First pick
Manmeet Singh Park
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Taradale · parks, protected land & trails
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away, is the closest provincial park to Taradale
Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. One protected area is close by. Biggest among them: Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 111 ha, 8.4 km off.
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
86 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Taradale, set against 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. 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 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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Taradale
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (17,494 to 18,446 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
Taradale0.2%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Taradale1
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Taradale0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Taradale trails its peers is protected land nearby; 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fallingbrook ON | 14% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Central Saanich BC | 9.2% | 3.3% | 35 | 2 | 29 |
| 3 | Sainte-Catherine QC | 7.9% | 6.3% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Unionville ON | 7.5% | 0% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Yorkton SK | 6.4% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Lake Country BC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 20 | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Schmidtville NS | 5.9% | 0% | 16 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Iberville QC | 5.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Fraser Heights BC | 4.1% | 24% | 129 | 4 | 6 |
| 10 | Royal Oak BC | 4.1% | 0% | 27 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux QC | 4% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 8 |
| 12 | L'Ancienne-Lorette QC | 3.9% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Centre ON | 3.8% | 12% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Parc-Laurier QC | 3.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Morningside ON | 3% | 27% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | McKenzie Towne AB | 3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Auburn Bay AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Bay-Cloverhill ON | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 9 | 18 |
| 19 | Downtown Yonge East ON | 2.3% | 0% | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 20 | Victoria Village ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Credit Valley ON | 2.2% | 5.5% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Thornhill ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Greater Napanee ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Cold Lake AB | 1.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Port Elgin ON | 1.6% | 6.2% | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 26 | Mahogany AB | 1.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 27 | Clanton Park ON | 1.3% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Downsview ON | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Oakbank MB | 0.8% | 0.8% | 22 | 7 | 1 |
| 30 | Collingwood BC | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | Edmundston NB | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Swift Current SK | 0.6% | 0.2% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Listowel ON | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Sylvan Lake AB | 0.5% | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Brookhaven-Amesbury ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Port Hope ON | 0.3% | 0.1% | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Brooks AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mimico-Queensway ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 39 | DT Fairview ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Taradale AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Taradale 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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Taradale
Manmeet Singh Park is the largest, at 2.8 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Red and Orange Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Blue Orange Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
0.7 km north-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
Every resident of Taradale 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%)
Taradale100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Taradale has 1 protected area within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Taradale0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
The area is public.
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 8.4 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 86 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
18 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
86 km west6,641 km²since 1885
Fish Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 18 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 44 km in and around Taradale
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
44 km
in and around the town (19.5 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
TaradaleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TaradaleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 60% 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 Taradale
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Taradale: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 5.5 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 |
About 139 cm of snow falls in a year. January is the driest month at 10 mm; June the wettest at 113 mm. January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 24 °C. The climate in Taradale →
Things to do
Outdoors around Taradale: 88 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 85 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 85
Ted Harrison Inclusive Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 84 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Falconridge Off-Leash Area0.8 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 Taradale
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
DirectionsDevonian GardensGarden 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 Taradale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saddle RidgeMartindaleCoral SpringsFalconridgeCastleridgeCityscapeTaradale
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taradale | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saddle Ridge 1.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martindale 1.9 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coral Springs 2.1 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Falconridge 2.2 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Castleridge 2.6 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cityscape 3.4 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Taradale has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Taradale
When is the best time for walking in Taradale?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Taradale?
It is Inglewood Migratory Bird Sanctuary, a wildlife area covering 111 ha.
How far is Taradale from a national park?
Banff National Park is closest, at 86 km.
Are there protected areas near Taradale?
Within 10 km, 0.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Taradale?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 18 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Taradale
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).