First pick
Bridlewood Wetlands
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
9.5 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
4.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Silverado · parks, protected land & trails
Beaches near Silverado: 6 within 5 km
The closest provincial park is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 2.7 km from the edge of town. 8.1 km out lies the largest, Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, at 1,943 ha. 4.7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
4.7%
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
85 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.7 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Silverado 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. 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 km4.7%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 routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Silverado comes 12th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,451 to 9,852 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
Silverado4.7%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Silverado2
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Silverado0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Silverado sits near the top of its size group: 11 of 39 have more. For public protected areas, though, 24 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Revelstoke BC | 16% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Manor Park ON | 11% | 4.1% | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | Oromocto NB | 6.6% | 3.8% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Castlegar BC | 6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Lakelands Village ON | 5.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Otterburn Park QC | 5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Silverado AB | 4.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Qualicum Beach BC | 4.4% | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Charlesbourg QC | 3.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Northeast SK | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Richmond ON | 2.5% | 0.2% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | North London ON | 1.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Steeles Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Avalon SK | 1.6% | 0.7% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Daniel McIntyre MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 28 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 29 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies QC | 1.2% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Rustic ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Aspen Woods AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Plympton-Wyoming ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 38 | Saint-Rémi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Coaldale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Olds AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Silverado
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Silverado
The biggest is Bridlewood Wetlands, 9.5 ha. Biggest first, 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
All of Silverado is within a short walk of 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%)
Silverado100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
4.7% of the country within 10 km of Silverado is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Silverado0%
Within 10 km4.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Each of the 2 is held by a public body. At 1,943 ha, Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area is the largest.
Fish Creek Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,361 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation AreaNature reserve · 1,943 ha · 8.1 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
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
2.7 km north-east14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
85 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
Closer to home, Fish Creek Provincial Park is 2.7 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
66 km of paths in and around Silverado
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
66 km
in and around the town (29.1 km²)
Woodland
3.5%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SilveradoTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SilveradoTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.5%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 60% of Canadian towns. 67% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Silverado
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
Walking season in Silverado: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Calgary (Airport) (27 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 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| 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. The wettest month, June, brings 113 mm, against 10 mm in January. The climate in Silverado →
Beaches
The shore near Silverado
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sikome Lake Southsand · 3.3 km from town
DirectionsSikome Lake Westsand · 3.3 km from town
DirectionsSikome Lake Northsand · 3.5 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap marks 3 as sandy. 3 more are mapped without a name. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
2 waterfalls near Silverado
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, 72 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 72
Yorkville Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsWalden Terrace Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsLegacy Orange Playground1.8 km from town
DirectionsSpider Web Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsJanet Johnstone Playground1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 67 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Yorkville Dog Parkin town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Silverado
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
SomersetShawnessyWaldenBridlewoodSundanceChaparralSilverado
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No place nearby has double Silverado’s share of protected land.
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. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Silverado
What is the nearest provincial park to Silverado?
It is Fish Creek Provincial Park, 2.7 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Silverado?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Which is the biggest protected area near Silverado?
Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area: 1,943 ha, a nature reserve.
How much land around Silverado is protected?
Yes: 4.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a beach near Silverado?
Try Sikome Lake South, 3.3 km from town, first of several.
How far is Silverado from a national park?
It is Banff National Park, 85 km off.
Sources
Sources for this page on Silverado
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.
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).