First pick
Athlone Park
Park or garden
7.6 ha
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
2.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wellington · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 38 km from Wellington: Elk Island National Park
A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 5.6 km away. Within 10 km are 2 protected areas. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 2.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
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
Each figure for Wellington, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
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
Wellington has the 19th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,264 to 3,361 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
Wellington2.1%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wellington1
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wellington0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Wellington is weakest for public protected areas: 20 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 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 5 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 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 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 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 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Wellington
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
Walk in Wellington: 2 named parks and woods
Largest first: Athlone Park leads with 7.6 ha. Numbers match the map.
Miwasin Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km south-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
Every resident of Wellington 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%)
Wellington100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
2.1% of the land around Wellington 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 Wellington0%
Within 10 km2.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 1 of the 2, and private owners the rest. One area belongs to a private owner or a land trust and isn’t named here.
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
Parks around Wellington
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
Paths to walk: 18 km in and around Wellington
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
18 km
in and around the town (9.2 km²)
Woodland
0.8%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WellingtonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WellingtonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.8%
0%50%100%
83% of Canadian towns are more wooded. It has more footpath per km² than 56% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Wellington
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
Walking season in Wellington: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (3.8 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 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (83 mm); February is driest (12 mm). Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. Snow totals about 124 cm a year. The climate in Wellington →
Things to do
38 things to do outdoors near Wellington
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: 37 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 37
Hudson Childrens Playground0.9 km from town
DirectionsCumberland Park1.3 km from town
DirectionsCarlslie1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 34 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Lauderdale Dog Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
William Hawrelak Park, 7.0 km from Wellington, is the garden 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.
William Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 7.0 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 Wellington
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
HudsonAthloneCumberlandKensingtonCarlisleCalderWellington
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson 0.6 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Athlone 1.2 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumberland 1.3 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensington 1.5 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlisle 1.8 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Calder 2.0 km | 1.4% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Wellington’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Wellington
Is there a provincial park near Wellington?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 5.6 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Wellington?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park of 2,055 ha.
Are there protected areas near Wellington?
Yes: 2.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Wellington?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 38 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Wellington?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Wellington’s 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).