First pick
Malcolm Tweddle Park
Park or garden
11 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Richfield · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park is 33 km from Richfield
Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. One protected area is close by.
Protected land
0.1%
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
33 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Big Island Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Richfield, 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. 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 km0.1%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
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
Richfield has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,400 to 3,516 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
Richfield0.1%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Richfield1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Richfield0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Richfield lags towns its size: 33 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 22 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 30 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Richfield
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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Richfield
Largest first: Malcolm Tweddle Park leads with 11 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 28 ha in all
Parks & gardens 28 ha
58% of the area is in just two places: Malcolm Tweddle Park and Kameyosek Park.
Richfield Park
Park or garden
4.9 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Richfield
Directionsto a point inside
Kameyosek Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
5.3 ha0.3 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lee Ridge Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
3.4 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Tipaskan Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
3.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km southfrom 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 Richfield 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%)
Richfield100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Richfield has 1 protected area 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 Richfield0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public.
Larch SanctuaryNature reserve · 24 ha · 5.5 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
The parks within reach of Richfield
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
11 km west0.8 km²since 2023
National park
Elk Island National Park
33 km east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park 11 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
Richfield has 38 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
38 km
in and around the town (7.8 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RichfieldTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths4.9
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RichfieldTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 91% of Canadian towns. 95% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
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 Richfield
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
Richfield is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (12 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 |
Winter brings about 124 cm of snow. The wettest month is the warmest, July (83 mm); February has 12 mm. The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). The climate in Richfield →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Richfield
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
15 things to do outdoors near Richfield
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: 15 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 15
Richfield Tot Lotin town
DirectionsMeyonohk Park Playground1.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Richfield
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 · 1.3 km from town
DirectionsWilliam Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 8.0 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 Richfield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Lee RidgeTipaskanTweddle PlaceKameyosekMeyonohkEkotaRichfield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Richfield has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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.
- 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 Richfield
What is the nearest provincial park to Richfield?
Big Island Provincial Park, 11 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Richfield?
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 biggest park or reserve near Richfield?
Larch Sanctuary: 24 ha, a nature reserve.
Is there a beach near Richfield?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
How much land around Richfield is protected?
Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km.
Is Richfield near a national park?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 33 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Richfield
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).