First pick
Pollard Meadows Park
Park or garden
9.0 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pollard Meadows
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cherry2207 · CC BY 4.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Pollard Meadows · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park lies 31 km beyond Pollard Meadows’ edge
Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 14 km. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Of the country within 10 km, 0.3% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
31 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
14 km
Big Island Provincial Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Pollard Meadows 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches 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, Pollard Meadows is 5th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,279 to 4,433 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
Pollard Meadows0.3%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Pollard Meadows2
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Pollard Meadows0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Pollard Meadows trails its peers is protected land nearby; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 31% | 24 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Beresford NB | 24% | 6.2% | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Oka QC | 20% | 26% | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Beaupré QC | 16% | 1.2% | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Bancroft ON | 9.5% | 2.3% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Bells Corners West ON | 9% | 11% | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Deep River ON | 8.1% | 1% | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Bellerive QC | 6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Golden BC | 5.5% | 12% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Highlands East ON | 5.2% | 2.1% | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Bruleville ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Grand Forks BC | 4.5% | 0.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 17 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Montague ON | 3% | 2.8% | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Geraldton ON | 2.8% | 2.2% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 21 | Bartonville ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | White City SK | 2.3% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | De Salaberry MB | 1.9% | 0.2% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Central Park MB | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Roslyn MB | 1.6% | 0% | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Spence MB | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Eganville ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Rossland BC | 1.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 30 | Glenridding Heights AB | 1.1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | South Calgary AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Inglewood AB | 0.6% | 17% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Lorelei AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ormsby Place AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Patricia Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Pollard Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Winston Heights/Mountview AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Prescott ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | High Level AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Beacon Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Pollard Meadows
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 Pollard Meadows
The biggest is Pollard Meadows Park, 9.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 16 ha in all
Parks & gardens 16 ha
Add Pollard Meadows Park to Daly Grove Park and you have 76% of it.
Daly Grove Park
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
2.9 ha
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Crawford Plains Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
2.7 ha
1.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sheppard Park
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hawkins Park
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
0.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Pollard Meadows
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
A park is within a short walk for 9 in 10 in Pollard Meadows
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 (87%)Further (13%)
Pollard Meadows87%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 600 residents live further than 400 m from one. It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Pollard Meadows has 2 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Pollard Meadows0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 2 is on public land. Sherwood Park Natural Area is the biggest, 69 ha.
Sherwood Park Natural AreaNature reserve · 69 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
Larch SanctuaryNature reserve · 24 ha · 8.4 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 Pollard Meadows
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
Big Island Provincial Park
14 km west0.8 km²since 2023
National park
Elk Island National Park
31 km east194 km²since 1913
Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 14 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Pollard Meadows has 27 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
27 km
in and around the town (8.5 km²)
Woodland
0.5%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Pollard MeadowsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Pollard MeadowsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 73% of Canadian towns. For woods, 86% 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 Pollard Meadows
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the neighbourhood is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Walking season in Pollard Meadows: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (15 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 |
About 124 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 24 °C. Rain peaks with the heat: 83 mm in July, against 12 mm in February. The climate in Pollard Meadows →
Beaches
4 unnamed beaches near Pollard Meadows
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
34 things to do outdoors near Pollard Meadows
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 34 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 34
Silver Berry Park Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 33 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Pollard Meadows: 2 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.
Mill Woods Sports ParkGarden or park · 1.1 km from town
DirectionsWilliam Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 12 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 Pollard Meadows
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Daly GroveMeyokuminBissetWeinlosCrawford PlainsSakawPollard Meadows
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pollard Meadows | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Daly Grove 0.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Meyokumin 0.9 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bisset 1.0 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Weinlos 1.1 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Crawford Plains 1.2 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Sakaw 1.4 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Pollard Meadows’ protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Pollard Meadows
What is the nearest beach to Pollard Meadows?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there protected areas near Pollard Meadows?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Pollard Meadows?
Elk Island National Park, 31 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Pollard Meadows?
Sherwood Park Natural Area: 69 ha, a nature reserve.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Pollard Meadows?
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.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Pollard Meadows?
Big Island Provincial Park, 14 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Pollard Meadows’ 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).