First pick
Glengarry Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
16 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Rowanswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Northmount · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park lies 34 km beyond Northmount’s edge
The closest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 10 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 0% lies in protected areas; the median 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
10 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Northmount, set against 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 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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Northmount
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,294 to 3,405 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
Northmount0%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Northmount0
Towns its size1
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Northmount0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Northmount is weakest for public protected areas: 27 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 4 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 23 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Gibbons AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Hay River NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 36 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 37 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Northmount
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Northmount
Largest first: Glengarry Park leads with 16 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 34 ha in all
Parks & gardens 34 ha
Add Glengarry Park to St. Olga Park and you have 67% of it.
Patricia Park
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
5.7 ha1.7 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
St. Olga Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
6.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Maple Leaf Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
4.3 ha0.5 km of path
1.5 km north-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 Northmount 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%)
Northmount100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Northmount
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 10 km off.
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 Northmount
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
10 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 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Northmount and its edge hold 24 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
24 km
in and around the town (9.1 km²)
Woodland
0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
NorthmountTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NorthmountTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.1%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 67% of Canadian towns. For woods, 92% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Northmount
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Northmount in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (4.5 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 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 83 mm; February sees 12 mm. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -6 °C. A typical year sees 124 cm of snow. The climate in Northmount →
Things to do
Outdoors around Northmount: 55 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 54 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 54
G. Edmund Kelly Spray Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 53 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Lauderdale Dog Park2.0 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Northmount: William Hawrelak Park, 8.7 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 · 8.7 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 Northmount
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
GlengarryEvansdaleKildareKillarneyDelwoodKilkennyNorthmount
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Northmount.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Northmount
What is the best season to get outdoors in Northmount?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Northmount?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 10 km from the edge of town.
What is the nearest national park to Northmount?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 34 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Northmount
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).