First pick
Richmond Green
Park or garden
14 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
1.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Garrison Woods · parks, protected land & trails
Garrison Woods is 8.2 km from Fish Creek Provincial Park
A drive of 77 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. CPCAD lists 3 protected areas within 10 km. The protected share within 10 km is 1.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
77 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
8.2 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
Garrison Woods 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. 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 km1.9%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 areas3Areas 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
Garrison Woods sits 18th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,091 to 3,189 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
Garrison Woods1.9%
Towns its size4.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Garrison Woods3
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Garrison Woods0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Garrison Woods lags towns its size: 22 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Pistoles QC | 44% | 0.9% | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Cap-Pelé NB | 43% | 2.6% | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine BC | 21% | 17% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
| 5 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 6 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Beaumont QC | 7.7% | 0.1% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 21 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 34 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Garrison Woods
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
5 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Garrison Woods
Richmond Green is the largest, at 14 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 18 ha in all
Parks & gardens 18 ha
92% of the area is in just two places: Richmond Green and Flanders Park.
Flanders Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Garrison Woods
Directionsto a point inside
Craig Reid Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
0.8 ha
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Garrison Square
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Garrison Woods
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
All of Garrison Woods 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%)
Garrison Woods100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
1.9% of the land around Garrison Woods is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Garrison Woods0%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 3 are public land. The largest named one is Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 1,361 ha.
Griffith Woods ParkMunicipal park · 110 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Fish Creek Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,361 ha · 8.2 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 77 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
Fish Creek Provincial Park
8.2 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
77 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 8.2 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Garrison Woods and its edge hold 39 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
39 km
in and around the town (7.7 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Garrison WoodsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths5.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Garrison WoodsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 93% of Canadian towns. For woods, 89% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Garrison Woods
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 neighbourhood; 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
The best months for walking in Garrison Woods: 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 |
Expect around 139 cm of snow over a winter. June is the wettest month (113 mm) and January the driest (10 mm). July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. The climate in Garrison Woods →
Things to do
Outdoors around Garrison Woods: 99 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (79).
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 9
Plus 9 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Dog parks 10
Currie Bark Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsKnobhill Off-Leash Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsKillarney Off Leash Dog Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 7 dog parks without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Garrison Woods: 4 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.
Barb Scott ParkGarden or park · 2.8 km from town
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden or park · 3.7 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 4.4 km from town
DirectionsPrince's Island ParkGarden or park · 4.5 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 Garrison Woods
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
AltadoreRichmondSouth CalgaryCurrie BarracksKillarney/GlengarryBankviewGarrison Woods
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrison Woods | 1.9% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Altadore 0.7 km | 2% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Richmond 1.3 km | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| South Calgary 1.4 km | 0.8% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Currie Barracks 1.5 km | 1.9% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Killarney/Glengarry 2.0 km | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bankview 2.2 km | 0.6% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Around Garrison Woods, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Garrison Woods
Is Garrison Woods near a national park?
It is Banff National Park, 77 km off.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Garrison Woods?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park of 1,361 ha.
Is there protected land near Garrison Woods?
Within 10 km, 1.9% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Garrison Woods?
It is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 8.2 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Garrison Woods?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Garrison Woods’ 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.
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).