First pick
Copperwood Forest
Wood or forest
773 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
1.7 km westfrom the centre
Copperwood TrailCopperwood TrialsCopperwood Trails
Directionsto a point inside
1.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in The Hamptons · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 46 km from The Hamptons: Elk Island National Park
The nearest provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park, is 3.8 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 1.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. CPCAD lists 11 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
46 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
3.8 km
Big Island Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for The Hamptons, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.2%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 areas3Areas 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, The Hamptons is 14th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (11,740 to 12,304 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
The Hamptons1.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
The Hamptons3
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
The Hamptons0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, The Hamptons is weakest for protected land nearby: 25 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Île-Perrot QC | 42% | 0.5% | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Mont-Tremblant QC | 27% | 29% | 20 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Cantley QC | 21% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Nelson BC | 14% | 0.1% | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Clearwater County AB | 13% | 5.7% | 44 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Rideau Lakes ON | 10% | 14% | 77 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Valley Creek ON | 6.3% | 29% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Chapman Mills ON | 6% | 1.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Saint-Rodrigue QC | 4.8% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Adjala-Tosorontio ON | 4.7% | 1.1% | 68 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Chester NS | 4.1% | 6.1% | 124 | 1 | 21 |
| 12 | Humber Summit ON | 3.6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moncton NB | 3.4% | 1.4% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Milliken ON | 3.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | McKenzie Lake AB | 3.3% | 1.1% | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Fletchers Meadow North ON | 3% | 4.9% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Marieville QC | 2.9% | 0.7% | 37 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Morrisburg ON | 2.6% | 4.2% | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Saint-Sauveur QC | 2.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | St. Andrews MB | 2.3% | 1.1% | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Woodbine Corridor ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 22 | St. Clements MB | 2.2% | 3% | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| 23 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts QC | 1.8% | 1.6% | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | German Mills ON | 1.6% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Grey Highlands ON | 1.3% | 0.7% | 77 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Saint-Raymond QC | 1.2% | 1.2% | 27 | 8 | 5 |
| 27 | The Hamptons AB | 1.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Georgian Bluffs ON | 1.1% | 1.9% | 67 | 4 | 17 |
| 29 | River Park South MB | 1.1% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Hamilton ON | 0.9% | 0.8% | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 AB | 0.7% | 1% | 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Blackfalds AB | 0.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Tay ON | 0.5% | 0.6% | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| 34 | Uptown ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Weyburn SK | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Etobicoke West Mall ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | South Cameron ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Mississauga Valleys ON | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Cityscape AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Martensville SK | 0% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around The Hamptons
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 The Hamptons
The biggest is Copperwood Forest, 773 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
9 named parks and woods, 807 ha in all
Parks & gardens 33 haWoods 773 ha
Most of it sits in Copperwood Forest and The Grange District Park: 98% together.
The Grange District Park
Park or garden
17 ha0.3 km of path
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Doug Kelly Park
Park or garden
7.4 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Guinevere Park
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
3.1 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
1.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hamptons Park
Park or garden
4.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of The Hamptons
Directionsto a point inside
Hamptons Walking Trail
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Le Cerf
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Getty Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
1.5 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Copperwood ForestWood or forest · 773 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsThe Grange District ParkPark or garden · 17 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsDoug Kelly ParkPark or garden · 7.4 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsGuinevere ParkPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 1.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHamptons ParkPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsHamptons Walking TrailPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Le CerfPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGetty ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHamptons PassPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
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 The Hamptons 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%)
The Hamptons100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
1.2% of the land around The Hamptons is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside The Hamptons0%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 11 are on public land. Big Island Provincial Park leads for size with 79 ha. 8 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Big Island Provincial ParkProvincial park · 79 ha · 3.8 km from the edge of town
Larch SanctuaryNature reserve · 24 ha · 7.9 km from the edge of town
Clifford E. Lee Natural AreaNature reserve · 11 ha · 9.5 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 The Hamptons
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
3.8 km south0.8 km²since 2023
National park
Elk Island National Park
46 km east194 km²since 1913
Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 3.8 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
42 km of paths in and around The Hamptons
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
42 km
in and around the town (13.5 km²)
Woodland
24%
about 3.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
The HamptonsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
The HamptonsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland24%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 70% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 72% 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
No named walking route passes The Hamptons on the map
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
The Hamptons is best on foot in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 14 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 |
July is warm and wet, 83 mm; the driest month, February, has 12 mm. The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). Winter brings about 124 cm of snow. The climate in The Hamptons →
Things to do
Near The Hamptons: 26 outdoor spots on the map
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: 24 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 24
Bessie Nichols Playgroundin town
DirectionsDoug Kelly Playgroundin town
DirectionsSister Anna Brockman Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 21 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park 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 The Hamptons
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 · 8.2 km from town
DirectionsUniversity of Alberta Botanic GardenGarden or park · 9.5 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 The Hamptons
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
EdgemontJamieson PlaceGranvilleGlastonburyOrmsby PlaceLymburnThe Hamptons
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hamptons | 1.2% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Edgemont 1.4 km | 1.4% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamieson Place 1.9 km | 0.8% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Granville 2.0 km | 2.5% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Glastonbury 2.5 km | 4.2% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Ormsby Place 2.7 km | 0.3% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lymburn 2.9 km | 1.7% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Granville and Glastonbury have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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 The Hamptons
Is there protected land near The Hamptons?
Protected areas cover 1.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from The Hamptons?
Big Island Provincial Park, 3.8 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near The Hamptons?
Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park of 79 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in The Hamptons?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is The Hamptons from a national park?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 46 km.
Sources
Where The Hamptons’ 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).