First pick
Amisk Community Center and Sports Grounds
Park or garden
6.3 ha
44 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Amqui · CC BY-SA 4.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Provost No. 52 · parks, protected land & trails
Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reserve begins at the edge of Provost No. 52
The nearest provincial park, Dillberry Lake Provincial Park, is 3.2 km away. 9.6 km out lies the largest, Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area, at 8,326 ha. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
3.2 km
Dillberry Lake Provincial Park
Against other towns
Provost No. 52 beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%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 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
Provost No. 52 has the 20th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,092 to 2,587 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
Provost No. 521.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Provost No. 529
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Provost No. 520
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Provost No. 52 sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Provost No. 52 AB | 1.5% | 0.8% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Provost No. 52
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
Walk in Provost No. 52: one named park or wood
Largest first: Amisk Community Center and Sports Grounds leads with 6.3 ha. Numbers match 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
In Provost No. 52, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Provost No. 520%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. Around 2,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
1.5% of the country within 10 km of Provost No. 52 is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Provost No. 520.8%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
9 of the 15 are on public land. Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area covers 8,326 ha, the most of any named area. The figures include 6 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Wainwright Dunes Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 2,880 ha · reaches Provost No. 52
Killarney-Reflex Lakes Heritage Rgeland Natural AreaNature reserve · 2,736 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
MacklinNature reserve · 454 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Dillberry Lake Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,209 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
Heart's HillProtected area · 6,408 ha · 6.4 km from the edge of town
Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural AreaNature reserve · 8,326 ha · 9.6 km from the edge of town
3 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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
3.2 km to Dillberry Lake Provincial Park
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
Dillberry Lake Provincial Park
3.2 km north-east12 km²since 1957
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Provost No. 52, 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
3 km of paths in and around Provost No. 52
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
3.4 km
in and around the town (3,350 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
Provost No. 52Towns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Provost No. 52Towns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
100% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Provost No. 52 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 walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Provost No. 52: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Coronation (71 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | -1 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 12 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 69 | 61 | 43 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 9 |
Most rain and snow falls in June, 69 mm; December sees 9 mm. Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -8 °C. The climate in Provost No. 52 →
Things to do
Near Provost No. 52: 5 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Highest of the named peaks: local high point, 830 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
local high point830 m · 1.3 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Wainwright Dunes Ecological Reservein town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Shorncliffe Lake Parkin town
DirectionsBannister Campground0.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Provost No. 52
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 17–60 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Provost No. 52.
ProvostMacklinSpecial Area No. 4Wainwright No. 61WainwrightProvost No. 52
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provost No. 52 | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Provost 17 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macklin 39 km | 1.8% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Special Area No. 4 53 km | 1.8% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wainwright No. 61 56 km | 3.7% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| Wainwright 60 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Around Wainwright No. 61 the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Provost No. 52
Is Provost No. 52 near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Provost No.
When should you visit Provost No. 52 for the outdoors?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Provost No. 52?
Ribstone Creek Heritage Rangeland Natural Area, a nature reserve of 8,326 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Provost No. 52?
It is Dillberry Lake Provincial Park, 3.2 km away.
Is there protected land near Provost No. 52?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Provost No. 52
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).