First pick
By-The-Lake Park
Park or garden
38 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
2.6 km westfrom the centre
Nature Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Enzenberger · CC BY-SA 3.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wetaskiwin · parks, protected land & trails
From Wetaskiwin, Miquelon Lake Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (38 km)
Close by: one protected area. Within 10 km of the town, 0.1% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Elk Island National Park, at 63 km.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
63 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
38 km
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Wetaskiwin, 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.1%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, Wetaskiwin is 4th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,382 to 14,030 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
Wetaskiwin0.1%
Towns its size3.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wetaskiwin0
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wetaskiwin0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Wetaskiwin is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hammonds Plains NS | 16% | 4.9% | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Riverview ON | 15% | 1.9% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Sandy Hill ON | 13% | 1.7% | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Ville-Émard QC | 10% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights ON | 6.8% | 11% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Cloverdale BC | 6% | 0.4% | 160 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Glen Cairn ON | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Sillery QC | 4.8% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 16 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | L'Aéroport QC | 4% | 0% | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Strathcona BC | 3.8% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 76 |
| 20 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 21 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Oakridge ON | 2.5% | 11% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 23 | Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village ON | 2.5% | 7.1% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Copperfield AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 25 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 26 | Wychwood ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 | Humewood-Cedarvale ON | 2% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills ON | 1.9% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Avondale ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Beaverton ON | 0.8% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | The Maples MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | River West ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wetaskiwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Sainte-Marie QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Wetaskiwin
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
8 named parks and woods to walk in near Wetaskiwin
By-The-Lake Park is the largest, at 38 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 47 ha in all
Parks & gardens 47 ha
Most of it sits in By-The-Lake Park and Knights of Columbus Little Leauge Park: 87% together.
Knights of Columbus Little Leauge Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.5 km of path
1.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Diamond Jubilee Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Montgomery Memorial Park
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ashoro Park
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km south-westfrom 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
8 in 10 people in Wetaskiwin 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 (83%)Further (18%)
Wetaskiwin83%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 2,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Wetaskiwin has 1 protected area 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 Wetaskiwin0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It belongs to a private owner or a land trust, so the page leaves its name 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
Elk Island National Park, 63 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
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park
38 km north-east13 km²since 1958
National park
Elk Island National Park
63 km north-east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, a provincial park 38 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
Wetaskiwin has 23 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
23 km
in and around the town (44.2 km²)
Woodland
2.2%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WetaskiwinTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WetaskiwinTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland2.2%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 74% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 66% 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 named walking route passes Wetaskiwin 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.
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
Wetaskiwin is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Camrose (38 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 10 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 72 | 73 | 44 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 10 |
Summer highs reach 23 °C in July; in January they stay near -6 °C. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 73 mm; February sees 9 mm. Some 127 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Wetaskiwin →
Things to do
Near Wetaskiwin: 17 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.
The most common are playgrounds: 14 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 14
Friends of the library Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Wetaskiwin
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Ermineskin 138MilletLouis Bull 138BWetaskiwin
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wetaskiwin | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ermineskin 138 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Millet 15 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Bull 138B 17 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Around Wetaskiwin, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Wetaskiwin
What is the nearest provincial park to Wetaskiwin?
Miquelon Lake Provincial Park, 38 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Wetaskiwin for the outdoors?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is Wetaskiwin from a national park?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 63 km.
Is there protected land near Wetaskiwin?
Yes: 0.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Wetaskiwin’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).