First pick
Napoleon Sports Park
Park or garden
17 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Joningham · CC BY-SA 4.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Innisfail · parks, protected land & trails
Innisfail has 0.1% protected land within 10 km
OpenStreetMap shows 10 unnamed beaches within 5 km. One protected area is close by. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
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 provincial park
63 km
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Beaches
10
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Innisfail stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Beaches10 beaches within 5 kmLittle protected land0.1% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Innisfail’s best card is its beaches. What it lacks is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Innisfail 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
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
Beaches10Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Innisfail has the 6th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,534 to 8,935 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
Innisfail0.1%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Innisfail1
Towns its size6
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Innisfail0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Innisfail is weakest for protected land nearby: 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 22 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 25 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 28 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Innisfail
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
6 named parks and woods to walk in near Innisfail
Napoleon Sports Park is the largest, at 17 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 25 ha in all
Parks & gardens 25 ha
Most of it sits in Napoleon Sports Park and Centennial Park: 79% together.
Centennial Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Raspberry Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Innisfail
Directionsto a point inside
John Wilson Playgrounds
Park or garden
2.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Innisfail
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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Innisfail
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 (76%)Further (24%)
Innisfail76%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. Around 2,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Innisfail
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Innisfail0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
The area is public.
Innisfail Natural AreaNature reserve · 64 ha · 8.5 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 nearest big park: Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, 63 km away
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
Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
63 km east16 km²since 1970
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Innisfail, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
23 km of paths in and around Innisfail
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
23 km
in and around the town (42.9 km²)
Woodland
4.1%
about 1.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
InnisfailTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
InnisfailTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland4.1%
0%50%100%
65% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is less wooded than 64% 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 mapped walking route near Innisfail
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 walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Innisfail in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Red Deer, 19 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 1 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 16 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 58 | 98 | 90 | 70 | 38 | 22 | 17 | 14 |
About 138 cm of snow falls in a year. Expect 98 mm in June, the wettest month, and 12 mm in February. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 23 °C. The climate in Innisfail →
Beaches
10 beaches within 5 km of Innisfail, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
21 things to do outdoors near Innisfail
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 19. Antler Hill tops the hills nearby, 1,016 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Antler Hill1,016 m · 1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 19
Napoleon Sports Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Discovery Wildlife Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Innisfail
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BowdenPenholdRed Deer CountyInnisfail
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innisfail | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Bowden 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penhold 14 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Deer County 18 km | 1.1% | 76 | 1 | 60 |
For protected land, Red Deer County has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Innisfail
Are there protected areas near Innisfail?
Yes: 0.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a beach near Innisfail?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
What is the largest protected area near Innisfail?
Innisfail Natural Area, a nature reserve of 64 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Innisfail?
The closest is Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, at 63 km.
When is the best time for walking in Innisfail?
May and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Innisfail?
None within 100 km of Innisfail.
Sources
Where Innisfail’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.
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).