First pick
Creekside Park
Park or garden
7.9 ha0.2 km of path
2.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: LN? from Canada · CC BY 2.06.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Coldstream · parks, protected land & trails
Coldstream borders Kalamalka Lake Park
Within 5 km are 7 beaches; Kal Beach is the nearest. The protected share within 10 km is 6.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
6.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Kalamalka Lake Park
Beaches
7
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Coldstream apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgeKalamalka Lake Park reaches the townProtected land all round6.2% of the land within 10 km, more than 75% of Canadian townsBeaches7 beaches within 5 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Coldstream’s draw is a provincial park at its edge, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Coldstream 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km6.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches7Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Coldstream has the 13th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (11,177 to 11,578 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
Coldstream6.2%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Coldstream9
Towns its size5
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Coldstream0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Coldstream sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banff AB | 100% | 100% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Montmagny QC | 26% | 0.1% | 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Carson Grove - Carson Meadows ON | 14% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Williams Lake BC | 14% | 8.3% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Ramara ON | 8.6% | 0.5% | 37 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Sechelt BC | 7.5% | 2% | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | Milton-Parc QC | 7.5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | New Kleinburg ON | 7.5% | 12% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | La Tuque QC | 7.4% | 7.5% | 372 | 0 | 140 |
| 10 | Katimavik-Hazeldean ON | 6.8% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Ebenezer West ON | 6.8% | 11% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Estevan SK | 6.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Coldstream BC | 6.2% | 0.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Hochelaga QC | 5.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Pont-Rouge QC | 5.1% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Arnprior ON | 3.9% | 1.3% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Hawkesbury ON | 3.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Casa Loma ON | 2.3% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | Cabbagetown-South St.James Town ON | 2.2% | 0% | 11 | 8 | 33 |
| 20 | North Riverdale ON | 2.2% | 0% | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 21 | Dufferin Grove ON | 1.9% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 22 | Selkirk MB | 1.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fort Richmond MB | 1.6% | 2.3% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Bridgwater Trails MB | 1.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Norquay Village BC | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 15 |
| 26 | Pelmo Park-Humberlea ON | 1.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | William Whyte MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Bowness AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Millbrook ON | 0.6% | 0.1% | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Keelesdale-Eglinton West ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Long Branch ON | 0.3% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 32 | New Toronto ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 33 | Jefferson MB | 0.3% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Whitehorn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Farnham QC | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Princess-Rosethorn ON | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Fontainebleau ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Morden MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Drayton ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Beddington Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Coldstream
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
Walk in Coldstream: 4 named parks and woods
Largest first: Creekside Park leads with 7.9 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 15 ha in all
Parks & gardens 15 ha
Creekside Park and Centennial Park together hold 83% of it.
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 2 in 10 of Coldstream’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 (18%)Further (82%)
Coldstream18%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 9,300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 6.2% of the land near Coldstream
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Coldstream0.4%
Within 10 km6.2%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 9 of the 10. Silver Star Park leads for size with 5,573 ha. The figures include one private conservation area, left unnamed.
Kalamalka Lake ParkProvincial park · 3,218 ha · reaches Coldstream
Cougar Canyon Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 553 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Kekuli Bay ParkProvincial park · 57 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
Swan Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 472 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Campbell Brown (Kalamalka Lake) Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 104 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
Silver Star ParkProvincial park · 5,573 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
Vance Creek Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 40 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Buck Hills Road Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 16 ha · 9.8 km from the edge of town
Ellison ParkProvincial park · 220 ha · 9.8 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
Kalamalka Lake Park meets Coldstream
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
Kalamalka Lake Park
At the edge32 km²since 1975
Provincial park
Kekuli Bay Park
3.6 km south-west0.6 km²since 1990
Provincial park
Silver Star Park
8.4 km north-east56 km²since 1989
Provincial park
Ellison Park
9.8 km south-west2.2 km²since 1962
No national park lies within 100 km of Coldstream; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 4 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Coldstream has 83 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
83 km
in and around the town (121.4 km²)
Woodland
40%
about 48.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ColdstreamTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.7
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ColdstreamTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland40%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 62% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 79% 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 Coldstream
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
Coldstream is best on foot in April to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Vernon (7.3 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 37 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 45 | 55 | 37 | 30 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 44 |
About 93 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -1 °C, July highs of 28 °C. Precipitation runs from 25 mm in March to 55 mm in June. The climate in Coldstream →
Beaches
Beaches near Coldstream: 7 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Kal Beachin town
DirectionsLakeshore Beach4.1 km from town
DirectionsThere are also 5 beaches without a name. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Coldstream: 5 viewpoints 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 (20). Among the peaks, Vernon Hill is highest at 1,368 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Mount Middleton620 m · in town
DirectionsVernon Hill1,368 m · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Allan Brooks Nature Centre Lot Plan 254040.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Kalavista Boat Launchin town
DirectionsKinloch Boat Launchin town
DirectionsPlus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Coldstream
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
VernonElectoral Area C, North OkanaganElectoral Area B, North OkanaganOkanagan (Part) 1LumbyColdstream
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldstream | 6.2% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| Vernon 5.7 km | 8.4% | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 6.5 km | 6.1% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan 8.7 km | 3.7% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| Okanagan (Part) 1 15 km | 2% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| Lumby 18 km | 1.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Around Coldstream, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Coldstream
Is there a provincial park near Coldstream?
Kalamalka Lake Park touches the town.
What is the nearest beach to Coldstream?
Kal Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
How much land around Coldstream is protected?
Within 10 km, 6.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Coldstream?
Silver Star Park: 5,573 ha, a provincial park.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Coldstream?
April to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Coldstream near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Coldstream.
Sources
The sources behind Coldstream’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).