First pick
Arbor Creek Park
Park or garden
9.1 ha2.8 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: ArmedCalculator · CC BY-SA 4.00.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Willowgrove · parks, protected land & trails
From Willowgrove, Fred Heal Canoe Launch is the nearest provincial park (20 km)
The McOrmond Road is the one mapped walking route close by. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
0.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
20 km
Fred Heal Canoe Launch
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Willowgrove, 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.8%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 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
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Willowgrove sits 11th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,606 to 9,984 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
Willowgrove0.8%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Willowgrove2
Towns its size5
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Willowgrove1
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Willowgrove trails its peers is protected land nearby; 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Hatchet Lake NS | 14% | 36% | 53 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lakelands Village ON | 5.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Silverado AB | 4.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Argyle North SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Qualicum Beach BC | 4.4% | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Charlesbourg QC | 3.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Acadia AB | 3.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Northeast SK | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 27 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 28 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies QC | 1.2% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | Stanley MB | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Aspen Woods AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 39 | Coaldale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Olds AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Willowgrove
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
Walk in Willowgrove: 19 named parks and woods
The biggest is Arbor Creek Park, 9.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
19 named parks and woods, 48 ha in all
Parks & gardens 48 ha
The area is spread out: the biggest holds 19% of it.
Ernest Lindner Park
Park or garden
8.4 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Wallace Park
Park or garden
8.4 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Willowgrove
Directionsto a point inside
Misâskwatômina Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
4.7 ha0.5 km of path
1.8 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kusch Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Willowgrove
Directionsto a point inside
John Avant Park
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
John Duerkop Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Willowgrove
Directionsto a point inside
All 19 named parks and green spaces
Arbor Creek ParkPark or garden · 9.1 ha · 2.8 km of path
DirectionsErnest Lindner ParkPark or garden · 8.4 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsWallace ParkPark or garden · 8.4 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsMisâskwatômina ParkPark or garden · 4.7 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsKusch ParkPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsJohn Avant ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsJohn Duerkop ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsFoster ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsElaine Hnatyshyn ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsVarley ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsBudz Green ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsWilliam Sarjeant ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRouilard ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsWillowgrove SquarePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsGenereux ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsEvergreen SquarePark or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsKershaw ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsDon Ross ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsKaplan Green ParkPark or garden · 0.2 ha
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 Willowgrove 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%)
Willowgrove100%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Willowgrove has 9 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Willowgrove0%
Within 10 km0.8%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 2 of the 9. Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary covers 130 ha, the most of any named area. 7 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Sutherland Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 130 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
Cosmopolitan ParkMunicipal park · 11 ha · 5.4 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
20 km to Fred Heal Canoe Launch
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
Fred Heal Canoe Launch
20 km south-west0.1 km²since 1988
No national park lies within 100 km of Willowgrove; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
39 km of paths in and around Willowgrove
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
39 km
in and around the town (16 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
WillowgroveTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WillowgroveTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 63% 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
1 walking route near Willowgrove
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
McOrmond Road9.2 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Willowgrove: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) (12 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -1 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 10 | -1 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 75 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 12 |
The yearly snowfall is near 91 cm. From -10 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. Most rain and snow falls in June, 75 mm; February sees 9 mm. The climate in Willowgrove →
Beaches
2 unnamed beaches near Willowgrove
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
37 things to do outdoors near Willowgrove
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 37 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 37
Holy Family Playgroundin town
DirectionsWillowgrove School Playgroundin town
DirectionsElaine Hnatyshyn Park Playground0.3 km from town
DirectionsPostlethwaite Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 33 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Willowgrove
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BrightonUniversity Heights Urban CentreEvergreenUniversityGreystone HeightsLakewoodWillowgrove
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowgrove | 0.8% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| Brighton 2.0 km | 0.5% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| University Heights Urban Centre 2.1 km | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| Evergreen 2.4 km | 0.7% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| University 3.4 km | 1.2% | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| Greystone Heights 4.5 km | 1.4% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Lakewood 4.6 km | 1.3% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Willowgrove.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Willowgrove
Which is the biggest protected area near Willowgrove?
Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, a wildlife area of 130 ha.
When should you visit Willowgrove for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Willowgrove?
Fred Heal Canoe Launch, 20 km from the edge of town.
Is Willowgrove near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Willowgrove.
What is the nearest beach to Willowgrove?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Where can you walk near Willowgrove?
The McOrmond Road, mapped within 2 km.
Are there protected areas near Willowgrove?
Yes: 0.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Willowgrove
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).