First pick
Hudson Hope Steam Vents Recreation Site
Park or garden
125 ha
19 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Urban Walnut · CC BY-SA 3.05.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Hudson's Hope · parks, protected land & trails
A provincial park at Hudson's Hope’s edge: Butler Ridge Park
Protected areas cover 5.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Count 4 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
5.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Butler Ridge Park
Against other towns
Hudson's Hope 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km5.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas 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, Hudson's Hope ranks 9th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,019 to 2,587 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
Hudson's Hope5.5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Hudson's Hope3
Towns its size3
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Hudson's Hope0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Hudson's Hope beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 8 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Hudson's Hope BC | 5.5% | 5.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Hudson's Hope
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Hudson's Hope
Largest first: Hudson Hope Steam Vents Recreation Site leads with 125 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 150 ha in all
Parks & gardens 150 ha
Hudson Hope Steam Vents Recreation Site plus Trappers Cabin Recreation Site account for 98% of the green.
Trappers Cabin Recreation Site
Park or garden
21 ha
14 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Alwin Holland Memorial Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha
8.4 km southfrom 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
In Hudson's Hope, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Hudson's Hope0%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 1,000 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 5.5% of the land near Hudson's Hope
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Hudson's Hope5.2%
Within 10 km5.5%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 4 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Butler Ridge ParkProvincial park · 6,024 ha · reaches Hudson's Hope
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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
Butler Ridge Park meets Hudson's Hope
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
Butler Ridge Park
At the edge60 km²since 2000
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Hudson's Hope has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Hudson's Hope and its edge hold 22 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
22 km
in and around the town (1,009.1 km²)
Woodland
84%
about 845.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Hudson's HopeTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Hudson's HopeTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland84%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 97% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 96% 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 Hudson's Hope
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 walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Hudson's Hope is best on foot in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fort ST. John, 77 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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | -9 | -5 | -1 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 8 | -2 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 28 | 21 | 27 | 21 | 34 | 75 | 77 | 48 | 42 | 33 | 35 | 24 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (77 mm), while April is driest at 21 mm. The warmest days come in July (22 °C highs), the coldest in January (-9 °C). The climate in Hudson's Hope →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Hudson's Hope
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Portage Mountain tops the hills nearby, 1,425 m. Campsites lead the count with 6.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 4
Bullhead Mountain1,121 m · in town
DirectionsButler Ridge775 m · in town
DirectionsPortage Mountain1,425 m · in town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak more.
Nature reserves 1
Jamieson Woods Nature Preservein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Cameron Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsCameron Lake Environmental Studies Centre (SD60)in town
DirectionsDinosaur Lake ATV Parkin town
DirectionsDinosaur Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsKing Gething Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Dinosaur Reservoir Boat Launchin town
DirectionsLynx Creek Boat Launchin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Hudson's Hope
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Hudson's Hope has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 48–79 km out.
ChetwyndElectoral Area E, Peace RiverElectoral Area C, Peace RiverFort St. JohnTaylorHudson's Hope
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson's Hope | 5.5% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chetwynd 48 km | 9.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Electoral Area E, Peace River 55 km | 19% | 25 | 2 | 103 |
| Electoral Area C, Peace River 67 km | 1.9% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Fort St. John 71 km | 1.4% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor 79 km | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Electoral Area E, Peace River has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 2. Around Electoral Area E, Peace River the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Hudson's Hope
Which is the biggest protected area near Hudson's Hope?
Butler Ridge Park, a provincial park of 6,024 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Hudson's Hope?
Butler Ridge Park begins at the town’s edge.
How much land around Hudson's Hope is protected?
Protected areas cover 5.5% of the land within 10 km.
Is Hudson's Hope near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Hudson's Hope.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Hudson's Hope?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Hudson's Hope’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).