First pick
Brintnell Park
Park or garden
5.0 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Brintnell
Directionsto a point inside
0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Brintnell · parks, protected land & trails
Brintnell is 29 km from Elk Island National Park
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 15 km. Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
29 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Brintnell against 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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
Brintnell has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,531 to 6,786 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
Brintnell0.3%
Towns its size3.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Brintnell0
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Brintnell0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Brintnell trails its peers is public protected areas; 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | Old Ottawa South ON | 12% | 5.4% | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlemagne QC | 11% | 1.4% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Harrietsfield NS | 11% | 19% | 33 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Beaverbrook ON | 7.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde QC | 6.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Southern Gulf Islands BC | 6.2% | 26% | 115 | 0 | 83 |
| 12 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC | 5.7% | 21% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Barrington NS | 5.2% | 6.8% | 91 | 0 | 45 |
| 14 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Anniedale BC | 4.5% | 7.9% | 155 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Millrise AB | 4.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Canyon Meadows AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A NS | 3.1% | 1.6% | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 28 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Weston MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Industrial ON | 1.2% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 32 | Spruce Cliff AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Griesbach AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Renfrew AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Brintnell AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Bonnie Doon AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Klarvatten AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Brintnell 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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Brintnell
The biggest is Brintnell Park, 5.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Miller Park
Park or garden · 190 m outside town
4.9 ha
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hollick Kenyon Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
1.7 ha
0.7 km 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
All of Brintnell is within a short walk of 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%)
Brintnell100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
2 protected areas lie within 10 km of Brintnell
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Brintnell0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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 Brintnell
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
15 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
29 km east194 km²since 1913
A provincial park is closer: Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 15 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: 32 km in and around Brintnell
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
32 km
in and around the town (9.3 km²)
Woodland
0.6%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BrintnellTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BrintnellTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.6%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 85% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 77% of Canadian towns have fewer.
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 Brintnell
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the neighbourhood; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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 Brintnell: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 9.2 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 |
Snow totals about 124 cm a year. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 83 mm; February sees 12 mm. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. The climate in Brintnell →
Things to do
Outdoors around Brintnell: 19 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 19.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 19
Brintnell Playgroundin town
DirectionsTreehouse Indoor Playground1.7 km from town
Directionssplash pad1.7 km from town
DirectionsFraser Playground2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Brintnell: William Hawrelak Park, 13 km away
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 · 13 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 Brintnell
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Hollick-KenyonMillerCy BeckerCasselmanMatt BerryKirknessBrintnell
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brintnell | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hollick-Kenyon 0.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miller 1.1 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cy Becker 1.4 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Casselman 1.5 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Berry 1.6 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirkness 1.7 km | 0.2% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Around Brintnell, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Brintnell
How far is the nearest provincial park from Brintnell?
The closest is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 15 km.
How much land around Brintnell is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
When is the best time for walking in Brintnell?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to Brintnell?
The nearest is Elk Island National Park, 29 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Brintnell
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).