First pick
Kinsmen Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
2.6 ha
18 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
16%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Shellbrook No. 493 · parks, protected land & trails
Step out of Shellbrook No. 493 and you are in Prince Albert National Park
Protected areas cover 16% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. For a provincial park, Great Blue Heron Provincial Park lies 6.6 km off. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
16%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
At the edge
Prince Albert National Park
Nearest provincial park
6.6 km
Great Blue Heron Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Shellbrook No. 493 stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Next to a national parkPrince Albert National Park starts at the edge of townProtected land all round16% of the land within 10 km, more than 93% of Canadian towns
Shellbrook No. 493’s best card is Prince Albert National Park on its doorstep, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Shellbrook No. 493 against other 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km16%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town4.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas10Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Among 40 towns its size, Shellbrook No. 493 ranks 5th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,671 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
Shellbrook No. 49316%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Shellbrook No. 49310
Towns its size4
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Shellbrook No. 4930
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
493 beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 4 of 39 do better.
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 | Shellbrook No. 493 SK | 16% | 4.2% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 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
Shellbrook No. 493 on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Shellbrook No. 493
The biggest is Kinsmen Park, 2.6 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Centennial Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
2.4 ha
17 km 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
Few people in Shellbrook No. 493 live near 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%)
Shellbrook No. 4930%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. Around 1,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Around Shellbrook No. 493, protected areas make up 16%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Shellbrook No. 4934.2%
Within 10 km16%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
10 of the 17 are on public land. The largest named one is Prince Albert National Park, at 387,460 ha. 7 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Fish and Wildlife Development FundWildlife area · 126,136 ha · reaches Shellbrook No. 493
CooksonProtected area · 4,308 ha · reaches Shellbrook No. 493
Prince Albert National ParkNational park · 387,460 ha · reaches Shellbrook No. 493
Nisbet NorthNature reserve · 1,082 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Nisbet WestNature reserve · 1,352 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Great Blue Heron Provincial ParkProvincial park · 11,078 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
Sturgeon River Recreation SiteProtected area · 89 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
3 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
Parks around Shellbrook No. 493
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
Prince Albert National Park
At the edge · north3,875 km²since 1927
Provincial park
Great Blue Heron Provincial Park
6.6 km north111 km²
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
0 km of paths in and around Shellbrook No. 493
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
0.0 km
in and around the town (– km²)
Woodland
30%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
Shellbrook No. 493Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Shellbrook No. 493Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
100% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover more of it than in 74% 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 Shellbrook No. 493
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Shellbrook No. 493: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Prince Albert, 32 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -12 | -8 | -1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 9 | -2 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 86 | 77 | 50 | 42 | 30 | 16 | 16 |
June is the wettest month (86 mm) and February the driest (12 mm). January brings highs of -12 °C, July highs of 24 °C. About 112 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Shellbrook No. 493 →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Shellbrook No. 493, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Shellbrook No. 493: one waterfall on the map
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
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Sturgeon Lake Regional Parkin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Plus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Shellbrook No. 493
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sturgeon Lake 101ShellbrookShellbrook No. 493
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shellbrook No. 493 | 16% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Sturgeon Lake 101 16 km | 1.4% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shellbrook 17 km | 2.1% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Around Shellbrook No. 493, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Shellbrook No. 493
What is the nearest provincial park to Shellbrook No. 493?
The closest is Great Blue Heron Provincial Park, at 6.6 km.
What is the nearest beach to Shellbrook No. 493?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there protected areas near Shellbrook No. 493?
Within 10 km, 16% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Shellbrook No. 493?
Prince Albert National Park: 387,460 ha, a national park.
What is the nearest national park to Shellbrook No. 493?
It is on the doorstep: Prince Albert National Park touches Shellbrook No. 493.
When should you visit Shellbrook No. 493 for the outdoors?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Sources for this page on Shellbrook No. 493
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).