First pick
Camrose County Nature Conservation Centre
Park or garden
16 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
10 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: jayscratch from Victoria, B.C., Canada · CC BY-SA 2.01.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Camrose County · parks, protected land & trails
Camrose County is 24 km from Elk Island National Park
OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. Within 10 km of the town, 1.4% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 148 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land
1.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
148
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
24 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Camrose County, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyElk Island National Park, 24 km awayA provincial park at the edgeMiquelon Lake Provincial Park reaches the town
Camrose County is strongest on Elk Island National Park within easy reach, with a provincial park at its edge close behind.
Against other towns
How Camrose County 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Camrose County is 14th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,744 to 9,157 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
Camrose County1.4%
Towns its size3.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Camrose County3
Towns its size8
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Camrose County0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Camrose County is weakest for public protected areas: 26 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 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Beaver Bank NS | 8.2% | 3.8% | 31 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Slope BC | 5.8% | 0% | 39 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Corktown ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Grande Cache AB | 5.5% | 2.2% | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | H-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Clayton Heights BC | 5.4% | 2.3% | 131 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 16 | Rosewood Park BC | 4.5% | 0% | 130 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 | Sundance AB | 3.3% | 34% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | North Central SK | 3.2% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Fish Creek Park AB | 3.2% | 53% | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 24 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval QC | 1.7% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Kimberley BC | 1.5% | 1.2% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Camrose County AB | 1.4% | 1.3% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Churchville ON | 1.2% | 2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hampton Village SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Booth MB | 0.9% | 1% | 20 | 1 | 37 |
| 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 | Coaticook QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 36 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Camrose County on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The town’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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Camrose County
The biggest is Camrose County Nature Conservation Centre, 16 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
Most of Camrose County is more than a short walk from 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 (2.1%)Further (98%)
Camrose County2.1%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 8,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Around Camrose County, protected areas make up 1.4%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Camrose County1.3%
Within 10 km1.4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 3 of the 148. Another 40 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Miquelon Lake Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,277 ha · reaches Camrose County
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
Big parks near Camrose County
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
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
At the edge · north13 km²since 1958
National park
Elk Island National Park
24 km north194 km²since 1913
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: 86 km in and around Camrose County
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
86 km
in and around the town (3,901.8 km²)
Woodland
1.7%
about 65.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Camrose CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Camrose CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 77% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 96% 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 Camrose County
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 town 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
The best months for walking in Camrose County: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Camrose, 14 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 72 | 73 | 44 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 10 |
Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 23 °C in July. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 73 mm; February sees 9 mm. The climate in Camrose County →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Camrose County, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
43 things to do outdoors near Camrose County
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 28 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Edmonton and Area Land Trust - Ministikin town
DirectionsBuffalo Lake Provincial Recreation Area0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 28
Friendship Centenniel Playgroundin town
DirectionsNew Norway Playgroundin town
DirectionsLions Creative Playground1.1 km from town
DirectionsElliott Drive Park1.1 km from town
DirectionsDuggan Mall Tot Lot Playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 23 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 13
New Norway Campgroundin town
DirectionsPelican Point Campgroundin town
DirectionsRoss' Flats Campgroundin town
DirectionsVillage of Hay Lakes Telegraph Parkin town
DirectionsLone Prairie Camp0.0 km from town
DirectionsBashaw Campground0.0 km from town
DirectionsJohnsons Beach Campground1.6 km from town
DirectionsCentennial Park Campground1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Camrose County
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Camrose County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–48 km out.
CamroseBeaver CountyWetaskiwinTofieldCamrose County
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camrose County | 1.4% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| Camrose 12 km | 0.9% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaver County 38 km | 6.8% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| Wetaskiwin 45 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tofield 48 km | 18% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Around Beaver County and Tofield the protected share is at least double. For walking routes, Beaver County leads the area with 2.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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 Camrose County
Is Camrose County near a national park?
Elk Island National Park, 24 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Camrose County?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Are there protected areas near Camrose County?
Within 10 km, 1.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Camrose County?
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park: 1,277 ha, a provincial park.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Camrose County?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near Camrose County?
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park touches the town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Camrose County
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).