First pick
Edworthy Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
59 ha11.8 km of path
2 h 35 minto walk all 11.8 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the centre
Bow River Pathway (South)
Directionsto a point inside
0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Coach Hill · parks, protected land & trails
Coach Hill is 11 km from Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Swimmers have 2 beaches within 5 km, Bowmont Beach the nearest. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 71 km away.
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 national park
71 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Coach Hill compares with 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
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
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
Coach Hill sits 15th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,328 to 3,439 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
Coach Hill0.3%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Coach Hill1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Coach Hill0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Coach Hill is weakest for protected land nearby: 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 4 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 14 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 25 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Gibbons AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 37 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Coach Hill on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Coach Hill
Largest first: Edworthy Park leads with 59 ha. Numbers match the map.
Strathcona Ravine
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
16 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
2.1 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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
Every resident of Coach Hill lives near 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%)
Coach Hill100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Coach Hill has 1 protected area within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Coach Hill0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public land.
Griffith Woods ParkMunicipal park · 110 ha · 4.0 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 is 71 km away
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
11 km north-west13 km²since 2008
National park
Banff National Park
71 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
Nearer still is Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, a provincial park 11 km away.
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: 54 km in and around Coach Hill
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
54 km
in and around the town (10.4 km²)
Woodland
7.6%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Coach HillTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths5.2
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Coach HillTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.6%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 93% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 53% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Coach Hill
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
The best months for walking in Coach Hill: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 14 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 | 14.5 | 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 |
Winter brings about 139 cm of snow. The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-2 °C). January is the driest month at 10 mm; June the wettest at 113 mm. The climate in Coach Hill →
Beaches
Coach Hill has 2 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Bowmont Beach3.8 km from town
DirectionsBowmont Beach3.8 km from town
DirectionsFor water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
2 viewpoints near Coach Hill
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 86 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 9
Picnic Site 11.1 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 21.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 31.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 71.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 41.3 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 61.3 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 91.3 km from town
DirectionsPicnic Site 81.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 86
Patterson Heights Playground0.3 km from town
DirectionsAspen Playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsMontgomery Community Centre Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsJumpstart Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 82 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
4 gardens and historic parks to visit near Coach Hill
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Griffith Woods ParkGarden or park · 4.3 km from town
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden or park · 6.5 km from town
DirectionsPrince's Island ParkGarden or park · 6.5 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 7.4 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 Coach Hill
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PattersonStrathcona ParkWest SpringsMontgomeryAspen WoodsWestgateCoach Hill
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach Hill | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Patterson 0.7 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Strathcona Park 1.3 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| West Springs 1.6 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Montgomery 1.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Aspen Woods 2.4 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Westgate 2.5 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Coach Hill has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Coach Hill
Is there a provincial park near Coach Hill?
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, 11 km away.
When should you visit Coach Hill for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a beach near Coach Hill?
Bowmont Beach, 3.8 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Is there protected land near Coach Hill?
Within 10 km, 0.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Coach Hill?
Banff National Park, 71 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Coach Hill?
Griffith Woods Park, a municipal park of 110 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Coach Hill
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).