Paul Jerry · CC BY 2.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Brooks · parks, protected land & trails
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park is 7.3 km from Brooks
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. National parks are all over 100 km off. One protected area lies within 10 km.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
7.3 km
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
Against other towns
Brooks beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Brooks has the 3rd least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (17,043 to 18,016 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Brooks0.3%
Towns its size3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Brooks1
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Brooks0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Brooks is weakest for protected land nearby: 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canmore AB | 90% | 57% | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| 2 | Sooke BC | 23% | 21% | 23 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Fallingbrook ON | 14% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Saint-Henri QC | 10% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Sainte-Catherine QC | 7.9% | 6.3% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Unionville ON | 7.5% | 0% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Yorkton SK | 6.4% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Lake Country BC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | East Burnaby BC | 5.5% | 2.6% | 54 | 3 | 17 |
| 10 | Saint-Michel QC | 5.2% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Iberville QC | 5.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cap-Rouge QC | 4.7% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Saint-Basile-le-Grand QC | 4.3% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fraser Heights BC | 4.1% | 24% | 129 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux QC | 4% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Petite-Côte QC | 4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | L'Ancienne-Lorette QC | 3.9% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Centre ON | 3.8% | 12% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Malvern West ON | 3.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Morningside ON | 3% | 27% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | McKenzie Towne AB | 3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Bay-Cloverhill ON | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 9 | 18 |
| 23 | Kennedy Park ON | 2.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 8 |
| 24 | Danforth East York ON | 2.2% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 25 | Victoria Village ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Thornhill ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Greater Napanee ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Cold Lake AB | 1.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Willowdale West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Mahogany AB | 1.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 31 | Clanton Park ON | 1.3% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Yorkdale-Glen Park ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | La Visitation QC | 1.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Oakbank MB | 0.8% | 0.8% | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 35 | Cowansville QC | 0.6% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Sylvan Lake AB | 0.5% | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Brookhaven-Amesbury ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Brooks AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Taradale AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Coventry Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Brooks on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Brooks: 12 named parks and woods
The biggest is Lake Stafford Park, 39 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
12 named parks and woods, 76 ha in all
Parks & gardens 76 ha
Lake Stafford Park plus West End Park account for 63% of the green.
West End Park
Park or garden
8.4 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
JBS Park
Park or garden
6.8 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Duke of Sutherland Park
Park or garden
7.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Evergreen Park
Park or garden
6.6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Rose Lea Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.1 km of path
1.7 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Veteran's Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Lake Stafford ParkPark or garden · 39 ha · 2.7 km of path
DirectionsWest End ParkPark or garden · 8.4 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsJBS ParkPark or garden · 6.8 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsDuke of Sutherland ParkPark or garden · 7.5 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsEvergreen ParkPark or garden · 6.6 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBrooks Dog ParkPark or garden · 3.9 ha
DirectionsRose Lea ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsVeteran's ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsNorth Hill ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsLakeview ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsMeadow Lake Peace ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsMcNab ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Brooks
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (82%)Further (18%)
Brooks82%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. That leaves about 3,200 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Brooks
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Brooks0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It belongs to a government.
Kinbrook Island Provincial ParkProvincial park · 528 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
7.3 km to Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
7.3 km south-west5.3 km²since 1951
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Brooks has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Brooks and its edge hold 18 km of footpath
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
18 km
in and around the town (42.3 km²)
Woodland
0.4%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BrooksTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BrooksTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.4%
0%50%100%
87% of Canadian towns are more wooded. It has fewer paths per km² than 68% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No mapped walking route near Brooks
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Brooks: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Brooks, 2.9 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 11 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 37 | 76 | 32 | 33 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 11 |
Most rain and snow falls in June, 76 mm; February sees 7 mm. The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-3 °C). The climate in Brooks →
Things to do
Near Brooks: 36 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (34).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 34
Plus 34 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Brooks
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Newell CountyDuchessBrooks
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newell County 4.9 km | 0.9% | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| Duchess 18 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Brooks’ share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Brooks
How far is Brooks from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Brooks.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Brooks?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Brooks?
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park: 528 ha, a provincial park.
What is the nearest provincial park to Brooks?
It is Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, 7.3 km away.
Are there protected areas near Brooks?
Within 10 km, 0.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Brooks’ outdoors figures
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).