Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, 23 km away, is the closest provincial park to Redstone
0% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 83 km away.
Redstone 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Redstone
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,990 to 13,453 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Redstone is weakest for public protected areas: 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Windsor Park NS | 7.6% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Deerfield ON | 5.2% | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Carrville Corners ON | 4.1% | 0.5% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Peel Village ON | 3.8% | 0.9% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | New Brighton AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 23 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | Ayr ON | 2.4% | 1.8% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 26 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 27 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 28 | Rawdon QC | 1.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dakota Crossing MB | 0.8% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Sainte-Julienne QC | 0.2% | 1.7% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where the green is in Redstone
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
In Redstone, parks are rarely a short walk away
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.
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. For about 13,200 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
No protected area lies within 10 km of Redstone
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, 23 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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.
Banff National Park is 83 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.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Banff National Park
A provincial park is closer: Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, at 23 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Redstone has 35 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 56% 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.
No mapped walking route near Redstone
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the neighbourhood; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
The best months for walking in Redstone: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Calgary (Airport) (6.6 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 | 14.6 | 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 |
About 139 cm of snow falls in a year. June is the wettest month (113 mm) and January the driest (10 mm). January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 24 °C. The climate in Redstone →
22 things to do outdoors near Redstone
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
21 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 21
Plus 21 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Redstone
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Sources: 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 to Redstone
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redstone | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skyview Ranch 1.3 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cityscape 2.7 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Saddle Ridge 4.0 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taradale 5.3 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martindale 5.6 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleridge 6.9 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Redstone doubles its share.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Redstone
How far is Redstone from a national park?
The nearest is Banff National Park, 83 km away.
When should you visit Redstone for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Redstone?
The closest is Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, at 23 km.
Sources for this page on Redstone
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).