First pick
Sheffield Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
8.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Skowkale · parks, protected land & trails
Skowkale has more protected land around it than 8 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest provincial park is Chilliwack River Park, 6.8 km from the edge of town. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 87 km from town. Within 10 km are 16 protected areas.
Protected land
8.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
87 km
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Nearest provincial park
6.8 km
Chilliwack River Park
Against other towns
Skowkale 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 km8.6%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 areas8Areas 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
Skowkale comes 5th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,114 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
Skowkale8.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Skowkale8
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Skowkale0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Skowkale sits near the top of its size group: 4 of 39 have more.
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 | Skowkale BC | 8.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 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
Where the green is in Skowkale
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve; 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 named parks and woods to walk in near Skowkale
Sheffield Park is the largest, at 0.7 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Twin Creeks Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.5 ha
0.7 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
Most of Skowkale is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Skowkale0%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,100 people more than a short walk away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
The 16 protected areas near Skowkale
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Skowkale0%
Within 10 km8.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 8 of the 16, and private owners the rest. Biggest of the named areas: Cultus Lake Park, 2,729 ha. The figures include 8 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Katherine Tye Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 3.0 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
Fraser River Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 191 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Chilliwack River ParkProvincial park · 23 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Cultus Lake ParkProvincial park · 2,729 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Great Blue Heron Nature ReserveNature reserve · 15 ha · 7.7 km from the edge of town
Bert Brink Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 915 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
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
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 87 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
Chilliwack River Park
6.8 km south-east0.2 km²since 1961
Provincial park
Cultus Lake Park
7.1 km south-west27 km²since 1948
National park reserve
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
87 km south-west67 km²since 2010
Chilliwack River Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 6.8 km. Within 10 km are 2 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
Skowkale and its edge hold 8 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
7.9 km
in and around the town (7.8 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SkowkaleTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SkowkaleTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 89% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 58% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Skowkale
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 First Nations reserve; 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
The best months for walking in Skowkale: April to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Agassiz (18 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 250 | 137 | 152 | 123 | 90 | 91 | 55 | 69 | 98 | 185 | 268 | 217 |
From 6 °C in December to 25 °C in August: that is the range of daytime highs. November is the wettest month (268 mm) and July the driest (55 mm). The yearly snowfall is near 52 cm. The climate in Skowkale →
Things to do
Outdoors around Skowkale: 13 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (11).
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Wells Sanctuary Conservation Area0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 11
Plus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Sheffield Park0.3 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Skowkale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ChilliwackTzeachten 13Electoral Area E, Fraser ValleyCultus LakeElectoral Area C, Fraser ValleyRosedaleSkowkale
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skowkale | 8.6% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Chilliwack 1.3 km | 11% | 36 | 4 | 26 |
| Tzeachten 13 2.7 km | 16% | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley 10 km | 18% | 19 | 7 | 29 |
| Cultus Lake 13 km | 9.3% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley 14 km | 34% | 38 | 1 | 111 |
| Rosedale 14 km | 16% | 17 | 1 | 9 |
More routes are mapped around Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley (7). Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley and Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Skowkale
What is the best season to get outdoors in Skowkale?
April to 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 Skowkale from a national park?
It is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, 87 km off.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Skowkale?
It is Chilliwack River Park, 6.8 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Skowkale?
It is Cultus Lake Park, a provincial park covering 2,729 ha.
How much land around Skowkale is protected?
Protected areas cover 8.6% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Where Skowkale’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).