First pick
École La Mosaïque
Park or garden
3.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Martindale
Directionsto a point inside
0.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Martindale · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Martindale is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 19 km away
0.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). Biggest among them: Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 8.5 km off. 84 km separate the town from Banff National Park, its nearest national park.
Protected land
0.2%
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
84 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
Martindale 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.2%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
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Martindale has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (14,195 to 14,738 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
Martindale0.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Martindale1
Towns its size7
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Martindale0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Martindale lags towns its size: 34 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravenhurst ON | 18% | 24% | 27 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Chapel Hill South ON | 12% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bayshore ON | 11% | 0% | 23 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | La Crète AB | 11% | 7.9% | 9 | 0 | 112 |
| 5 | Mont-Laurier QC | 9.7% | 4.6% | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Vieux-Montréal QC | 8% | 0% | 28 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Maricourt QC | 6.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Peace Village ON | 5.7% | 0.6% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Maizerets QC | 5.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Vieux-Limoilou QC | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy QC | 4.8% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Guildford BC | 4.5% | 4% | 125 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Val-des-Monts QC | 4.4% | 2.6% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Bourg-Royal QC | 4.1% | 0.5% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Tiny ON | 3.9% | 7.9% | 23 | 0 | 61 |
| 16 | Long Sault ON | 2.6% | 2.5% | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Louis-Hébert QC | 2.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Southcrest ON | 2.5% | 7.8% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | South Glengarry ON | 2.3% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Ridgehill / Armbro Heights ON | 2.3% | 9.7% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Harbour Landing SK | 2.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Prévost QC | 2.1% | 3.5% | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | South London ON | 2% | 1.2% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Rosemère QC | 1.8% | 2.4% | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Colchester County, Subdivision C NS | 1.7% | 1.8% | 125 | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | Hickory Woods ON | 1.6% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Forest Heights ON | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Lawrence Park North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Pont-Viau QC | 1.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Roncesvalles ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 31 | Briar Hill-Belgravia ON | 1% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Lacombe AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Durham ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Junction Area ON | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| 35 | Warman SK | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Martindale AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Truro NS | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | Mount Forest ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Grand Falls-Windsor NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Portage la Prairie MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Martindale on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Martindale
École La Mosaïque is the largest, at 3.8 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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 Martindale 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%)
Martindale100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Martindale
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Martindale0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public.
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 8.5 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
Banff National Park is 84 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
19 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
84 km west6,641 km²since 1885
Closer to home, Fish Creek Provincial Park is 19 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
Martindale and its edge hold 43 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
43 km
in and around the town (12.6 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
MartindaleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MartindaleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 77% 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 named walking route passes Martindale on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Martindale: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 3.7 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 |
Snow totals about 139 cm a year. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -2 °C in January. January is the driest month at 10 mm; June the wettest at 113 mm. The climate in Martindale →
Things to do
Near Martindale: 72 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 69 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 69
Ted Harrison Inclusive Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 68 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Falconridge Off-Leash Area1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park 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
3 gardens and historic parks to visit near Martindale
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 · 9.2 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 9.4 km from town
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden or park · 10.0 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 Martindale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CastleridgeTaradaleFalconridgeSaddle RidgeCoral SpringsCityscapeMartindale
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martindale | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleridge 1.3 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taradale 1.9 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falconridge 2.0 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saddle Ridge 2.2 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coral Springs 2.6 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cityscape 3.0 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Martindale has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Martindale
Are there protected areas near Martindale?
Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Martindale?
It is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 19 km away.
What is the nearest national park to Martindale?
It is Banff National Park, 84 km off.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Martindale?
Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary: 111 ha, a wildlife area.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Martindale?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Martindale’s outdoors figures come from
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).