First pick
Fox Lake Sports Field
Park or garden
6.7 ha
1.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
–Not graded
Outdoors in Fox Lake 162 · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 26 km from Fox Lake 162: Wood Buffalo National Park
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. A provincial park, Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, lies 36 km away.
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
26 km
Wood Buffalo National Park
Nearest provincial park
36 km
Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Fox Lake 162, 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
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
Among 40 towns its size, Fox Lake 162 is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,715 to 2,773 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
Fox Lake 1620%
Towns its size2.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fox Lake 1620
Towns its size7
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fox Lake 1620
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Fox Lake 162 lags towns its size: 34 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tofino BC | 41% | 21% | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | Victoria County, Subdivision A NS | 33% | 54% | 152 | 3 | 59 |
| 3 | Highlands BC | 24% | 41% | 40 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Waskaganish QC | 24% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Electoral Area E, Peace River BC | 19% | 24% | 25 | 2 | 103 |
| 6 | Holyrood NL | 19% | 3.2% | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel QC | 18% | 23% | 83 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Little Current ON | 13% | 10% | 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Waterridge Village ON | 11% | 9.2% | 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Maria QC | 9.5% | 1% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cultus Lake BC | 9.3% | 52% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Marritt ON | 7.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part ON | 5.1% | 4.9% | 81 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | Front of Yonge ON | 4.9% | 6% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Vars ON | 3.8% | 1.4% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse QC | 3.6% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wakefield NB | 2.2% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| 22 | Sussex NB | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Woodcroft AB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Gore QC | 1.6% | 2.3% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Central River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Tuxedo Industrial MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 28 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley BC | 1.1% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 | Upper Mount Royal AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Souris MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Talbot-Grey MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay BC | 0.2% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 33 | Rivergrove MB | 0.2% | 4.7% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wickham QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Kameyosek AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Kuujjuaq QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Fox Lake 162 AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills Village AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Fox Lake 162
The First Nations reserve’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
A named park or wood to walk in near Fox Lake 162
The biggest is Fox Lake Sports Field, 6.7 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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
Most of Fox Lake 162 is more than a short walk from 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Fox Lake 1620%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). For about 2,700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Fox Lake 162, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, 36 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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 Fox Lake 162
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
National park
Wood Buffalo National Park
26 km north-east44,778 km²since 1922
Provincial park
Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park
36 km north5,924 km²since 2001
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Fox Lake 162 has 2 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
2.2 km
in and around the town (137.5 km²)
Woodland
87%
about 120.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Fox Lake 162Towns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Fox Lake 162Towns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland87%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 97% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 99% 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 Fox Lake 162 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.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the First Nations reserve, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Fox Lake 162 is best on foot in May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (High Level, 154 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) | 7.0 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| High (°C) | -15 | -9 | -1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 7 | -6 | -13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 55 | 73 | 42 | 35 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (73 mm); April is driest (15 mm). Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -15 °C in January. The climate in Fox Lake 162 →
Things to do
Near Fox Lake 162: one outdoor spot on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Fox Lake 162
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 113–152 km from Fox Lake 162.
La CrèteHigh LevelFox Lake 162
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Lake 162 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Crète 113 km | 11% | 9 | 0 | 112 |
| High Level 152 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
La Crète has at least twice the protected share around it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Fox Lake 162
What is the nearest provincial park to Fox Lake 162?
Caribou Mountains Wildland Provincial Park, 36 km from the edge of town.
What is the nearest national park to Fox Lake 162?
Wood Buffalo National Park is closest, at 26 km.
When should you visit Fox Lake 162 for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Fox Lake 162’s 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.
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).