First pick
Whitecourt Golf & Country Club
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
66 ha
9.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jeffrey Wallace · CC BY-SA 4.01.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Woodlands County · parks, protected land & trails
Step out of Woodlands County into Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
Within 10 km are 25 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km. 1.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
1.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
25
within 10 km, 12 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
Against other towns
Woodlands County 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. 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 km1.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas12Areas 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, Woodlands County is 20th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,686 to 4,867 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
Woodlands County1.8%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Woodlands County12
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Woodlands County0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Woodlands County sits near the top of its size group: 10 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 18 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Woodlands County on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Woodlands County
Whitecourt Golf & Country Club is the largest, at 66 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Southland Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
1.8 ha
8.0 km 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
Few people in Woodlands County 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Woodlands County0%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 4,800 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
1.8% of the land around Woodlands County is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Woodlands County1.4%
Within 10 km1.8%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
12 of the 25 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park covers 9,646 ha, the most of any named area. The figures include 13 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial ParkProvincial park · 9,646 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial ParkProvincial park · 8,139 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Carson-Pegasus Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,211 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Whitecourt Mountain Natural AreaNature reserve · 555 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Centre of Alberta Natural AreaNature reserve · 313 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Noel Lake Natural AreaNature reserve · 268 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Highway Natural AreaNature reserve · 260 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Vega Natural AreaNature reserve · 100 ha · reaches Woodlands County
Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 2,009 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Paddle River Natural AreaNature reserve · 64 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
2 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park meets Woodlands County
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
Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park
At the edge96 km²since 2000
Provincial park
Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park
At the edge81 km²since 1997
Provincial park
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park
At the edge12 km²since 1982
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Woodlands County has its province’s. Within 10 km are 3 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Woodlands County and its edge hold 94 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
94 km
in and around the town (7,860 km²)
Footpaths · km per km²
Woodlands CountyTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
024 km per km²
It has fewer paths per km² than 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 named walking route passes Woodlands County 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.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Woodlands County in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Whitecourt, 17 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 9 | -1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 26 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 61 | 90 | 104 | 62 | 38 | 28 | 24 | 22 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 22 °C; January the coldest, at -7 °C. The wettest month is the warmest, July (104 mm); February has 15 mm. Expect around 175 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Woodlands County →
Things to do
35 things to do outdoors near Woodlands County
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 16 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 9
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsCentre of Alberta Natural Areain town
DirectionsNoel Lake Natural Areain town
DirectionsTimeu Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Areain town
DirectionsWhitecourt Crater Protected Sitein town
DirectionsWhitecourt Sandhills Cross-Country Ski Public Land Use Zonein town
DirectionsVega Natural Area0.2 km from town
DirectionsHighway Natural Area0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve more.
Playgrounds 16
Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Campgroundin town
DirectionsGroat Creek Groupin town
DirectionsWhitecourt Lions Campgroundin town
DirectionsSagitawah RV Park and Campground0.2 km from town
DirectionsTrapper Lea's Cabin2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Woodlands County
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 9–68 km from Woodlands County.
WhitecourtMayerthorpeYellowhead CountyBarrhead County No. 11Swan HillsWoodlands County
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands County | 1.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitecourt 9.4 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mayerthorpe 32 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yellowhead County 63 km | 11% | 33 | 2 | 11 |
| Barrhead County No. 11 66 km | 3.4% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Swan Hills 68 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For walking routes, Yellowhead County leads the area with 2. For protected land, Yellowhead County has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Woodlands County
Are there protected areas near Woodlands County?
Yes: 1.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Which is the biggest protected area near Woodlands County?
It is Hubert Lake Wildland Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 9,646 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Woodlands County?
Carson-Pegasus Provincial Park touches the town.
When should you visit Woodlands County 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.
How far is Woodlands County from a national park?
None within 100 km of Woodlands County.
Sources
Sources for this page on Woodlands County
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).