First pick
Buckmaster Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
1.0 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lower Mount Royal · parks, protected land & trails
Fish Creek Provincial Park is 11 km from Lower Mount Royal
For walks, the Calgary Plus 15 runs within 2 km. For a swim, Trout Beach is the beach within 5 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.6%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
78 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Lower Mount Royal 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. 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 km0.6%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches 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, Lower Mount Royal is 13th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,086 to 3,184 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
Lower Mount Royal0.6%
Towns its size3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lower Mount Royal2
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lower Mount Royal1
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Lower Mount Royal is weakest for protected land nearby: 27 of 39 have more.
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 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 5 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 19 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Admaston/Bromley ON | 0.7% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Lower Mount Royal
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Lower Mount Royal
Largest first: Buckmaster Park leads with 1.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
7 named parks and woods, 4 ha in all
Parks & gardens 3.9 ha
Most of it sits in Buckmaster Park and Beaulieu Gardens: 45% together.
Beaulieu Gardens
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
0.8 ha0.5 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Barb Scott Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lower Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
Thomson Family Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lower Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
Connaught Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lower Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
Mount Royal Community Association
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.6 ha
Centralin the middle of Lower Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
Tomkins Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Lower Mount Royal
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 Lower Mount Royal 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%)
Lower Mount Royal100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
2 protected areas lie within 10 km of Lower Mount Royal
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lower Mount Royal0%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 2 is private. Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary is the biggest, 111 ha.
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Griffith Woods ParkMunicipal park · 110 ha · 7.5 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
78 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
Fish Creek Provincial Park
11 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
78 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 11 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: 22 km in and around Lower Mount Royal
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
22 km
in and around the town (6.2 km²)
Woodland
0.5%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Lower Mount RoyalTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.6
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Lower Mount RoyalTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 86% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 79% 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
Lower Mount Royal has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Calgary Plus 1510.5 km
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 Lower Mount Royal: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Calgary (Airport) (11 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 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-2 °C). Most rain and snow falls in June, 113 mm; January sees 10 mm. Winter brings about 139 cm of snow. The climate in Lower Mount Royal →
Beaches
The beach near Lower Mount Royal: Trout Beach, 2.6 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Trout Beachrock · 2.6 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
5 viewpoints near Lower Mount Royal
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 53.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 53
Blue Planet Child Care Outdoor Playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 52 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 9
Knobhill Off-Leash Park0.8 km from town
DirectionsBLVD Bark1.3 km from town
DirectionsKillarney Off Leash Dog Park2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 dog parks 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
Near Lower Mount Royal: 5 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 · 0.4 km from town
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden or park · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsPrince's Island ParkGarden or park · 2.0 km from town
DirectionsRotary ParkGarden or park · 2.4 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 Lower Mount Royal
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Upper Mount RoyalBeltlineBankviewSunaltaDowntown West EndMissionLower Mount Royal
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mount Royal | 0.6% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Upper Mount Royal 0.6 km | 0.8% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Beltline 0.8 km | 0.5% | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bankview 0.9 km | 0.6% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sunalta 1.2 km | 0.6% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Downtown West End 1.2 km | 0.5% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Mission 1.3 km | 0.4% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Lower Mount Royal.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Lower Mount Royal
Is Lower Mount Royal near a national park?
The nearest is Banff National Park, 78 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Lower Mount Royal?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Lower Mount Royal?
Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, a wildlife area of 111 ha.
Are there hiking trails near Lower Mount Royal?
Try the Calgary Plus 15.
What is the nearest beach to Lower Mount Royal?
Try Trout Beach, 2.6 km from town.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Lower Mount Royal?
The closest is Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 11 km.
Are there protected areas near Lower Mount Royal?
Yes: 0.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Lower Mount Royal
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).