First pick
Creditview Sandalwood Park
Park or garden
43 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
2.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Sandalwood Trail
Directionsto a point inside
4.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Alloa · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 52 km from Alloa
16 km from town is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Etobicoke Creek Trail. 4.2% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
4.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
52 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Alloa 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km4.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town8.7%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 routes1Named 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
Alloa has the 19th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (28,264 to 31,128 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
Alloa4.2%
Towns its size4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Alloa2
Towns its size10
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Alloa1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Alloa lags towns its size: 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pierrefonds-Ouest QC | 34% | 25% | 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Squamish BC | 30% | 21% | 20 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Des Explorateurs QC | 23% | 12% | 46 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Du Plateau QC | 22% | 25% | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Vieux-Lachine - Saint-Pierre QC | 17% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Bedford NS | 15% | 2.3% | 29 | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | Portobello South ON | 12% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | La Cité QC | 9.1% | 0% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Verdun-Centre QC | 8.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Du Moulin QC | 8.2% | 9.9% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Montagne QC | 7.7% | 42% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Magog QC | 7.5% | 1.2% | 53 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | West End BC | 6.6% | 51% | 12 | 4 | 76 |
| 14 | Sainte-Julie QC | 5.8% | 0.7% | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Johnston Heights BC | 5.8% | 29% | 131 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | Rockland ON | 5.2% | 0.9% | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay ON | 5% | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Marie-Victorin QC | 4.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Alloa ON | 4.2% | 8.7% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | King ON | 4.1% | 2.7% | 94 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | Collingwood ON | 3.9% | 0.2% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Vieux-Rosemont QC | 3.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Conception Bay South NL | 3.6% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| 24 | Victoria-Fraserview BC | 3.1% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | Wasaga Beach ON | 3% | 21% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 26 | York University Heights ON | 2.7% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | West Hill ON | 2.4% | 15% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Boisbriand QC | 2.3% | 0.2% | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Annex ON | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 30 | Wexford/Maryvale ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Crémazie QC | 1.8% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Val-Bélair QC | 1.7% | 2.9% | 27 | 2 | 12 |
| 33 | Parc-Extension QC | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Glenfield-Jane Heights ON | 1.6% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | South Riverdale ON | 1.5% | 16% | 12 | 9 | 49 |
| 36 | Nouveau-Bordeaux QC | 1.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Beamsville ON | 1.2% | 1.3% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| 38 | Meadowvale Village ON | 0.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Alma QC | 0.8% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Fort Saskatchewan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Alloa
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
16 named parks and woods to walk in near Alloa
Creditview Sandalwood Park is the largest, at 43 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
16 named parks and woods, 61 ha in all
Parks & gardens 61 ha
Between them, Creditview Sandalwood Park and Hartley Channel cover 76%.
Hartley Channel
Park or garden
3.7 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Fletchers Creek Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Jim Irons Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Robert Post Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.3 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Tillacountry Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.1 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Matthew Cation Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ironblock Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
2.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mary Goodwillie Young Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 16 named parks and green spaces
Creditview Sandalwood ParkPark or garden · 43 ha · 4 km of path
DirectionsHartley ChannelPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsJim Irons ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsRobert Post ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsTillacountry ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsMatthew Cation ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsIronblock ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMary Goodwillie Young ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMoody Family ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsAverill Rd ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsCrown Victoria ParkettePark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsJacob Shook ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHedgeline ParkettePark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsIceland ParkettePark or garden · 1.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsTroughton's Corners ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsBanas ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSource: 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
All of Alloa is within a short walk of 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Alloa100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
Around Alloa, protected areas make up 4.2%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Alloa8.7%
Within 10 km4.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 14 are on public land. Brampton Natural Heritage System leads for size with 1,126 ha. The figures include 12 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Brampton Natural Heritage SystemNature reserve · 1,126 ha · reaches Alloa
VictoriaNature reserve · 7.1 ha · 6.0 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 Alloa
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
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
16 km north-west2.9 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
52 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 16 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 51 km in and around Alloa
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
51 km
in and around the town (23.6 km²)
Woodland
5.2%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AlloaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AlloaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland5.2%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 58% of Canadian towns. For woods, 60% of Canadian towns have more.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Alloa has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Etobicoke Creek Trail37.3 km
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 Alloa: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Toronto Pearson (Airport), 18 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 50 | 51 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 59 |
From -1 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. June is the wettest month (81 mm) and February the driest (50 mm). The yearly snowfall is near 115 cm. The climate in Alloa →
Things to do
Near Alloa: 3 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.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 67 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 67
Plus 67 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Alloa
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mount Pleasant NorthFletchers Meadow NorthMount Pleasant VillageVan KirkFletchers Meadow SouthCreditviewAlloa
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alloa | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant North 0.9 km | 3.8% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletchers Meadow North 1.8 km | 3% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant Village 2.3 km | 2.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Kirk 2.6 km | 3.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Fletchers Meadow South 2.7 km | 2.7% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Creditview 2.7 km | 3% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Around Alloa, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Alloa
What is the biggest park or reserve near Alloa?
It is Brampton Natural Heritage System, a nature reserve covering 1,126 ha.
Where can you walk near Alloa?
Try the Etobicoke Creek Trail.
Is there a provincial park near Alloa?
It is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 16 km away.
How much land around Alloa is protected?
Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Alloa from a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 52 km off.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Alloa?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Alloa’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).