First pick
Bevans Park and Natural Area
Park or garden
14 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Carsell: Photographer · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Wainwright · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Wainwright
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. A provincial park, Vermilion Provincial Park, lies 55 km away.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
55 km
Vermilion Provincial Park
Against other towns
Wainwright 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0%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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Wainwright
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,819 to 7,167 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
Wainwright0%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wainwright0
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wainwright0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Wainwright trails its peers is public protected areas; 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernie BC | 31% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON | 18% | 18% | 136 | 6 | 347 |
| 3 | Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen ON | 14% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Springhill NS | 11% | 9% | 79 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 10% | 91 | 4 | 228 |
| 6 | Lowertown East ON | 11% | 0% | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Les Cèdres QC | 11% | 0.1% | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Kent BC | 8.3% | 8.2% | 16 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek ON | 7.1% | 6.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Douglas NB | 6.4% | 9.4% | 54 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Saint-Honoré QC | 5.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 5.4% | 0% | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Perth ON | 5.4% | 0.7% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Hope ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Carlisle ON | 4% | 0% | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Raleigh ON | 4% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Edgeley ON | 3.9% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Willow Park AB | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Midnapore AB | 3.3% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay BC | 2.3% | 1.5% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Fairwinds BC | 2.2% | 4.7% | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 | Sherbrooke AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Parkhill ON | 1.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Meadowood MB | 1.3% | 1.8% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Inglewood AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Devon AB | 1.1% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Shannon QC | 0.9% | 3.9% | 21 | 1 | 14 |
| 28 | Cougar Ridge AB | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Yarmouth NS | 0.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Rhatigan Ridge AB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh ON | 0.4% | 0.9% | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| 32 | Applewood Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Bridgeland/Riverside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Stephenville NL | 0.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| 35 | Kiniski Gardens AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Tamarack AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Lucan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Gimli MB | 0.1% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 39 | Rhineland MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Wainwright AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Wainwright
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
6 named parks and woods to walk in near Wainwright
Bevans Park and Natural Area is the largest, at 14 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 31 ha in all
Parks & gardens 31 ha
Between them, Bevans Park and Natural Area and Community Soccer Park cover 61%.
Wallace Park
Park or garden
4.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Wainwright
Directionsto a point inside
Community Soccer Park
Park or garden
5.1 ha
1.4 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
About 8 in 10 of Wainwright’s residents are 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 (79%)Further (21%)
Wainwright79%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. For about 1,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Wainwright
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Vermilion Provincial Park, 55 km off.
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
55 km to Vermilion 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
Vermilion Provincial Park
55 km north7.5 km²since 1958
No national park lies within 100 km of Wainwright; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 13 km in and around Wainwright
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
13 km
in and around the town (31.5 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
WainwrightTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WainwrightTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 69% 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 Wainwright
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 Wainwright: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fabyan, 18 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 9 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 79 | 77 | 56 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-8 °C). The wettest month, June, brings 79 mm, against 12 mm in February. Winter brings about 99 cm of snow. The climate in Wainwright →
Things to do
Near Wainwright: 6 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.
Most numerous: playgrounds (4).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Off-Leash Dog "Bark" Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Dr. Middlemass Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Wainwright
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 Wainwright with figures are 4–67 km away.
Wainwright No. 61VermilionProvost No. 52Vermilion River CountyProvostWainwright
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wainwright No. 61 4.2 km | 3.7% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| Vermilion 57 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Provost No. 52 60 km | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermilion River County 66 km | 0.5% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| Provost 67 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Wainwright No. 61, Vermilion and Provost No. 52 have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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.
- 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. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Wainwright
How far is the nearest provincial park from Wainwright?
It is Vermilion Provincial Park, 55 km away.
When should you visit Wainwright for the outdoors?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Wainwright near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Wainwright.
Sources
Where Wainwright’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).