First pick
Brave Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
1.3 ha0.4 km of path
15 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: R. Sieben · CC BY 3.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wheatland County · parks, protected land & trails
Wheatland County has 0.2% protected land within 10 km
A provincial park, Midland Provincial Park, lies 11 km away. The largest is Hand Hills Ecological Reserve: 2,314 ha, 9.0 km from the edge of town. Count 16 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Midland Provincial Park
Against other towns
Wheatland County against 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. 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 km0.2%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 areas1Areas 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
Wheatland County sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,979 to 10,321 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
Wheatland County0.2%
Towns its size1.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wheatland County1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wheatland County0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Wheatland County lags towns its size: 34 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury QC | 21% | 24% | 17 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Kitimat BC | 20% | 6.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Lac-des-Fées QC | 14% | 33% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Du Parc QC | 14% | 32% | 38 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Markham Village ON | 9.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Amherst NS | 8.7% | 0.2% | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands ON | 5.8% | 8.6% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâces QC | 5.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Portland Estates NS | 4.5% | 0% | 19 | 4 | 18 |
| 10 | Quesnel BC | 4.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mount Pleasant North ON | 3.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Mono ON | 3.7% | 6.4% | 56 | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | East St. Paul MB | 3.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Van Kirk ON | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Centreville Chicopee ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Saint-Félicien QC | 1.6% | 0.5% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 21 | Lac-Saint-Charles QC | 1% | 1.6% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Hinton AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Caledonia-Fairbank ON | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Citadel AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Beckwith ON | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Glenbrook AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Malahide ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 28 | Maple Leaf ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | West Hillhurst AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Temiskaming Shores ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Runnymede-Bloor West Village ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 32 | Falconridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Penbrooke Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Pineridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mitchell ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Wheatland County AB | 0.2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | City Centre ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Bridgewater NS | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Palmerston ON | 0% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Wheatland County
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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Wheatland County
The biggest is Brave Park, 1.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Gleichen Beaupre Memorial Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha
19 km south-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 1 in 10 in Wheatland County
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 (6.6%)Further (93%)
Wheatland County6.6%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 9,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
16 protected areas lie within 10 km of Wheatland County
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Wheatland County0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 1 of the 16; land trusts and private owners hold the others. 15 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Hand Hills Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 2,314 ha · 9.0 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
Midland Provincial Park is 11 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
Midland Provincial Park
11 km north-east6.2 km²since 1979
No national park lies within 100 km of Wheatland County; 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
Wheatland County has 36 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
36 km
in and around the town (5,204.3 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Wheatland CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Wheatland CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
For woods, 95% of Canadian towns have more. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 98% 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 Wheatland County
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Wheatland County: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Queenstown (47 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 62 | 82 | 54 | 50 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
From -2 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. June is the wettest month (82 mm) and February the driest (14 mm). The yearly snowfall is near 105 cm. The climate in Wheatland County →
Things to do
Outdoors around Wheatland County: 56 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
47 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 2
Wayne Picnic Area1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 47
Cheadle Playgroundin town
DirectionsRockyford School Playground0.2 km from town
DirectionsArena Playground0.2 km from town
DirectionsWild West Playground0.8 km from town
DirectionsWheeler Park Playground1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 42 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Plus 3 dog parks without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Gleichen Campgroundin town
DirectionsRockyford Lions Campground0.1 km from town
DirectionsWyndham-Carseland Provincial Campground0.1 km from town
DirectionsWayne Community Campround0.8 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Wheatland County
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Wheatland County has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–44 km out.
StrathmoreSiksika 146ChestermereIrricanaWheatland County
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatland County | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathmore 12 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Siksika 146 20 km | 0.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Chestermere 41 km | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Irricana 44 km | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Wheatland County doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Wheatland County
What is the largest protected area near Wheatland County?
Hand Hills Ecological Reserve: 2,314 ha, a nature reserve.
What is the nearest provincial park to Wheatland County?
The closest is Midland Provincial Park, at 11 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Wheatland County?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to Wheatland County?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Wheatland County.
How much land around Wheatland County is protected?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Wheatland County’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).