First pick
A.E. Wilson Park West
Park or garden · 190 m outside town
54 ha5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
2.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Trans Canada Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yakky97 · CC BY-SA 4.02.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in McNab · parks, protected land & trails
From McNab, Last Mountain House Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (35 km)
Biggest among them: Wascana, 1,089 ha, 1.9 km off. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
2.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
35 km
Last Mountain House Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for McNab, set against 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. 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 km2.6%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 areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
McNab has the 17th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,500 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
McNab2.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
McNab4
Towns its size4
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
McNab0
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, McNab’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 16 of 39 top it.
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 | Castlemore Estates ON | 7.8% | 6.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 McNab
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
16 parks and woods to walk in, in or near McNab
The biggest is A.E. Wilson Park West, 54 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
16 named parks and woods, 138 ha in all
Parks & gardens 138 ha
A.E. Wilson Park West plus Rambler Park account for 58% of the green.
A.E. Wilson Park East
Park or garden
21 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Trans Canada TrailDevonion Pathway
Directionsto a point inside
Rambler Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
26 ha
0.9 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Optimist Park
Park or garden
10 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of McNab
Devonion Pathway
Directionsto a point inside
Grassick Park
Park or garden
5.4 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Devonion Pathway
Directionsto a point inside
Cathy Lauritsen Memorial Off-Leash Dog Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
6.6 ha
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sharp Park
Park or garden
4.4 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Toothill Park
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.4 km of path
2.9 km north-westfrom the centre
North West Link Pathway
Directionsto a point inside
All 16 named parks and green spaces
A.E. Wilson Park WestPark or garden · 54 ha · 5.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsA.E. Wilson Park EastPark or garden · 21 ha · 2.9 km of path
DirectionsRambler ParkPark or garden · 26 ha · just outside town
DirectionsOptimist ParkPark or garden · 10 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsGrassick ParkPark or garden · 5.4 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsCathy Lauritsen Memorial Off-Leash Dog ParkPark or garden · 6.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSharp ParkPark or garden · 4.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsToothill ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsEmpress ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLeslie Lawn Bowling ParkPark or garden · 2.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsMcNab ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSereda ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsBenson ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsMable Brown ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · just outside town
DirectionsPasqua / 7th Avenue ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsBrinkworth ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
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
About 5 in 10 of McNab’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 (46%)Further (55%)
McNab46%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,400 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
2.6% of the land around McNab is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside McNab0%
Within 10 km2.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 4 is private. Wascana is the biggest, 1,089 ha.
WascanaNature reserve · 1,089 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
Wascana Lake Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 117 ha · 3.8 km from the edge of town
Condie Nature Refuge Recreation SiteProtected area · 290 ha · 9.2 km from the edge of town
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is 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
The nearest big park: Last Mountain House Provincial Park, 35 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
Last Mountain House Provincial Park
35 km north-west0.6 km²
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, McNab 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
McNab and its edge hold 28 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
28 km
in and around the town (25.4 km²)
Woodland
0.2%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
McNabTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
McNabTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 57% of Canadian towns. 90% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
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 McNab
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the neighbourhood, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in McNab in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Regina (Airport), 2.7 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) | -9 | -7 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 13 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 47 | 85 | 60 | 50 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
The yearly snowfall is near 105 cm. For dry weather, February is best (9 mm); June gets 85 mm. From -9 °C in January to 26 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in McNab →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of McNab
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near McNab: 71 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 53 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 14
Plus 14 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 53
Plus 53 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 4
Cathy Lauritsen Memorial Off-Leash Dog Park0.4 km from town
DirectionsSmall Breed1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 dog parks without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to McNab
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Rosemont/Mount RoyalNorth CentralCathedral VillageNormanview Residents GroupNormanview WestDowntownMcNab
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNab | 2.6% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosemont/Mount Royal 1.6 km | 2.7% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| North Central 1.8 km | 3.2% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Cathedral Village 1.8 km | 2.8% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Normanview Residents Group 2.8 km | 3.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Normanview West 2.8 km | 3.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Downtown 2.9 km | 3.2% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
For walking routes, North Central leads the area with 2. McNab is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- 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 McNab
When should you visit McNab for the outdoors?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to McNab?
None within 100 km of McNab.
What is the biggest park or reserve near McNab?
Wascana, a nature reserve of 1,089 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from McNab?
Last Mountain House Provincial Park, 35 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near McNab?
Within 10 km, 2.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a beach near McNab?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Sources
Sources for this page on McNab
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).