First pick
Caernarvon Park
Park or garden
7.7 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.9 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
1.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Carlisle · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park lies 37 km beyond Carlisle’s edge
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 7.1 km. Within 10 km is a single protected area. 1.5% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
37 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
7.1 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Carlisle 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 km1.5%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 areas1Areas 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, Carlisle is 13th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,525 to 4,692 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
Carlisle1.5%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Carlisle1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Carlisle0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Carlisle is weakest for public protected areas: 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona BC | 49% | 64% | 34 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Shelburne NS | 27% | 28% | 194 | 0 | 80 |
| 4 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Douglas BC | 13% | 3.2% | 82 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Queenswood - Chatelaine ON | 12% | 0% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola BC | 11% | 8.3% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Neuville QC | 7.1% | 1.3% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Melville SK | 5.2% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 AB | 3.7% | 3.1% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Crossroads ON | 3.5% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Warner County No. 5 AB | 3.2% | 4.7% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Country Hills ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Red Hill ON | 2.1% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Caraquet NB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 | Fairfield Park MB | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Felker ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Rockwood MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Casselman ON | 1.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Blue Quill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Vanderhoof BC | 0.2% | 3.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Saint-Anselme QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Carlisle
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 Carlisle
Largest first: Caernarvon Park leads with 7.7 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 29 ha in all
Parks & gardens 29 ha
Between them, Caernarvon Park and Carlisle Park cover 51%.
Carlisle Park
Park or garden
7.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Carlisle
Directionsto a point inside
Cumberland Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
5.6 ha0.5 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Royal Canadian Air Force Park
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
4.3 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kensington Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
4.2 ha
0.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Solstice Parkette
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
0.3 ha
0.8 km south-eastfrom 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 Carlisle 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%)
Carlisle100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, lower than here.
Protected areas
1.5% of the country within 10 km of Carlisle is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Carlisle0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is publicly owned.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 7.1 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
Parks around Carlisle
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
7.1 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
37 km east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park 7.1 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
Carlisle has 33 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
33 km
in and around the town (9.3 km²)
Woodland
0.4%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CarlisleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.5
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CarlisleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.4%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 78% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 87% 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 Carlisle 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 neighbourhood. 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
Carlisle is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (3.5 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 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 |
Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 83 mm; February sees 12 mm. Snow totals about 124 cm a year. The climate in Carlisle →
Things to do
Outdoors around Carlisle: 46 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, 45 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 45
Carlsliein town
DirectionsCumberland Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsHudson Childrens Playground1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 42 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Lauderdale Dog Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Carlisle: William Hawrelak Park, 7.9 km off
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 · 7.9 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 Carlisle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KensingtonCaernarvonCalderHudsonGriesbachRosslynCarlisle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensington 1.0 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caernarvon 1.1 km | 1.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Calder 1.6 km | 1.4% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hudson 1.6 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Griesbach 1.8 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosslyn 1.8 km | 0.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Carlisle’s.
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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Carlisle
Which is the biggest protected area near Carlisle?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 2,055 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Carlisle?
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 Carlisle?
It is Elk Island National Park, 37 km off.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Carlisle?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 7.1 km away.
How much land around Carlisle is protected?
Yes: 1.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Carlisle’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).