First pick
Lake Sundance
Park or garden
7.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sundance
Lake Sundance Walking PathSundace Lake Walking PathSundance Lake Walking Path
Directionsto a point inside
3.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sundance · parks, protected land & trails
34% of Sundance itself is protected land
Within 5 km are 14 beaches; Sikome Lake North is the nearest. Within 10 km is a single protected area. The nearest national park is Banff National Park, 86 km away.
Protected land
3.3%
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
86 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Beaches
14
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Sundance apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land in town34% of Sundance itself lies in protected areasBeaches14 beaches within 5 kmA provincial park at the edgeFish Creek Provincial Park reaches the town
Sundance is strongest on protected land inside its own boundary, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Sundance 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km3.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town34%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
Beaches14Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Sundance comes 16th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,864 to 9,224 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
Sundance3.3%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sundance1
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sundance0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sundance does best for protected land nearby: 15 of the other 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 31 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea QC | 27% | 65% | 55 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Crescent Heights BC | 27% | 13% | 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Queenswood Heights ON | 14% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Fall River NS | 11% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Beaver Bank NS | 8.2% | 3.8% | 31 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Saint-Robert QC | 7.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | South Slope BC | 5.8% | 0% | 39 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Corktown ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Grande Cache AB | 5.5% | 2.2% | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 11 | H-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Clayton Heights BC | 5.4% | 2.3% | 131 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Saint-Apollinaire QC | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Rosewood Park BC | 4.5% | 0% | 130 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Sundance AB | 3.3% | 34% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | North Central SK | 3.2% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Fish Creek Park AB | 3.2% | 53% | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Riverbend AB | 3.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Fletchers Meadow South ON | 2.7% | 11% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Old East York ON | 2.4% | 4.6% | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| 22 | Stony Mountain MB | 2.3% | 2.3% | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval QC | 1.7% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's NL | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| 25 | Kimberley BC | 1.5% | 1.2% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Camrose County AB | 1.4% | 1.3% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Churchville ON | 1.2% | 2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Hampton Village SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Booth MB | 0.9% | 1% | 20 | 1 | 37 |
| 30 | Barbertown ON | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Silver Springs AB | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Kings County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Hawkwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | La Salle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Coaticook QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 38 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Mount Pleasant AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
The map
Sundance 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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Sundance
The biggest is Lake Sundance, 7.3 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 Sundance 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%)
Sundance100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 3.3% of the land near Sundance
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sundance34%
Within 10 km3.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is publicly owned.
Fish Creek Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,361 ha · reaches Sundance
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, 86 km off
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
At the edge14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
86 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Sundance has 90 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
90 km
in and around the town (18 km²)
Woodland
3.2%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SundanceTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths5
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SundanceTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.2%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 92% of Canadian towns. For woods, 69% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Sundance 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.
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
Sundance is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 25 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 | 14.5 | 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 |
Daytime highs run from -2 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. Precipitation runs from 10 mm in January to 113 mm in June. Snowfall averages 139 cm a year. The climate in Sundance →
Beaches
Sundance has 14 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sikome Lake Northsand · in town
DirectionsSikome Lake Southsand · in town
DirectionsSikome Lake Westsand · in town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap marks 3 as sandy. There are also 11 beaches without a name. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Sundance: 2 viewpoints, 2 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 84 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Aspen Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 84
Division 1in town
DirectionsDivision 2in town
DirectionsTree House Indoor Playground0.9 km from town
DirectionsSpider Web Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsJanet Johnstone Playground1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 79 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Sundance: Olympic Plaza, 15 km away
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Olympic PlazaGarden or park · 15 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 Sundance
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ChaparralMidnaporeParklandShawnessyWaldenSomersetSundance
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, no neighbour of Sundance doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Sundance
How far is Sundance from a national park?
Banff National Park, 86 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Sundance?
The nearest is Sikome Lake North, in town.
How much land around Sundance is protected?
Yes: 3.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sundance?
Fish Creek Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
What is the largest protected area near Sundance?
It is Fish Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 1,361 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Sundance?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Sundance’s outdoors figures
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).