First pick
Edgemont Ravine
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
56 ha6.1 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.1 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Hawkwood · parks, protected land & trails
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is 7.7 km from Hawkwood
Close by: one protected area. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Banff National Park, at 69 km. For a swim, Bowmont Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
0.5%
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
69 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
7.7 km
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Hawkwood, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.5%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
Hawkwood has the 7th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,016 to 9,357 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
Hawkwood0.5%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Hawkwood1
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Hawkwood0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Hawkwood trails its peers is protected land nearby; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Rivers PE | 31% | 4.4% | 64 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Crescent Heights BC | 27% | 13% | 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Mount Royale NS | 15% | 24% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park ON | 13% | 1.7% | 30 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fall River NS | 11% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Centrepointe - Briargreen ON | 11% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Beaver Bank NS | 8.2% | 3.8% | 31 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Burnaby Mountain BC | 8.1% | 0% | 36 | 2 | 84 |
| 9 | Saint-Robert QC | 7.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Strathcona ON | 6% | 13% | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Boischatel QC | 5.9% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | H-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Vankleek Hill ON | 5.2% | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Saint-Apollinaire QC | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | L'Épiphanie QC | 4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge SK | 3.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sundance AB | 3.3% | 34% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Thistletown-Beaumond Heights ON | 3.2% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Central SK | 3.2% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Fish Creek Park AB | 3.2% | 53% | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | Riverbend AB | 3.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Fletchers Meadow South ON | 2.7% | 11% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Old East York ON | 2.4% | 4.6% | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| 24 | Stony Mountain MB | 2.3% | 2.3% | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval QC | 1.7% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's NL | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| 27 | Kimberley BC | 1.5% | 1.2% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Churchville ON | 1.2% | 2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hampton Village SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Booth MB | 0.9% | 1% | 20 | 1 | 37 |
| 31 | University Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | Barbertown ON | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Silver Springs AB | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Hawkwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | La Salle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Downtown Commercial Core AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Coaticook QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Amber Trails MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mount Pleasant AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Cooksville NHD (East) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Hawkwood
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Hawkwood
The biggest is Edgemont Ravine, 56 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 80 ha in all
Parks & gardens 80 ha
Add Edgemont Ravine to Area 1 and you have 80% of it.
Area 1
Park or garden
7.7 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dalhousie off-leash area 2
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
6.4 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
1.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ranchero Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
6.2 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Area 2
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
3.7 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
0.9 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
In Hawkwood, 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%)
Hawkwood100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Hawkwood 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 Hawkwood0%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is publicly owned.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,337 ha · 7.7 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
69 km to Banff National 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
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
7.7 km west13 km²since 2008
National park
Banff National Park
69 km west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, at 7.7 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Hawkwood has 81 km of footpaths in and around it
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
81 km
in and around the town (13.6 km²)
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HawkwoodTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths5.9
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HawkwoodTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
77% of Canadian towns are more wooded. It has more footpath per km² than 96% 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 Hawkwood
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
Walking season in Hawkwood: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 11 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. Daytime highs run from -2 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. Most rain and snow falls in June, 113 mm; January sees 10 mm. The climate in Hawkwood →
Beaches
Beaches near Hawkwood: 2 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Bowmont Beach3.0 km from town
DirectionsBowmont Beach3.1 km from town
DirectionsCanada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Hawkwood: 4 viewpoints on the map
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: 109 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 109
Hawkland Playgroundin town
DirectionsHawktree Playgroundin town
DirectionsEdgebyne Community Playground0.5 km from town
DirectionsBlue Imp1.0 km from town
DirectionsArbour Lake School Playground1.5 km from town
DirectionsDigger Park1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 103 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Dalhousie off-leash area 20.4 km from town
DirectionsOff-leash area1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Hawkwood
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 · 9.8 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 11 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 Hawkwood
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RanchlandsCitadelEdgemontArbour LakeDalhousieHamptonsHawkwood
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkwood | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ranchlands 1.5 km | 0.6% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Citadel 2.0 km | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Edgemont 2.0 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arbour Lake 2.3 km | 1.2% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dalhousie 2.5 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hamptons 2.5 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Arbour Lake has at least twice the protected share around it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Hawkwood
What is the nearest beach to Hawkwood?
Try Bowmont Beach, 3.0 km from town, first of several.
Is there protected land near Hawkwood?
Protected areas cover 0.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Hawkwood?
Banff National Park is closest, at 69 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Hawkwood?
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, 7.7 km from the edge of town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Hawkwood?
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park: 1,337 ha, a provincial park.
When is the best time for walking in Hawkwood?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Hawkwood’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).