First pick
Hamptons Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
2.0 ha0.4 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Citadel · parks, protected land & trails
6.8 km from Citadel to Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
One protected area lies within 10 km. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 68 km away. Within 5 km are 2 beaches; Bowmont Beach is the nearest.
Protected land
0.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
68 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
6.8 km
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Citadel against other Canadian towns
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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.9%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
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Citadel is 15th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,011 to 10,378 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
Citadel0.9%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Citadel1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Citadel0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Citadel trails its peers is public protected areas; 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury QC | 21% | 24% | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Kitimat BC | 20% | 6.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Lac-des-Fées QC | 14% | 33% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Du Parc QC | 14% | 32% | 38 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Markham Village ON | 9.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | New Glasgow NS | 9.2% | 0.5% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Amherst NS | 8.7% | 0.2% | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands ON | 5.8% | 8.6% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâces QC | 5.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Professors Lake ON | 4.8% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Portland Estates NS | 4.5% | 0% | 19 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Quesnel BC | 4.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mount Pleasant North ON | 3.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Mono ON | 3.7% | 6.4% | 56 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | East St. Paul MB | 3.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Van Kirk ON | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Greely ON | 2.7% | 0.7% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Rexdale-Kipling ON | 2.6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Centreville Chicopee ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Masonville ON | 2% | 7.5% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Saint-Félicien QC | 1.6% | 0.5% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 24 | Hinton AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Caledonia-Fairbank ON | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Citadel AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Beckwith ON | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Glenbrook AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Maple Leaf ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | West Hillhurst AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Temiskaming Shores ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Runnymede-Bloor West Village ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 33 | Falconridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Monterey Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Pineridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Mitchell ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wheatland County AB | 0.2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | City Centre ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Palmerston ON | 0% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Citadel
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Citadel
The biggest is Hamptons Park, 2.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Source: 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
All of Citadel is within a short walk of a park
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 (100%)Further (0%)
Citadel100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Citadel
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Citadel0%
Within 10 km0.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It belongs to a government.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,337 ha · 6.8 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
Banff National Park, 68 km off
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
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
6.8 km west13 km²since 2008
National park
Banff National Park
68 km west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, at 6.8 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 58 km in and around Citadel
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
58 km
in and around the town (15.3 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CitadelTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CitadelTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
88% of Canadian towns are more wooded. Few places match it for paths: more than 81% of Canadian towns have fewer.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Citadel
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the neighbourhood; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Citadel is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 12 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 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 10 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 61 | 113 | 66 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
Snowfall averages 139 cm a year. Precipitation runs from 10 mm in January to 113 mm in June. Daytime highs run from -2 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. The climate in Citadel →
Beaches
Citadel has 2 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Bowmont Beach4.7 km from town
DirectionsBowmont Beach4.8 km from town
DirectionsNo open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Citadel has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 73.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 73
Blue Impin town
DirectionsHawktree Playground0.1 km from town
DirectionsHawkland Playground0.3 km from town
DirectionsArbour Lake School Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsEdgebyne Community Playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 68 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Citadel: 2 gardens and parks to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Prince's Island ParkGarden or park · 11 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 13 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Citadel
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Arbour LakeHawkwoodHamptonsSherwoodRanchlandsRoyal OakCitadel
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arbour Lake 1.9 km | 1.2% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hawkwood 2.0 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hamptons 2.1 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherwood 2.5 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranchlands 3.0 km | 0.6% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Royal Oak 3.0 km | 1.4% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Citadel holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Citadel
What is the best season to get outdoors in Citadel?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Citadel from a national park?
The nearest is Banff National Park, 68 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Citadel?
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, a provincial park of 1,337 ha.
Are there protected areas near Citadel?
Protected areas cover 0.9% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest beach to Citadel?
Try Bowmont Beach, 4.7 km from town, first of several.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Citadel?
The closest is Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, at 6.8 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Citadel
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).