First pick
Hillside Park
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
14 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
15 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dennis Cambly · CC BY-SA 3.09.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lamont County · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park begins at the edge of Lamont County
Within 10 km of the town, 9.6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Walkers have 4 mapped routes close by, starting with the Wood Bison Trail and Hayburger Trail. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
9.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
51
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
At the edge
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
Walking routes
4
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Lamont County apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Next to a national parkElk Island National Park starts at the edge of townProtected land all round9.6% of the land within 10 km, more than 85% of Canadian townsIndigenous protected landMuskoseya ispikaa’pawew, within 10 kmWalking routes4 named routes within 2 km
Lamont County is strongest on Elk Island National Park on its doorstep, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
How Lamont County 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 km9.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes4Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Lamont County has the 5th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,828 to 4,009 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
Lamont County9.6%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lamont County9
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lamont County4
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Lamont County does best for protected land nearby: 4 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay BC | 30% | 23% | 41 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay BC | 11% | 4.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Trend-Arlington ON | 10% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lamont County AB | 9.6% | 2.2% | 51 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Okanagan Falls BC | 9.1% | 18% | 34 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS | 7.5% | 14% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Ainslie Wood West ON | 7.5% | 15% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Stinson ON | 4.9% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Normanview Residents Group SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Fairview AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Belmead AB | 3.7% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | New Richmond QC | 3.4% | 0.5% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard QC | 3% | 0.2% | 20 | 4 | 9 |
| 18 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré QC | 3% | 0.2% | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| 19 | Lisgar ON | 2.8% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | Auditorium ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 22 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Keswick AB | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kentley ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Bridgeport East ON | 1.2% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Forty Mile County No. 8 AB | 1.1% | 1.6% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Livingston AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Rosscarrock AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Mission Gardens MB | 0.5% | 2.3% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Leila North MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Templeton-Sinclair MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Pasadena NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Fraser AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Maple AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Watford ON | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Cardston AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Danville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Pincher Creek AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Fort Macleod AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Belle Rive AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Lamont County 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
Walk in Lamont County: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Hillside Park, 14 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Centennial Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
3.2 ha
19 km north-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
Most of Lamont County 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%)
Lamont County0%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 3,900 residents live further than 400 m from one. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 9.6% of the land near Lamont County
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lamont County2.2%
Within 10 km9.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 51, 9 are public land; the others are privately held. Elk Island National Park leads for size with 19,402 ha. One is Indigenous-led: Muskoseya ispikaa’pawew. Another 36 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Elk Island National ParkNational park · 19,402 ha · reaches Lamont County
Beaverhill Lake Heritage Rangeland Natural AreaNature reserve · 17,515 ha · reaches Lamont County
Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation AreaProtected area · 9,897 ha · reaches Lamont County
Beaverhill Natural AreaNature reserve · 322 ha · reaches Lamont County
Muskoseya ispikaa’pawewIndigenous protected and conserved area · 62 ha · reaches Lamont County · Indigenous name: Muskoseya ispikaa’pawew
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 parks within reach of Lamont County
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
Elk Island National Park
At the edge · south-west194 km²since 1913
Provincial park
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
29 km south13 km²since 1958
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Lamont County has 48 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
48 km
in and around the town (2,650.6 km²)
Woodland
2%
about 53.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Lamont CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Lamont CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland2%
0%50%100%
For path density, 97% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover less of it than in 75% 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
4 walking routes near Lamont County
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Wood Bison Trail15.6 km
Moss Lake Trail12.4 km
Hayburger Trail10.3 km
Beaver Pond Trail2.7 km
For a longer outing, the Wood Bison Trail runs 15.6 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Lamont County: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Vegreville, 41 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 41 | 60 | 71 | 50 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
Some 132 cm of snow falls each winter. July is warm and wet, 71 mm; the driest month, February, has 12 mm. Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -8 °C. The climate in Lamont County →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Lamont County
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Lamont County: 15 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 13 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 13
The Park0.2 km from town
DirectionsHalf Moon Park0.4 km from town
DirectionsBruderheim Community Playground0.6 km from town
DirectionsSwings0.6 km from town
DirectionsSunset Park1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Lamont RV Park and Campground0.4 km from town
DirectionsBruderheim Starlight Campground1.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Lamont County
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 Lamont County with figures are 15–44 km away.
LamontBruderheimSmoky LakeRedwaterTofieldLamont County
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamont County | 9.6% | 51 | 4 | 1 |
| Lamont 15 km | 9.4% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruderheim 26 km | 1.7% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Smoky Lake 40 km | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Redwater 43 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tofield 44 km | 18% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Lamont County doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Lamont County
Is there protected land near Lamont County?
Yes: 9.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a beach near Lamont County?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Where can you walk near Lamont County?
OpenStreetMap maps the Wood Bison Trail, Hayburger Trail and Moss Lake Trail close by, with others.
Is there a provincial park near Lamont County?
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, 29 km away.
How far is Lamont County from a national park?
Yes: Elk Island National Park reaches the edge of Lamont County.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Lamont County?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lamont County?
It is Elk Island National Park, a national park covering 19,402 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Lamont County
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).