First pick
Cold Lake Park
Park or garden
25 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Joli Rumi · CC BY-SA 4.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stettler · parks, protected land & trails
Only 0.3% of the land within 10 km of Stettler is protected
3 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. National parks are all over 100 km off. 34 km from town is Big Knife Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
34 km
Big Knife Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Stettler 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 km0.3%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, Stettler is 11th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,943 to 6,129 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
Stettler0.3%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stettler0
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stettler0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Stettler is weakest for public protected areas: 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowsnest Pass AB | 25% | 20% | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C NS | 20% | 8% | 133 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts QC | 15% | 0.2% | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Civic Hospital ON | 11% | 0% | 34 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Lowertown West ON | 10% | 1.5% | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park ON | 7.1% | 20% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | Central Business Dis ON | 6.9% | 11% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Rolston ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | McMasterville QC | 5.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Creston BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cochrane ON | 5.3% | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Port Mann BC | 5.1% | 4.4% | 108 | 6 | 7 |
| 13 | Lawfield ON | 4.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Southwood AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Stettler County No. 6 AB | 3.9% | 3.3% | 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Cedarbrae AB | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Homeside ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Underwood ON | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Sioux Lookout ON | 1.7% | 4.5% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Haultain SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Richmond West MB | 1.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Pleasant Hill SK | 1.6% | 6.9% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Richelieu QC | 1.4% | 4.8% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Caernarvon AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Worthington MB | 1.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dunluce AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Saint-Henri QC | 0.5% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Inkster Gardens MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Pie QC | 0.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Stettler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Castleridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Forest Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | MacEwan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Lac-Mégantic QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | South Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Melfort SK | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Amqui QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Alberta Avenue AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Homesteader AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Stettler
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 Stettler: 9 named parks and woods
Largest first: Cold Lake Park leads with 25 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 69 ha in all
Parks & gardens 69 ha
59% of the area is in just two places: Cold Lake Park and West Stettler Park.
West Stettler Park
Park or garden
16 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stettler Sports Park
Park or garden
15 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
1.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stettler Agricultural Society
Park or garden
8.8 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Stettler
Directionsto a point inside
Parkdale Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.2 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Stettler
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Cold Lake ParkPark or garden · 25 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsWest Stettler ParkPark or garden · 16 ha · 2.1 km of path
DirectionsStettler Sports ParkPark or garden · 15 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsStettler Agricultural SocietyPark or garden · 8.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParkdale ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOff Leash Dog ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsMemorial ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRotary Viking ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsProvincial Building GroundsPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
9 in 10 people in Stettler 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 (85%)Further (15%)
Stettler85%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better. Around 900 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Stettler has 3 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stettler0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
No public land among them: all are private conservation land, counted but unnamed.
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 Knife Provincial Park, 34 km off
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
Big Knife Provincial Park
34 km north-east2.4 km²since 1962
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Stettler, 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
Stettler has 24 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
24 km
in and around the town (34 km²)
Woodland
1.5%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
StettlerTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StettlerTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.5%
0%50%100%
62% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is less wooded than 78% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Stettler
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Stettler is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Forestburg Plant Site (44 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 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 2 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 17 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 46 | 79 | 73 | 53 | 33 | 19 | 16 | 13 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). Precipitation runs from 10 mm in February to 79 mm in June. Winter brings about 87 cm of snow. The climate in Stettler →
Things to do
Outdoors around Stettler: 14 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 12 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Grandview Playgroundin town
DirectionsMeadowlands Playgroundin town
DirectionsParkdale Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Stettler Lions Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stettler
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 5–71 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stettler.
Stettler County No. 6Starland CountyTrochuCamrose CountyPonokaStettler
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettler | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stettler County No. 6 4.5 km | 3.9% | 96 | 0 | 3 |
| Starland County 63 km | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Trochu 65 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Camrose County 69 km | 1.4% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| Ponoka 71 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Stettler County No. 6, Starland County and Camrose County have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Stettler
What is the nearest provincial park to Stettler?
Big Knife Provincial Park, 34 km away.
Is there protected land near Stettler?
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is Stettler from a national park?
None within 100 km of Stettler.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Stettler?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Stettler
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).