First pick
Miners Memorial Park
Park or garden
8.1 ha0.5 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: dave_7 from Lethbridge, Canada · CC BY 2.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Coalhurst · parks, protected land & trails
Woolford Provincial Park, 64 km away, is the closest provincial park to Coalhurst
Within 10 km of the town, 0% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. For a national park, Waterton Lakes National Park is 90 km away.
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
90 km
Waterton Lakes National Park
Nearest provincial park
64 km
Woolford Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Coalhurst 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 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
Coalhurst sits 3rd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,190 to 3,298 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
Coalhurst0%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Coalhurst0
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Coalhurst0
Towns its size1
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Coalhurst trails its peers is walking routes; 21 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast BC | 16% | 11% | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | North Cypress-Langford MB | 9.8% | 6.1% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Hill Park ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Marathon ON | 4.6% | 3% | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Pilot Butte SK | 3.8% | 0% | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Lake City BC | 3.7% | 1.2% | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| 17 | Val-Morin QC | 2.5% | 5.7% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Normanhurst ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Athlone AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Cedar Hill ON | 1.9% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Greater Madawaska ON | 1.8% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Erlton AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Jasper Park AB | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Canossa AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Seven Oaks MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rosslyn AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Weinlos AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Hazeldean AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Coalhurst AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Coalhurst
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
4 named parks and woods to walk in near Coalhurst
Miners Memorial Park is the largest, at 8.1 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 12 ha in all
Parks & gardens 12 ha
Two places, Miners Memorial Park and Imperial Meadows Park, make up 85% of the total.
Imperial Meadows Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Coalhurst
Directionsto a point inside
Sundance Ridge Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Coalhurst
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 Coalhurst 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%)
Coalhurst100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Coalhurst, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Woolford Provincial Park, 64 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, 90 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
Woolford Provincial Park
64 km south0.4 km²since 1957
National park
Waterton Lakes National Park
90 km south-west505 km²since 1895
Woolford Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 64 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: 3 km in and around Coalhurst
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
3.2 km
in and around the town (15 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CoalhurstTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CoalhurstTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 77% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 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 Coalhurst
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
Coalhurst is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Lethbridge, 15 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 11 | 10 | 17 | 28 | 57 | 93 | 40 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 12 |
Some 108 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near 0 °C. Precipitation runs from 10 mm in February to 93 mm in June. The climate in Coalhurst →
Things to do
Near Coalhurst: 6 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 5 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 5
Sundance Ridge Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Miners Memorial Park Campground0.0 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, 9.3 km from Coalhurst, is the garden to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Nikka Yuko Japanese GardenGarden or park · 9.3 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 Coalhurst
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LethbridgeLethbridge CountyNoblefordPicture ButteCoalhurst
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalhurst | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lethbridge 8.5 km | 0.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lethbridge County 15 km | 0.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nobleford 18 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Picture Butte 18 km | 1.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Picture Butte has twice as much or more.
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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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 Coalhurst
What is the nearest provincial park to Coalhurst?
Woolford Provincial Park, 64 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Coalhurst?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Coalhurst?
Waterton Lakes National Park, 90 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Coalhurst’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.
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).