First pick
Patterson Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Tiado · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Claresholm · parks, protected land & trails
14 km from Claresholm to Willow Creek Provincial Park
The protected share within 10 km is 0%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 91 km separate the town from Waterton Lakes National Park, its nearest national park.
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
91 km
Waterton Lakes National Park
Nearest provincial park
14 km
Willow Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
Claresholm 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. 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 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
Among 40 towns its size, Claresholm is 3rd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,175 to 4,310 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
Claresholm0%
Towns its size2.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Claresholm0
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Claresholm0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Claresholm is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Pocatière QC | 35% | 0.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 31% | 24 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay BC | 22% | 2.9% | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo BC | 16% | 17% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Victoria County, Subdivision B NS | 12% | 17% | 244 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Westphal NS | 12% | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Carleton-sur-Mer QC | 10% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Spring Valley ON | 6.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Bruleville ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Grand Forks BC | 4.5% | 0.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Port Hardy BC | 4.1% | 2.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Simonds NB | 3.9% | 12% | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 17 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 18 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Stellarton NS | 3.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ormstown QC | 2.9% | 1.6% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 22 | Templemead ON | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Vermilion AB | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lantzville BC | 1.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | St. George MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 29 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Discovery Ridge AB | 0.5% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Wildwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Callaghan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Jackson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | East Angus QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Napierville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Claresholm AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mayliewan AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Claresholm
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Claresholm
Largest first: Patterson Park leads with 0.3 ha. Numbers match 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
About 7 in 10 of Claresholm’s residents are 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 (72%)Further (28%)
Claresholm72%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 1,200 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Claresholm
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Willow Creek Provincial Park, 14 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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
Waterton Lakes National Park, 91 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
Willow Creek Provincial Park
14 km north-west0.8 km²since 1957
National park
Waterton Lakes National Park
91 km south505 km²since 1895
Willow Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 14 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
7 km of paths in and around Claresholm
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
6.8 km
in and around the town (32 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
ClaresholmTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClaresholmTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 77% 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 named walking route passes Claresholm 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.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. 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
Claresholm is best on foot in July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Claresholm (4.7 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 15 | 22 | 33 | 68 | 93 | 47 | 43 | 42 | 20 | 18 | 16 |
Snowfall averages 111 cm a year. Daytime highs run from 0 °C in January up to 25 °C in July. Precipitation runs from 13 mm in January to 93 mm in June. The climate in Claresholm →
Things to do
Outdoors around Claresholm: 3 places to go
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, 3 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Claresholm
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–48 km from Claresholm.
Willow Creek No. 26Fort MacleodNantonNoblefordVulcanClaresholm
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claresholm | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willow Creek No. 26 10 km | 1.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Macleod 36 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nanton 38 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobleford 42 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vulcan 48 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Willow Creek No. 26 has at least twice the protected share around it.
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. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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 Claresholm
What is the best season to get outdoors in Claresholm?
July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Claresholm?
It is Willow Creek Provincial Park, 14 km away.
Is Claresholm near a national park?
It is Waterton Lakes National Park, 91 km off.
Sources
Where Claresholm’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.
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).