First pick
Poplar District Park
Park or garden
13 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Belle Rive
Directionsto a point inside
–Not graded
Outdoors in Belle Rive · parks, protected land & trails
Within 34 km of Belle Rive: Elk Island National Park
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
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
34 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Belle Rive 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
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, Belle Rive is 3rd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,874 to 4,030 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
Belle Rive0%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Belle Rive0
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Belle Rive0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Belle Rive lags towns its size: 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay BC | 30% | 23% | 41 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay BC | 11% | 4.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Lamont County AB | 9.6% | 2.2% | 51 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Okanagan Falls BC | 9.1% | 18% | 34 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS | 7.5% | 14% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Ainslie Wood West ON | 7.5% | 15% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | East Lawrencetown NS | 5.9% | 2.4% | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Stinson ON | 4.9% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Normanview Residents Group SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fairview AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Belmead AB | 3.7% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | New Richmond QC | 3.4% | 0.5% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard QC | 3% | 0.2% | 20 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré QC | 3% | 0.2% | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| 17 | Callander ON | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Lisgar ON | 2.8% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Auditorium ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Keswick AB | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kentley ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 23 | Bridgeport East ON | 1.2% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Forty Mile County No. 8 AB | 1.1% | 1.6% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Haddow AB | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Livingston AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Mission Gardens MB | 0.5% | 2.3% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Leila North MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Templeton-Sinclair MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Pasadena NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Fraser AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Maple AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Watford ON | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Danville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Morris-Turnberry ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Pincher Creek AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Fort Macleod AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Belle Rive AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Parkdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | York AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Belle Rive on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
6 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Belle Rive
The biggest is Poplar District Park, 13 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 33 ha in all
Parks & gardens 33 ha
61% of the area is in just two places: Poplar District Park and Eaux Claires Park.
Eaux Claires Park
Park or garden
7.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Klarvatten Park
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
6.9 ha0.4 km of path
1.3 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
G. Edmund Kelly Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
4.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dr. William Rowan Park
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
0.6 ha
0.9 km south-westfrom 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 Belle Rive 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%)
Belle Rive100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Belle Rive
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 11 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
Parks around Belle Rive
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
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
11 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
34 km east194 km²since 1913
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 11 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: 37 km in and around Belle Rive
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
37 km
in and around the town (9.3 km²)
Woodland
0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Belle RiveTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths4
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Belle RiveTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.1%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 84% of Canadian towns. For woods, 93% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Belle Rive 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.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Belle Rive: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 6.6 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 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 44 | 70 | 83 | 61 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 12 |
Expect 83 mm in July, warm and wet, and 12 mm in February. Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. Snowfall averages 124 cm a year. The climate in Belle Rive →
Things to do
Outdoors around Belle Rive: 32 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 (31).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 31
G. Edmund Kelly Spray Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 30 playgrounds 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
William Hawrelak Park, 11 km from Belle Rive, 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.
William Hawrelak ParkGarden 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 Belle Rive
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
MayliewanEaux ClairesEvansdaleOzernaLago LindoKilkennyBelle Rive
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Rive | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayliewan 0.5 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eaux Claires 1.1 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evansdale 1.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozerna 1.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lago Lindo 1.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilkenny 1.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Belle Rive’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- 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 Belle Rive
What is the nearest national park to Belle Rive?
It is Elk Island National Park, 34 km off.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Belle Rive?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Belle Rive?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 11 km away.
Sources
Where Belle Rive’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).