First pick
Battalion Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Rotary/Mattamy Greenway
Directionsto a point inside
0.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Glenbrook · parks, protected land & trails
9.4 km from Glenbrook to Fish Creek Provincial Park
The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 74 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.7% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
0.7%
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
74 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
9.4 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Glenbrook, set against 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.7%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
Glenbrook has the 14th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,001 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
Glenbrook0.7%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Glenbrook3
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Glenbrook0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Glenbrook is weakest for protected land nearby: 26 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 | Centreville Chicopee ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Masonville ON | 2% | 7.5% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Saint-Félicien QC | 1.6% | 0.5% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Hinton AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Caledonia-Fairbank ON | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Citadel AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Beckwith ON | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Glenbrook AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Maple Leaf ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | West Hillhurst AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Temiskaming Shores ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Runnymede-Bloor West Village ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 32 | Falconridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Monterey Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Penbrooke Meadows 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
Where the green is in Glenbrook
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 Glenbrook
Largest first: Battalion Park leads with 11 ha. Numbers match the map.
Turtle Hill Park
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Glenbrook
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
In Glenbrook, a park is close to every home
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%)
Glenbrook100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Glenbrook has 3 protected areas 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 Glenbrook0%
Within 10 km0.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 3. The largest named one is Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 1,361 ha.
Griffith Woods ParkMunicipal park · 110 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Fish Creek Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,361 ha · 9.4 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, 74 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
Fish Creek Provincial Park
9.4 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
74 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 9.4 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: 53 km in and around Glenbrook
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
53 km
in and around the town (13.6 km²)
Woodland
0.4%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GlenbrookTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.9
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GlenbrookTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.4%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 83% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 87% 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 Glenbrook
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Glenbrook is best on foot in May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Calgary (Airport) (14 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little 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. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. Precipitation runs from 10 mm in January to 113 mm in June. The climate in Glenbrook →
Things to do
Outdoors around Glenbrook: 113 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 106 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 106
Sirocco Playground (Slides)0.3 km from town
DirectionsSirocco Playground (Swings)0.4 km from town
DirectionsShaganppi Village Playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 103 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 7
Currie Bark Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsKillarney Off Leash Dog Park1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 dog parks without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
5 gardens within reach of Glenbrook
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 · 3.1 km from town
DirectionsBarb Scott ParkGarden or park · 4.0 km from town
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden or park · 4.9 km from town
DirectionsPrince's Island ParkGarden or park · 5.3 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 5.8 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 Glenbrook
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Signal HillRosscarrockGlamorganWestgateKillarney/GlengarryCurrie BarracksGlenbrook
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenbrook | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Signal Hill 1.2 km | 0.9% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosscarrock 1.5 km | 0.6% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Glamorgan 1.5 km | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Westgate 1.6 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Killarney/Glengarry 1.7 km | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Currie Barracks 2.5 km | 1.9% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Glamorgan and Currie Barracks have twice as much or more.
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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
Questions about the outdoors in Glenbrook
What is the biggest park or reserve near Glenbrook?
Fish Creek Provincial Park: 1,361 ha, a provincial park.
Are there protected areas near Glenbrook?
Yes: 0.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Glenbrook?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 9.4 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Glenbrook?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Glenbrook from a national park?
Banff National Park is closest, at 74 km.
Sources
The sources behind Glenbrook’s 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).