First pick
Red and Orange Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Daniel from Glasgow, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Saddle Ridge · parks, protected land & trails
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 21 km away, is the closest provincial park to Saddle Ridge
Within 10 km of the town, 0% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Banff National Park is the closest national park, 85 km from town.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
85 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
21 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Saddle Ridge compares with 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas0Areas 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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Saddle Ridge
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (21,062 to 22,026 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
Saddle Ridge0%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saddle Ridge0
Towns its size6
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saddle Ridge0
Towns its size1
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Saddle Ridge trails its peers is walking routes; 20 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorval QC | 20% | 0.2% | 38 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Dunbar-Southlands BC | 17% | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 4 | Mont-Bleu QC | 17% | 12% | 33 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cornell ON | 12% | 16% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Upper Lachine QC | 12% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | South End NS | 11% | 4.5% | 19 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | South Frontenac ON | 9.4% | 13% | 89 | 18 | 5 |
| 9 | Varennes QC | 9.3% | 6.2% | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Colchester County, Subdivision B NS | 9% | 4.9% | 84 | 10 | 5 |
| 11 | Rivière-des-Prairies QC | 8.8% | 8.6% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Petite-Bourgogne QC | 8.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Ile-des-Soeurs QC | 7.8% | 8% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay QC | 6.9% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Old Barrhaven West ON | 6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cole Harbour NS | 4.4% | 6.9% | 22 | 2 | 17 |
| 17 | Sandalwood East (mountainash) ON | 4.3% | 11% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Black Creek ON | 2.7% | 1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | East L'Amoreaux ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | L'Amoreaux West ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Port Colborne ON | 2% | 2.1% | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Chameran/Montpellier QC | 1.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | The Beaches ON | 1.9% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 44 |
| 24 | Carling ON | 1.7% | 3.5% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Englemount-Lawrence ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Sunningdale ON | 1.4% | 1.6% | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | White Oaks ON | 1.4% | 0.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | South Parkdale ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 29 | Kingsview Village-The Westway ON | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Oakdale-Beverley Heights ON | 0.9% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Sturgeon County AB | 0.8% | 0.7% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 32 | Middlesex Centre ON | 0.5% | 0.5% | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Lloydminster (Part) AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Tillsonburg ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakeview ON | 0.2% | 0.8% | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 36 | Forest Glade ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Steinbach MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Riverside ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Evanston AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saddle Ridge AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Saddle Ridge on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 named parks and woods to walk in near Saddle Ridge
Red and Orange Park is the largest, at 1.2 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Blue Orange Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom 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
Almost everyone in Saddle Ridge 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 (97%)Further (3.1%)
Saddle Ridge97%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,000 people more than a short walk away. It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Saddle Ridge
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 21 km away.
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
85 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
21 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
85 km west6,641 km²since 1885
Nearer still is Fish Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 21 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
Saddle Ridge and its edge hold 53 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
53 km
in and around the town (22.8 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
Saddle RidgeTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saddle RidgeTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 61% 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 Saddle Ridge
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the neighbourhood is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
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 Saddle Ridge: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 5.2 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 |
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. Most rain and snow falls in June, 113 mm; January sees 10 mm. The climate in Saddle Ridge →
Things to do
Near Saddle Ridge: 64 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.
The map shows 63 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 63
Ted Harrison Inclusive Playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 62 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Saddle Ridge: 2 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.
Prince's Island ParkGarden or park · 11 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 Saddle Ridge
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
TaradaleCityscapeMartindaleFalconridgeCastleridgeCoral SpringsSaddle Ridge
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Ridge | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taradale 1.4 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cityscape 2.1 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Martindale 2.2 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falconridge 3.3 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleridge 3.3 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coral Springs 3.4 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Saddle Ridge’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- 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. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Saddle Ridge
Is there a provincial park near Saddle Ridge?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 21 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Saddle Ridge?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Saddle Ridge?
Banff National Park, 85 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Saddle Ridge’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).