First pick
Centennial Park
Park or garden
3.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Jasper
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fil.Al · CC BY 2.0100%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Jasper · parks, protected land & trails
You live in Jasper National Park when you live in Jasper
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 100% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. Walkers have 5 mapped routes close by, starting with the GDT efm and GDT eic. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Pyramid Lake Beach.
Protected land
100%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
Inside
Jasper National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Mount Robson Park
Walking routes
5
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Jasper, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Inside a national parkJasper lies inside Jasper National ParkProtected land all round100% of the land within 10 km, more than 99% of Canadian townsWalking routes5 named routes within 2 kmOn a national routeThe GDT efm passes within 2 km
Jasper is strongest on Jasper National Park all around it, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
How Jasper compares with 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km100%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town100%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 routes5Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Jasper has the most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,537 to 4,718 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
Jasper100%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Jasper3
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Jasper5
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Jasper leads its size group for protected land nearby: none of the other 39 has more. For public protected areas, though, 21 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona BC | 49% | 64% | 34 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Shelburne NS | 27% | 28% | 194 | 0 | 80 |
| 4 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Douglas BC | 13% | 3.2% | 82 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Queenswood - Chatelaine ON | 12% | 0% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola BC | 11% | 8.3% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Neuville QC | 7.1% | 1.3% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Melville SK | 5.2% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Wainwright No. 61 AB | 3.7% | 3.1% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Country Hills ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | Red Hill ON | 2.1% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Caraquet NB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 26 | Fairfield Park MB | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Rockwood MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Blue Quill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Vanderhoof BC | 0.2% | 3.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Jasper on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The town’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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Jasper
Centennial Park is the largest, at 3.8 ha; the rest follow by size, 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
About 5 in 10 of Jasper’s residents are 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 (46%)Further (54%)
Jasper46%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. Around 2,500 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Jasper, 100% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Jasper100%
Within 10 km100%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 3 is on public land. Jasper National Park covers 1,087,800 ha, the most of any named area.
Jasper National ParkNational park · 1,087,800 ha · Jasper lies inside it
Mount Robson ParkProvincial park · 225,286 ha · reaches Jasper
Mount Robson Corridor Protected AreaNature reserve · 478 ha · 0.2 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 Jasper
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
Jasper National Park
Jasper lies inside it10,878 km²since 1907
Provincial park
Mount Robson Park
At the edge2,253 km²since 1913
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: 420 km in and around Jasper
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
420 km
in and around the town (1,075.3 km²)
Woodland
50%
about 541.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
JasperTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
JasperTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland50%
0%50%100%
69% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 83% 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
The GDT efm passes Jasper
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalLocal
GDT efm67.9 km
GDT eic55.5 km
Skyline Trail44.7 km
Overlander Trail15.4 km
Maligne Canyon5.5 km
Of the GDT efm’s 68 km, 39.8 km passes close to town. Among local routes, the Skyline Trail is longest at 44.7 km.
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 Jasper in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Jasper, 0.9 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 37 | 58 | 52 | 51 | 36 | 26 | 24 | 18 |
Snowfall averages 112 cm a year. Daytime highs run from -4 °C in December up to 23 °C in July. For dry weather, February is best (15 mm); June gets 58 mm. The climate in Jasper →
Beaches
Beaches near Jasper: 2 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Pyramid Lake Beachin town
DirectionsOne more is mapped without a name. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Jasper: 34 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
34Viewpoints52Hills and peaks1Waterfalls1Nature reserves15Picnic sites7Playgrounds1Dog parks10Campsites1Slipways
There are 52 hills and peaks, more than of anything else. The highest named peak nearby is Consort Mountain, at 2,883 m.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 34
Edge ofin town
DirectionsNotchin town
DirectionsOld Fort Pointin town
DirectionsPatricia Lakein town
DirectionsRed Chair Viewpointin town
DirectionsSignal Mountain Lookoutin town
DirectionsPlus 28 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 52
Amber Mountain2,565 m · in town
DirectionsButtress Mountain2,685 m · in town
DirectionsCairngorm2,610 m · in town
DirectionsCentre Mountain2,700 m · in town
DirectionsConsort Mountain2,883 m · in town
DirectionsEmigrants Mountain2,553 m · in town
DirectionsEmir Mountain2,616 m · in town
DirectionsExcelsior Mountain2,744 m · in town
DirectionsPlus 44 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc national Jasper1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Off-leash Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 10
Miette River Random Campin town
DirectionsMinnow Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsSaturday Night Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsSignal Campgroundin town
DirectionsSnaring River Campgroundin town
DirectionsSnaring River Overflow Campgroundin town
DirectionsTekarra Campgroundin town
DirectionsWhistlers Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Jasper
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Jasper with figures are 67–160 km away.
HintonValemountElectoral Area H, Fraser-Fort GeorgeEdsonYellowhead CountyJasper
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jasper | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Hinton 67 km | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valemount 80 km | 3.4% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George 132 km | 35% | 38 | 10 | 4 |
| Edson 135 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellowhead County 160 km | 11% | 33 | 2 | 11 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Jasper. Electoral Area H, Fraser-Fort George has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 10.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Jasper
What is the biggest park or reserve near Jasper?
It is Jasper National Park, a national park covering 1,087,800 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Jasper?
Mount Robson Park, which reaches the edge of town.
How much land around Jasper is protected?
Yes: 100% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What walking routes are near Jasper?
OpenStreetMap maps the GDT efm, GDT eic and Skyline Trail close by, with others.
What is the nearest beach to Jasper?
Try Pyramid Lake Beach, in town, first of several.
Is Jasper near a national park?
It is on the doorstep: Jasper National Park touches Jasper.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Jasper?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Jasper
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).