First pick
Sundre Nature Boardwalk
Park or garden
13 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Sundre Nature Boardwalk
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sir-Mister-Horse · CC BY 4.00.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sundre · parks, protected land & trails
Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, 51 km away, is the closest provincial park to Sundre
For a national park, Banff National Park is 62 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 0.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Sundre Natural Area, 65 ha, 2.9 km away.
Protected land
0.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
62 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
51 km
Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Sundre, set against 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km0.4%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 areas5Areas 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
Sundre sits 12th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,643 to 2,722 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
Sundre0.4%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sundre5
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sundre0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Sundre’s strong point is public protected areas, where 11 of 39 top it. For protected land nearby, though, 28 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Ronge SK | 49% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bouctouche NB | 27% | 1.6% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 38% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Meadow Lake No. 588 SK | 13% | 15% | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Tumbler Ridge BC | 12% | 5.1% | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | Eastman QC | 11% | 7.4% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Swan Valley West MB | 11% | 1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast BC | 10% | 15% | 73 | 0 | 231 |
| 10 | Saint George NB | 7.2% | 14% | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | East River, Part 1 PE | 4.3% | 9.1% | 38 | 14 | 20 |
| 13 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC | 2.8% | 5.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Adelaide/Churchill SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 20 | Westmeria ON | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 21 | Meadowlark Park AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Westview SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | North Point Douglas MB | 1.2% | 0% | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Grand Manan NB | 0.8% | 6.1% | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 25 | Hanna AB | 0.8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Waterville QC | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Saint-Alexandre QC | 0.6% | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Grey MB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sundre AB | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Cy Becker AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Spaniard's Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Saint-Bernard QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Martin QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Delton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Gold Bar AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Highlands AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Sundre
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 Sundre: one named park or wood
Largest first: Sundre Nature Boardwalk leads with 13 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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Sundre
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 (75%)Further (26%)
Sundre75%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
Sundre has 5 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 Sundre0%
Within 10 km0.4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 5 is private. Sundre Natural Area covers 65 ha, the most of any named area.
Sundre North Natural AreaNature reserve · 37 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Sundre Red Deer Natural AreaNature reserve · 8.1 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Snakes Head Natural AreaNature reserve · 58 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Sundre Natural AreaNature reserve · 65 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Bearberry Prairie Natural AreaNature reserve · 37 ha · 3.6 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: Banff National Park, 62 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
Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park
51 km south-west890 km²since 2001
National park
Banff National Park
62 km west6,641 km²since 1885
Nearer still is Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, a provincial park 51 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Sundre has 9 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
8.9 km
in and around the town (32.1 km²)
Woodland
4%
about 1.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SundreTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SundreTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland4%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 65% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 74% 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 Sundre
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 Sundre in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Sundre, 3.9 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) | 8.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | -2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 3 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 63 | 104 | 85 | 71 | 47 | 20 | 16 | 16 |
January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 23 °C. For dry weather, January is best (13 mm); June gets 104 mm. The climate in Sundre →
Things to do
Near Sundre: 9 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.
Count 7 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Greenwood Campgroundin town
DirectionsTall Timber RV Resortin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sundre
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 Sundre with figures are 22–46 km away.
Mountain View CountyOldsDidsburyBowdenCarstairsSundre
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundre | 0.4% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountain View County 22 km | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Olds 36 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didsbury 39 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowden 44 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carstairs 46 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Sundre’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Sundre
How far is Sundre from a national park?
Banff National Park is closest, at 62 km.
When should you visit Sundre for the outdoors?
May and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the largest protected area near Sundre?
It is Sundre Natural Area, a nature reserve covering 65 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sundre?
Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, 51 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Sundre?
Yes: 0.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Sundre’s outdoors figures
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).