First pick
Henry Singer Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
39 ha
1.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
2.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Hudson · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park is 38 km from Hudson
For a provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park lies 5.6 km off. 2 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Protected areas cover 2.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
2.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
38 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
5.6 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Hudson 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.1%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 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, Hudson ranks 19th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,581 to 3,688 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
Hudson2.1%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Hudson1
Towns its size7
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Hudson0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Hudson trails its peers is public protected areas; 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pemberton BC | 41% | 34% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Colebrook BC | 28% | 14% | 145 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ON | 12% | 12% | 58 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bright NB | 7.1% | 4.6% | 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Collectivité Nouvelle QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zone Aéroportuaire QC | 6.5% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Woodbridge Meadows ON | 5.7% | 2.7% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako BC | 4.8% | 4.4% | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Lac du Bonnet MB | 4.2% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Prince Albert No. 461 SK | 3.8% | 3.8% | 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 13 | Deer Run AB | 3.4% | 47% | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Parkland AB | 3.4% | 39% | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Piedmont QC | 3.1% | 15% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Quinndale ON | 2.9% | 0% | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Ramsay AB | 2.4% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | Hudson AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Opportunity No. 17 AB | 2% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| 21 | Powassan ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Studholm NB | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Melancthon ON | 1.3% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | WestLake-Gladstone MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Glendale MB | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | South Tuxedo MB | 1.2% | 50% | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| 27 | Rapperswill AB | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez QC | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Lawson Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.7% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Mactaggart AB | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Two Hills County No. 21 AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Eaglemere MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | East Elmwood MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | North Inkster Industrial MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dunham QC | 0.4% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Radisson MB | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ste. Anne MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Hudson 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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Hudson
The biggest is Henry Singer Park, 39 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Hudson Park
Park or garden
5.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hudson
Directionsto a point inside
Cumberland Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
5.6 ha0.5 km of path
0.9 km north-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
In Hudson, a park is close to every home
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%)
Hudson100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.1% of the land near Hudson
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Hudson0%
Within 10 km2.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 2, 1 are public and the remainder private. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 5.6 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 Hudson
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
5.6 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
38 km east194 km²since 1913
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 5.6 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Hudson and its edge hold 27 km of footpath
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
27 km
in and around the town (9.1 km²)
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HudsonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.9
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HudsonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 77% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 71% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Hudson
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
Get out in Hudson in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 4.2 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 | 16.5 | 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. Summer brings the most rain: 83 mm in July; February gets 12 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 124 cm. The climate in Hudson →
Things to do
Outdoors around Hudson: 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.
Playgrounds lead the count with 32.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 32
Hudson Childrens Playgroundin town
DirectionsCumberland Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsCarlslie1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 29 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 Hudson: William Hawrelak Park, 7.8 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 · 7.8 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 Hudson
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WellingtonCumberlandCarlisleCaernarvonKensingtonAthloneHudson
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington 0.6 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumberland 0.7 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle 1.6 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Caernarvon 1.7 km | 1.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensington 1.7 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Athlone 1.8 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Hudson’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Hudson
Is there protected land near Hudson?
Yes: 2.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Hudson near a national park?
The nearest is Elk Island National Park, 38 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Hudson?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park of 2,055 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Hudson?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest provincial park to Hudson?
The closest is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 5.6 km.
Sources
The sources behind Hudson’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).