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Halifax Regional Municipality Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2024, it is estimated that the population of the H ...

has a number of parks and recreation areas in urban and rural settings.

Urban and suburban parks

* Admiral's Cove Park * Admiral Harry DeWolf Park * Africville Park (formerly Seaview Park) * Albro Lake Park * Arnold Witwork Park * Ashley Cheeseman Memorial Park * Beazley Park * Bedford Lions Sandy Lake Park * Bell Lake Park * Birch Cove * Bissett Lake Park * Brownlow Park (in Manor Park) * Charlie Park *

Chocolate Lake Chocolate Lake is located in the Armdale, Nova Scotia, Armdale neighbourhood of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The lake is surrounded by many private homes as well as a Best Western hotel and a city beach. As one of the nearest freshwater lakes to Downtow ...

* City Waterfront Park, Dartmouth *

Halifax Common The Halifax Common, in local popular usage often referred to as the Commons, is a Canadian urban park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is Canada’s oldest urban park. History The Halifax Common was originally a lightly forested swampy area which fo ...

''(The Common)'' * Conrose Field ''(The Horsefields)'' * Cornwallis Park * Cyril Smith Golden Acres Park * Crawthorne Park * Dartmouth Common * Deadman's Island Park * Eastern Passage Commons * Findley Community Park * Flinn Park * Forest Hills Commons * Farrell Park * Grahams Cove * Gorsebrook Park * Graves-Oakley Memorial Park * Hemlock Ravine * Horseshoe Island Park * J. Albert Walker Sports Field * Jason MacCullough Park * Larry O'Connell Field * Mainland Common * Mary Clayton Memorial Park * Maybank Park * Merv Sullivan Park * Millers Mountain Park * Northbrook Park * Old Hill Lake Park * Oleary Drive Park * Owls Nest Island - Little Micmac Park *Penhorn Lake Beach Park * Perrin Road Park * Pinehill Lookoff Park *

Point Pleasant Park Point Pleasant Park is a large, mainly forested municipal park at the southern tip of the Halifax peninsula. It once hosted several artillery batteries, and still contains the Prince of Wales Tower - the oldest Martello tower in North America (1 ...

* Public Gardens * Russell Lake Park *

Saunders Park Saunders Park may refer to: *Saunders Park (Nova Scotia) Saunders Park is an urban park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in West End, Halifax on Chebucto Road at the site of the now defunct Halifax Civic Airport (on west side of Con ...

''(Chebucto Park)'' * Schwarzwald Park *

Shubie Park Shubie Park is a urban park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia maintained by the Halifax Regional Municipality. Heavily forested, Shubie Park is roughly linear in shape as it is bounded on the north and west by Highway 118 expressway and on the south ...

Sir Sandford Fleming Park Sir Sandford Fleming Park is a Canadian urban park located in the community of Jollimore, Halifax, Jollimore in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Halifax Regional Municipality. It is also known as Dingle Park or simply The Dingle, name ...

''(The Dingle)'' *

Sullivan's Pond Sullivan's Pond is an artificial lake and recreation area located in Dartmouth in Halifax Regional Municipality. It formed part of the Shubenacadie Canal. Shubenacadie Canal The pond is located northeast of Halifax Harbour at Dartmouth Cove ...

* Tremont Park * Urban Wilderness Park * Victoria Park * Yetter Park

Wilderness areas

Peggys Cove Preservation Area- Granite Boulders-Sunset-Nova Scotia

Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area The Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Considered to be of high ecological value, it is one of 40 designated wilderness areas in the province. The wilderness area would form the heart of th ...

*Boggy Lake Wilderness Area *Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area * Peggys Cove Preservation Area *Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area *Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area *Terence Bay Wilderness Area * Waverley-Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area *

White Lake Wilderness Area The White Lake Wilderness Area is a wilderness area located in Nova Scotia, Canada, in Halifax Regional Municipality. Several trails, all maintained by the Musquodoboit Trailways Association, pass through it; Gibraltar Rock Loop, White Lake Wil ...

Game sanctuaries

*Liscomb Game Sanctuary *Waverley Game Sanctuary

National parks

Sable Island National Park Reserve Sable Island (, literally "island of sand") is a small, remote island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Sable Island is located in the North Atlantic Ocean, about southeast of Halifax, and about southeast of the closest point of mainlan ...

Provincial parks

*Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park *Cleveland Beach Provincial Park *Cole Harbour -Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System **Salt Marsh Trail **Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park **Rainbow Haven Beach Provincial Park *Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park *

Dollar Lake Provincial Park Dollar Lake Provincial Park is a seasonal provincial park located in the Musquodoboit Valley area of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, in the community of Wyses Corner, 22 kilometres from the Halifax International Airpor ...

*Elderbank Provincial Park *

Gibraltar Rock Provincial Park Reserve Gibraltar Rock Provincial Park Reserve is a park and trail in Gibraltar in the Musquodoboit Valley in the Halifax Regional Municipality of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its ea ...

*Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve *Laurie Provincial Park *Lewis Lake Provincial Park * Long Lake Provincial Park *Martinique Beach Provincial Park *McCormack Beach Provincial Park *McNabs Island Provincial Park *Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park *Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park *Oakfield Provincial Park *Porters Lake Provincial Park *Powder Mill Lake Provincial Park *Queensland Beach Provincial Park *Taylors Head Provincial Park *William E. Degarthe Provincial Park

Rural

*Kidstone Lake/ Rockingstone Park *Moser River Seaside Park *Oceanic Drive Park *Second Lake *West River Sheet Harbour Picnic Park

National historic sites

* Halifax Citadel National Historic Site ''(The Citadel)'' *Fort Charlotte National Historic Site * Fort McNab National Historic Site * York Redoubt National Historic Site * Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site of Canada

Trails

*Atlantic View Trail *Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Rails to Trails *Bissett Road Trail *Blueberry Run Trail * Chain of Lakes Trail *Dartmouth Harbourfront Walkway *DeWolfe Park Boardwalk *Fort Sackville Walkway *Frog Pond Trail *Little Sackville River Greenway *

Lake Charles, Nova Scotia Lake Charles is a small lake in Nova Scotia’s Halifax Regional Municipality between the communities of Dartmouth and Waverley. It is situated between Port Wallace in the south and Nova Scotia Highway 107 in the North, Nova Scotia Highway ...

Trail *Mainland North Linear Parkway *McCurdy Woodlot Trails *Moser River Interpretive Trail * Musquodoboit Trail System *Nova Scotia Coastal Water Trail *Old Annapolis Road Hiking Trail * Pennant Point Trail *Polly's Cove Trail *Portland Lakes Trail *Salmon River Trail *Salt Marsh Trail * Spider Lake Trail

External links

Halifax Parks and Recreation

Nova Scotia Provincial Parks - Halifax region
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Parks A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are green spaces set aside for recreation inside towns and cities. N ...

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