Parks in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Point Pleasant Park

Halifax Public Gardens

Dewolf Park

Victoria Park

The Halifax Regional Municipality has a number of parks and recreation areas in urban and rural settings.

Urban and suburban parks

• Admiral's Cove Park 44°43′1.8″N 63°39′6″W
• Admiral Harry DeWolf Park 44°42′59.1″N 63°40′15″W
• Africville Park (formerly Seaview Park) 44°40′29.7″N 63°37′7″W
• Albro Lake Park 44°41′10.6″N 63°34′31.9″W
• Arnold Witwork Park 44°39′33.09″N 63°32′52.53″W
• Ashley Cheeseman Memorial Park
• Beazley Park 44°41′14.7″N 63°31′56.8″W
• Bedford Lions Sandy Lake Park 44°44′10.5″N 63°41′42.6″W
• Bell Lake Park 44°40′37.2″N 63°30′34.9″W
• Birch Cove 44°40′46.6″N 63°33′42.3″W
• Bissett Lake Park 44°39′30.2″N 63°27′47.3″W
• Brownlow Park (in Manor Park) 44°40′18.1″N 63°32′36.3″W
• Charlie Park 44°47′19.2″N 63°36′45.6″W
• Chocolate Lake 44°38′18.5″N 63°37′25.3″W
• City Waterfront Park, Dartmouth 44°39′47.8″N 63°34′4″W
• Halifax Common (The Common) 44°38′57.86″N 63°35′21.39″W
• Conrose Field (The Horsefields) 44°38′19.7″N 63°36′4.3″W
• Cornwallis Park 44°38′23″N 63°34′10.4″W
• Cyril Smith Golden Acres Park 44°41′26.9″N 63°34′31.2″W
• Crawthorne Park 44°40′12.7″N 63°35′4.8″W
• Dartmouth Common 44°40′8.72″N 63°34′17.72″W
• Deadman's Island Park 44°38′5.95″N 63°36′36.09″W
• Eastern Passage Commons 44°36′29.1″N 63°28′29.5″W
• Findley Community Park 44°40′19.3″N 63°33′38.8″W
• Flinn Park 44°38′30.3″N 63°36′46.1″W
• Forest Hills Commons 44°41′5.2″N 63°29′18″W
• Farrell Park 44°40′33.9″N 63°35′23.2″W
• Grahams Cove 44°40′51.6″N 63°32′59.8″W
• Gorsebrook Park 44°38′03.8″N 63°34′55.9″W
• Graves-Oakley Memorial Park 44°35′48.6″N 63°37′37.4″W
• Hemlock Ravine 44°41′20.9″N 63°40′3.3″W
• Horseshoe Island Park 44°38′23″N 63°36′46.6″W
• J. Albert Walker Sports Field 44°37′42.4″N 63°37′28.2″W
• Jason MacCullough Park
• Larry O'Connell Field 44°38′45.2″N 63°36′31.4″W
• Mainland Common 44°39′24.9″N 63°39′46.3″W
• Mary Clayton Memorial Park
• Maybank Park 44°41′8.1″N 63°34′1.2″W
• Merv Sullivan Park 44°40′16.9″N 63°36′39.1″W
• Millers Mountain Park 44°41′28.9″N 63°32′27.6″W
• Northbrook Park 44°40′30.8″N 63°34′54.3″W
• Old Hill Lake Park 44°40′26″N 63°32′59″W
• Oleary Drive Park 44°48′26.1″N 63°40′13.2″W
• Owls Nest Island - Little Micmac Park 44°41′19.5″N 63°33′3.5″W
• Penhorn Lake Beach Park 44°40′32.3″N 63°32′22.8″W
• Perrin Road Park 44°49′41.9″N 63°35′1.4″W
• Pinehill Lookoff Park 44°41′16″N 63°35′6″W
• Point Pleasant Park 44°37′22″N 63°34′9″W
• Public Gardens 44°38′34″N 63°34′56″W
• Russell Lake Park 44°40′6.2″N 63°31′34.1″W
• Saunders Park (Chebucto Park)44°38′45.2″N 63°36′40″W
• Schwarzwald Park 44°50′6.5″N 63°35′55.4″W
• Shubie Park 44°42′5.3″N 63°33′26.7″W
• Sir Sandford Fleming Park (The Dingle)44°37′41.1″N 63°36′7.2″W
• Sullivan's Pond 44°40′18.8″N 63°33′48″W
• Tremont Park 44°40′30.8″N 63°39′23.6″W
• Urban Wilderness Park 44°40′14.7″N 63°34′26″W
• Victoria Park 44°38′27.9″N 63°34′46.6″W
• Yetter Park 44°40′34.8″N 63°35′28″W

Wilderness areas

Peggys Cove Preservation Area

• Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area
• Boggy Lake Wilderness Area 45°5′21″N 62°18′36″W
• Clattenburgh Brook Wilderness Area 44°51′54.7″N 63°24′53.1″W
• Peggys Cove Preservation Area44°29′55.8″N 63°55′4.6″W
• Ship Harbour Long Lake Wilderness Area 44°50′17″N 63°04′32″W
• Tangier Grand Lake Wilderness Area 44°52′26.5″N 62°48′20.2″W
• Terence Bay Wilderness Area 44°32′45.2″N 63°41′6.6″W
• Waverley-Salmon River Long Lake Wilderness Area 44°47′17″N 63°27′37″W
• White Lake Wilderness Area 44°51′28.7″N 63°9′30″W

Game sanctuaries

• Liscomb Game Sanctuary 45°5′0″N 62°25′54″W
• Waverley Game Sanctuary 44°49′29″N 63°32′10″W

National parks

• Sable Island National Park Reserve 43°57′00″N 59°54′57″W

Provincial parks

• Clam Harbour Beach Provincial Park 44°43′53″N 62°53′28″W
• Cleveland Beach Provincial Park 44°39′5″N 63°59′59″W
• Cole Harbour -Lawrencetown Coastal Heritage Park System
  • Salt Marsh Trail 44°40′6.6″N 63°25′21.6″W
  • Lawrencetown Beach Provincial Park 44°38′39″N 63°20′27″W
  • Rainbow Haven Beach Provincial Park 44°38′58″N 63°25′4″W
• Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park 44°27′36″N 63°37′12″W
• Dollar Lake Provincial Park 44°55′49″N 63°19′7″W
• Elderbank Provincial Park 44°58′49″N 63°12′58″W
• Gibraltar Rock Provincial Park Reserve44°48′16.73″N 63°10′29.97″W
• Herring Cove Provincial Park Reserve
• Laurie Provincial Park 44°53′2″N 63°36′6″W
• Lewis Lake Provincial Park 44°41′21″N 63°50′46″W
• Long Lake Provincial Park 44°37′2.89″N 63°38′7.03″W
• Martinique Beach Provincial Park 44°41′34″N 63°7′50″W
• McCormack Beach Provincial Park 44°36′28.4″N 63°29′32.3″W
• McNabs Island Provincial Park 44°37′0″N 63°31′57″W
• Moose River Gold Mines Provincial Park 44°58′52″N 62°56′27″W
• Musquodoboit Valley Provincial Park 45°3′18″N 63°6′44″W
• Oakfield Provincial Park 44°54′55″N 63°35′14″W
• Porters Lake Provincial Park 44°41′16″N 63°18′5″W
• Powder Mill Lake Provincial Park 44°46′29″N 63°36′38″W
• Queensland Beach Provincial Park 44°38′8″N 64°1′35″W
• Taylors Head Provincial Park 44°49′22″N 62°34′30″W
• William E. Degarthe Provincial Park 44°29′37″N 63°54′51″W

Rural

• Kidstone Lake/ Rockingstone Park 44°35′48.3″N 63°37′8.3″W
• Moser River Seaside Park 44°58′19.7″N 62°15′15.1″W
• Oceanic Drive Park 44°38′47.5″N 63°19′49.2″W
• Second Lake 44°46′12.9″N 63°38′54.6″W
• West River Sheet Harbour Picnic Park 44°55′40.1″N 62°32′48.7″W

National historic sites

• Halifax Citadel National Historic Site (The Citadel)44°38.9′N 63°34.8′W
• Fort Charlotte National Historic Site 44°38′28.6″N 63°33′35″W
• Fort McNab National Historic Site 44°36′0.8″N 63°30′53.5″W
• York Redoubt National Historic Site 44°35′47.7″N 63°33′8.78″W
• Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site of Canada 44°37′15″N 63°34′5″W

Trails

• Atlantic View Trail 44°38′41.2″N 63°20′7.5″W
• Beechville Lakeside Timberlea Rails to Trails 44°39′59.3″N 63°46′35.2″W
• Bissett Road Trail 44°38′10.7″N 63°27′23.3″W
• Blueberry Run Trail 44°40′5.3″N 63°15′38.6″W
• Chain of Lakes Trail
• Dartmouth Harbourfront Walkway 44°39′17.9″N 63°33′9.4″W
• DeWolfe Park Boardwalk 44°42′55.4″N 63°40′18.2″W
• Fort Sackville Walkway44°44′29.8″N 63°39′31.6″W
• Frog Pond Trail 44°37′33.4″N 63°36′13.6″W
• Little Sackville River Greenway 44°43′48″N 63°39′42.5″W
• Lake Charles, Nova Scotia Trail 44°42′54.1″N 63°33′6.9″W
• Mainland North Linear Parkway 44°39′38.3″N 63°39′40.2″W
• McCurdy Woodlot Trails 45°2′58.7″N 63°8′39.5″W
• Moser River Interpretive Trail 44°57′27.3″N 62°14′55″W
• Musquodoboit Trail System 44°47′37.1″N 63°9′2.1″W
• Nova Scotia Coastal Water Trail 44°38′27.1″N 64°4′1.1″W
• Old Annapolis Road Hiking Trail 44°41′52.2″N 63°53′17.1″W
• Pennant Point Trail 44°26′52.1″N 63°37′23.2″W
• Polly's Cove Trail 44°29′24.5″N 63°53′24.7″W
• Portland Lakes Trail 44°40′7.2″N 63°31′38.1″W
• Salmon River Trail 44°45′44.4″N 63°24′0.5″W
• Salt Marsh Trail 44°40′6.6″N 63°25′21.6″W
• Spider Lake Trail 44°44′46.4″N 63°32′19.2″W

External links

• Halifax Parks and Recreation
• Nova Scotia Provincial Parks - Halifax region