First pick
Elks/Kinsmen Park
Park or garden
22 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Myke2020 · Public domain0.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Vegreville · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 45 km from Vegreville: Elk Island National Park
The 10 km around town hold 2 protected areas. Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The closest provincial park is Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, 54 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
45 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
54 km
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Vegreville, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.2%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
Vegreville sits 4th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,079 to 6,245 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
Vegreville0.2%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Vegreville0
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Vegreville0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Vegreville is weakest for public protected areas: 35 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts QC | 15% | 0.2% | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Civic Hospital ON | 11% | 0% | 34 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 5 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC | 6.9% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Central Business Dis ON | 6.9% | 11% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Cumberland ON | 6.7% | 2.9% | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rolston ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Tay Valley ON | 5.8% | 3.9% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 12 | McMasterville QC | 5.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC | 5.4% | 6% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Crown Point West ON | 4.1% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| 15 | Southwood AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Delta East ON | 3.7% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Barrhead County No. 11 AB | 3.4% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Rosemount ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 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 | Glenora AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Worthington MB | 1.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Dunluce AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Inkster Gardens MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Saint-Césaire QC | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Capitol Hill AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Saint-Pie QC | 0.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Castleridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Forest Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | MacEwan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Vegreville AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | South Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Alberta Avenue AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Vegreville 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 Vegreville: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Elks/Kinsmen Park, 22 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 50 ha in all
Parks & gardens 50 ha
Add Elks/Kinsmen Park to RJV Soccer Park and you have 77% of it.
Pioneer Centennial Park
Park or garden
5.0 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.3 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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Vegreville
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 (73%)Further (27%)
Vegreville73%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. Around 1,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Vegreville has 2 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 Vegreville0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
They belong to private owners or land trusts, so the page leaves their names out.
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 Vegreville
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
45 km west194 km²since 1913
Provincial park
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
54 km south-west13 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
Vegreville and its edge hold 10 km of footpath
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
10 km
in and around the town (35.9 km²)
Woodland
0.2%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
VegrevilleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VegrevilleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 91% of Canadian towns. 73% 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 mapped walking route near Vegreville
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Vegreville: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Vegreville, 3.6 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 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| 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 |
Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -8 °C. The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (71 mm), while February is driest at 12 mm. The climate in Vegreville →
Things to do
10 things to do outdoors near Vegreville
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 10 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 10
KIN Community Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Vegreville
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 Vegreville with figures are 18–44 km away.
Minburn County No. 27Two HillsTwo Hills County No. 21TofieldBeaver CountyVegreville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegreville | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Minburn County No. 27 18 km | 1.2% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| Two Hills 32 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Two Hills County No. 21 41 km | 0.5% | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| Tofield 42 km | 18% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaver County 44 km | 6.8% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
For protected land, Minburn County No. 27, Tofield and Beaver County have twice as much or more. Beaver County has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 2.
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. 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. 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Vegreville
How far is Vegreville from a national park?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 45 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Vegreville?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Are there protected areas near Vegreville?
Within 10 km, 0.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Vegreville?
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, 54 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Vegreville’s outdoors figures come from
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).