First pick
Rundle Park
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
89 ha11.3 km of path
2 h 30 minto walk all 11.3 km of path
2.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Gravel ConnectorGravel UnderpassClover Bar Footbridge
Directionsto a point inside
–Not graded
Outdoors in Gold Bar · parks, protected land & trails
Gold Bar is 29 km from Elk Island National Park
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. 16 km from town is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. One named trail is close: the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw.
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
29 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Gold Bar 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Gold Bar is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,648 to 2,724 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
Gold Bar0%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Gold Bar0
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Gold Bar1
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Gold Bar is weakest for public protected areas: 30 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Ronge SK | 49% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bouctouche NB | 27% | 1.6% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 38% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Meadow Lake No. 588 SK | 13% | 15% | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Tumbler Ridge BC | 12% | 5.1% | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | Eastman QC | 11% | 7.4% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Swan Valley West MB | 11% | 1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast BC | 10% | 15% | 73 | 0 | 231 |
| 10 | Saint George NB | 7.2% | 14% | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | East River, Part 1 PE | 4.3% | 9.1% | 38 | 14 | 20 |
| 14 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC | 2.8% | 5.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Adelaide/Churchill SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Meadowlark Park AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Westview SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | North Point Douglas MB | 1.2% | 0% | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Grand Manan NB | 0.8% | 6.1% | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 26 | Hanna AB | 0.8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Saint-Alexandre QC | 0.6% | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Grey MB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sundre AB | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Cy Becker AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Spaniard's Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Saint-Bernard QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Martin QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Delton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Gold Bar AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Highlands AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Gold Bar on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The neighbourhood’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
9 named parks and woods to walk in near Gold Bar
Largest first: Rundle Park leads with 89 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 222 ha in all
Parks & gardens 222 ha
Between them, Rundle Park and Gold Bar Park cover 61%.
Gold Bar Park
Park or garden
46 ha12.6 km of path
2 h 50 minto walk all 12.6 km of path
1.4 km northfrom the centre
Lake Loop50th St LoopGold Bar Park Trail+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Goldstick Park
Park or garden
44 ha7.9 km of path
1 h 45 minto walk all 7.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Gold Bar
HustlerSouth LoopCreek Crossing Loop+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Capilano Park
Park or garden
32 ha7.8 km of path
1 h 45 minto walk all 7.8 km of path
1.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Capilano Park TrailCapilano AccessSideline+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Fulton Place Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
5.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Capilano Community Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
4.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Capilano Community Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Earl Samis Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
1.2 ha
1.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kathleen McAllister Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha
0.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Rundle ParkPark or garden · 89 ha · 11.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGold Bar ParkPark or garden · 46 ha · 12.6 km of path
DirectionsGoldstick ParkPark or garden · 44 ha · 7.9 km of path
DirectionsCapilano ParkPark or garden · 32 ha · 7.8 km of path
DirectionsFulton Place ParkPark or garden · 5.2 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCapilano Community ParkPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsEarl Samis ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsKathleen McAllister ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsHarry Hardin ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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 Gold Bar 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%)
Gold Bar100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Gold Bar
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, 16 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
Big parks near Gold Bar
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
16 km north-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 16 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: 43 km in and around Gold Bar
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
43 km
in and around the town (12 km²)
Woodland
7.1%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Gold BarTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.6
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Gold BarTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.1%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 79% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 54% 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
Gold Bar has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw83.8 km
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 Gold Bar: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 7.6 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 | 16.5 | 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 |
From -6 °C in January to 24 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The wettest month is the warmest, July (83 mm); February has 12 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 124 cm. The climate in Gold Bar →
Beaches
The beach near Gold Bar: Accidental Beach, 3.5 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Accidental Beach3.5 km from town
DirectionsFor water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A viewpoint near Gold Bar
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 46 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Site 3in town
DirectionsSite 4in town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 46
Gold Bar Playgroundin town
DirectionsCapilano Playground0.4 km from town
DirectionsFulton Place Playground0.5 km from town
DirectionsFulton Place Spray Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsHardisty School Playground0.7 km from town
DirectionsAmazone Playzone1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 40 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Boat launchin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Gold Bar: 3 gardens and parks 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.
Chinese Garden PagodaGarden or park · 4.0 km from town
DirectionsWilliam Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 8.6 km from town
DirectionsMill Woods Sports ParkGarden or park · 9.4 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 Gold Bar
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CapilanoOttewellForest HeightsBeverly HeightsHolyroodRundle HeightsGold Bar
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Bar | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Capilano 1.1 km | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ottewell 1.9 km | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Forest Heights 2.4 km | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Beverly Heights 2.6 km | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Holyrood 2.8 km | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rundle Heights 2.9 km | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Gold Bar.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Gold Bar
Is there a provincial park near Gold Bar?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 16 km away.
Where can you walk near Gold Bar?
OpenStreetMap maps the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw close by.
Where can you swim near Gold Bar?
The nearest is Accidental Beach, 3.5 km from town.
Is Gold Bar near a national park?
Elk Island National Park, 29 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Gold Bar?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Gold Bar’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).