First pick
Kelwood Centennial Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
18 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center · Public domain17%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Rosedale · parks, protected land & trails
Step out of Rosedale and you are in Riding Mountain National Park
Protected areas cover 17% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Count 30 protected areas within 10 km of town. A provincial park, Rivers Provincial Park, lies 43 km away.
Protected land
17%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
30
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
At the edge
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
43 km
Rivers Provincial Park
Character
What sets Rosedale apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Next to a national parkRiding Mountain National Park starts at the edge of townProtected land all round17% of the land within 10 km, more than 94% of Canadian towns
Rosedale is strongest on Riding Mountain National Park on its doorstep, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Rosedale 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 km17%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town17%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas 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, Rosedale ranks 4th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,591 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
Rosedale17%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Rosedale2
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Rosedale0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Rosedale sits near the top of its size group: 3 of 39 have more. It trails them for public protected areas, where 23 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 | Rosedale MB | 17% | 17% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Rosedale
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 Rosedale: one named park or wood
The biggest is Kelwood Centennial Park, 0.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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 Rosedale 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%)
Rosedale0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,600 people more than a short walk away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Around Rosedale, protected areas make up 17%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Rosedale17%
Within 10 km17%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 2 of the 30, and private owners the rest. The largest named one is Riding Mountain National Park, at 296,770 ha. The figures include 28 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Riding Mountain National ParkNational park · 296,770 ha · reaches Rosedale
Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 5,445 ha · 0.8 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
Big parks near Rosedale
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
National park
Riding Mountain National Park
At the edge2,968 km²since 1929
Provincial park
Rivers Provincial Park
43 km south-west0.5 km²since 1961
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Rosedale has 31 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
31 km
in and around the town (1,000.6 km²)
Woodland
34%
about 344.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RosedaleTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RosedaleTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 76% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 95% 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 Rosedale 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
Rosedale is best on foot in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Brandon, 70 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -9 | -2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 65 | 98 | 72 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 20 | 22 |
The warmest days come in August (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). Precipitation runs from 14 mm in February to 98 mm in June. The climate in Rosedale →
Things to do
Outdoors around Rosedale: 4 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve more.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Kerrs Lake Unsupervised Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Rosedale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Rosedale with figures are 19–27 km away.
Glenella-LansdowneClanwilliam-EricksonNeepawaRosedale
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale | 17% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 19 km | 2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Clanwilliam-Erickson 25 km | 25% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Neepawa 27 km | 1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Rosedale’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Rosedale
What is the best season to get outdoors in Rosedale?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Rosedale?
Yes: Riding Mountain National Park reaches the edge of Rosedale.
Are there protected areas near Rosedale?
Protected areas cover 17% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Rosedale?
It is Rivers Provincial Park, 43 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Rosedale?
Riding Mountain National Park: 296,770 ha, a national park.
Sources
Sources for this page on Rosedale
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).