First pick
Devon Voyageur Park
Park or garden
19 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Hoots Down BlackHoots Down Blue
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Neil · CC BY 2.01.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Devon · parks, protected land & trails
Within 52 km of Devon: Elk Island National Park
A provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, lies 8.1 km away. OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and Devonian Trail. Count 11 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
1.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
52 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
8.1 km
Big Island Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Devon 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.1%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named 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, Devon is 16th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,794 to 7,131 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
Devon1.1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Devon2
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Devon2
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Devon is weakest for protected land nearby: 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernie BC | 31% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON | 18% | 18% | 136 | 6 | 347 |
| 3 | Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen ON | 14% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Springhill NS | 11% | 9% | 79 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 10% | 91 | 4 | 228 |
| 6 | Lowertown East ON | 11% | 0% | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Kent BC | 8.3% | 8.2% | 16 | 2 | 42 |
| 8 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek ON | 7.1% | 6.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Douglas NB | 6.4% | 9.4% | 54 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Saint-Honoré QC | 5.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 5.4% | 0% | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Perth ON | 5.4% | 0.7% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Hope ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Raleigh ON | 4% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Edgeley ON | 3.9% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Willow Park AB | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Midnapore AB | 3.3% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay BC | 2.3% | 1.5% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Fairwinds BC | 2.2% | 4.7% | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| 20 | Riverdale West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 21 | Sherbrooke AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Parkhill ON | 1.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Meadowood MB | 1.3% | 1.8% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Old Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 29 |
| 25 | Devon AB | 1.1% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Shannon QC | 0.9% | 3.9% | 21 | 1 | 14 |
| 27 | Cougar Ridge AB | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Yarmouth NS | 0.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Rhatigan Ridge AB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh ON | 0.4% | 0.9% | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| 31 | Garden City MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Applewood Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Bridgeland/Riverside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Stephenville NL | 0.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| 35 | Kiniski Gardens AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Tamarack AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Lucan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Gimli MB | 0.1% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 39 | Rhineland MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Wainwright AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Devon
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
7 named parks and woods to walk in near Devon
Devon Voyageur Park is the largest, at 19 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 27 ha in all
Parks & gardens 27 ha
Two places, Devon Voyageur Park and Highwood Park, make up 81% of the total.
Highwood Park
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Devon
Vander Veen Trail
Directionsto a point inside
River Drive Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Centennial Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.3 km of path
1.5 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Devon Off-Leash Dog Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Devon
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
About 9 in 10 of Devon’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 (93%)Further (7%)
Devon93%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 500 people more than a short walk away. Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Around Devon, protected areas make up 1.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Devon0%
Within 10 km1.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 2 of the 11, and private owners the rest. Big Island Provincial Park leads for size with 79 ha. The figures include 9 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Clifford E. Lee Natural AreaNature reserve · 11 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Big Island Provincial ParkProvincial park · 79 ha · 8.1 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
Big parks near Devon
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
Big Island Provincial Park
8.1 km north-east0.8 km²since 2023
National park
Elk Island National Park
52 km east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park 8.1 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Devon has 63 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
63 km
in and around the town (32.7 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 5.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DevonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.9
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DevonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 55% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 64% 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
2 walking routes near Devon
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalLocal
Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw83.8 km
Devonian Trail6.9 km
At 83.8 km, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw is the longest local route.
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 Devon: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (Airport), 10 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 22 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 53 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 15 |
Expect 87 mm in July, warm and wet, and 12 mm in February. Highs peak near 23 °C in July and fall to -7 °C in January. Snow totals about 127 cm a year. The climate in Devon →
Things to do
Outdoors around Devon: 20 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (16).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 16
Ravines Playgroundin town
DirectionsRiver Drive Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Devon Off-Leash Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Devon Lions Park Campgroundin town
DirectionsLeduc No. 1 Campground0.9 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
University of Alberta Botanic Garden, 4.0 km from Devon, 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.
University of Alberta Botanic GardenGarden or park · 4.0 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 Devon
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KeswickCalmarChappelleGlenridding HeightsWindermereAmblesideDevon
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 1.1% | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Keswick 9.9 km | 1.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Calmar 11 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chappelle 11 km | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Glenridding Heights 11 km | 1.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Windermere 12 km | 1% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Ambleside 12 km | 1% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Devon holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Devon
How far is the nearest provincial park from Devon?
It is Big Island Provincial Park, 8.1 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Devon?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the largest protected area near Devon?
It is Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 79 ha.
How far is Devon from a national park?
It is Elk Island National Park, 52 km off.
Where can you walk near Devon?
OpenStreetMap maps the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw and Devonian Trail close by, with others.
How much land around Devon is protected?
Within 10 km, 1.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Devon’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).