First pick
Echo Glen Park
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
–Not graded
Outdoors in Gibbons · parks, protected land & trails
Within 30 km of Gibbons: Elk Island National Park
0% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 29 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
30 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Gibbons against 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
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, Gibbons is 8th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,296 to 3,410 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
Gibbons0%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Gibbons0
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Gibbons0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Gibbons lags towns its size: 28 of 39 are ahead.
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 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 4 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 13 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 14 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 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 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 21 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 24 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 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 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Gibbons
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Gibbons
The biggest is Echo Glen Park, 2.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 4 ha in all
Parks & gardens 4.3 ha
Echo Glen Park plus Poplar Park account for 86% of the green.
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
7 in 10 people in Gibbons live 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 (74%)Further (26%)
Gibbons74%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 900 people more than a short walk away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Gibbons, 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.
The nearest provincial park is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 29 km away.
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
Big parks near Gibbons
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
29 km south-west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
30 km south-east194 km²since 1913
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 29 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: 2 km in and around Gibbons
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
2.4 km
in and around the town (26.7 km²)
Woodland
10%
about 2.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GibbonsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GibbonsTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 87% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 53% 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 Gibbons 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.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Gibbons: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fort Saskatchewan (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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 30 | 14 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 78 | 82 | 56 | 39 | 23 | 29 | 23 |
From -6 °C in January to 24 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (82 mm), while February is driest at 14 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 132 cm. The climate in Gibbons →
Things to do
Outdoors around Gibbons: 5 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
5 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Gibbons
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Bon AccordSturgeon CountyFort SaskatchewanGibbons
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bon Accord 5.4 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sturgeon County 16 km | 0.8% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Fort Saskatchewan 16 km | 0.1% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sturgeon County has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 8. Its neighbours have no more than twice Gibbons’ protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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 Gibbons
How far is Gibbons from a national park?
The nearest is Elk Island National Park, 30 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Gibbons?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Gibbons?
The closest is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 29 km.
Sources
Where Gibbons’ 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.
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).