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

Park	Address	Neighbourhood	Community	Coordinates	Land area	Notes	References
Admiral's Cove Park	18 Snowy Owl Drive	East Bedford	Bedford	44°43′1.8″N 63°39′6″W
Africville Park	5795 Africville Road	North End	Halifax	44°40′29.7″N 63°37′7″W	1 ha (2.5 acres)
Albro Lake Park	1 Sea King Drive	Albro Lake	Dartmouth	44°41′10.6″N 63°34′31.9″W	1.9 ha (4.7 acres)
Arnold Whitworth Park	Chadwick Street-Whitworth Street	Southdale	Dartmouth	44°39′33.09″N 63°32′52.53″W
Beazley Park	50 Caledonia Road	Westphal	Dartmouth	44°41′14.7″N 63°31′56.8″W
Bell Lake Park	Dorothea Drive	Ellenvale	Dartmouth	44°40′37.2″N 63°30′34.9″W
Birch Cove Park	44 Oakdale Crescent	Crichton Park	Dartmouth	44°40′46.6″N 63°33′42.3″W
Bissett Lake Park	348 Colby Drive	Colby Village	Cole Harbour	44°39′30.2″N 63°27′47.3″W	20.4 ha (50 acres)
Brownlow Park	32 Bow Street	Manor Park	Dartmouth	44°40′18.1″N 63°32′36.3″W	2.5 ha (6.2 acres)
Charlie Park		West Bedford	Bedford	44°47′19.2″N 63°36′45.6″W
Ashley Cheeseman Memorial Park			Lakeside	44°40′34.8″N 63°35′28″W	0.8 ha (2.0 acres)
Chocolate Lake		Melville Cove	Halifax	44°38′18.5″N 63°37′25.3″W	1.6 ha (4.0 acres)
Mary Clayton Memorial Park	274 Willett Street	West Clayton Park	Clayton Park
Conrose Park (The Horsefields)	6510 Jubilee Road	South End	Halifax	44°38′19.7″N 63°36′4.3″W
Admiral Harry DeWolf Park	150 Waterfront Drive	Central Bedford	Bedford	44°42′59.1″N 63°40′15″W
Ferry Terminal Park	88 Alderney Drive	Downtown	Dartmouth	44°39′47.8″N 63°34′4″W
Halifax Common	5816 Cogswell Street	Central	Halifax	44°38′57.86″N 63°35′21.39″W	19 ha (47 acres)
Crathorne Park	4 Jamieson Street	Harbourview	Dartmouth	44°40′12.7″N 63°35′4.8″W
Deadman's Island Park	24 Pinehaven Drive		Melville Cove	44°38′5.95″N 63°36′36.09″W
Eastern Passage Common	110 Oceanview School Road		Eastern Passage	44°36′29.1″N 63°28′29.5″W	29 ha (72 acres)
Findley Community Centre Park	26 Elliot Street	Manor Park	Dartmouth	44°40′19.3″N 63°33′38.8″W
Flinn Park	6990 Armview Avenue	South End	Halifax	44°38′30.3″N 63°36′46.1″W
Cole Harbour Common	Auburn Drive	Forest Hills	Cole Harbour	44°41′5.2″N 63°29′18″W
Farrell Street Park	Farrell Street	Harbourview	Dartmouth	44°40′33.9″N 63°35′23.2″W	1.41 ha (3.5 acres)
Sir Sandford Fleming Park	260 Dingle Road	South Armdale	Armdale	44°37′41.1″N 63°36′7.2″W	38.44 ha (95.0 acres)
Gorsebrook Park		South End	Halifax	44°38′03.8″N 63°34′55.9″W	7.68 ha (19.0 acres)
Kiwanis Grahams Cove Park	45 Grahams Grove	Grahams Cove	Dartmouth	44°40′51.6″N 63°32′59.8″W	2.19 ha (5.4 acres)
Graves-Oakley Memorial Park	104 Leiblin Drive	Northern Leiblin Park	Leiblin Park	44°35′48.6″N 63°37′37.4″W
Hemlock Ravine Park	40 Kent Avenue	Kent Park	Halifax	44°41′20.9″N 63°40′3.3″W	80.93 ha (200.0 acres)
Horseshoe Island Park	6936 Tupper Grove	West End	Halifax	44°38′23″N 63°36′46.6″W
Jason MacCullough Park	102 Pinecrest Drive	Albro Lake/Highfield Park	Dartmouth
Larry O'Connell Field	6729 Chebucto Road	West End	Halifax	44°38′45.2″N 63°36′31.4″W	1.05 ha (2.6 acres)
Mainland Common	210 Thomas Raddall Drive	West Clayton Park	Clayton Park	44°39′24.9″N 63°39′46.3″W	2.02 ha (5.0 acres)
Maybank Park	1115 Micmac Boulevard	Crichton Park	Dartmouth	44°41′8.1″N 63°34′1.2″W
Merv Sullivan Park	Kencrest Avenue-Novalea Drive-Newbery Street	North End	Halifax	44°40′16.9″N 63°36′39.1″W
Miller's Mountain Park	13 Cranbrook Street	Westphal	Dartmouth	44°41′28.9″N 63°32′27.6″W
Northbrook Park	1 Chapman Street	Harbourview	Dartmouth	44°40′30.8″N 63°34′54.3″W
Oat Hill Lake Park	Beckfoot Drive-Bow Street-Cranston Avenue-Fairfield Avenue-Lorne Avenue-	Manor Park	Dartmouth
Oleary Drive Park	Oleary Drive	South Beaver Bank	Beaver Bank	44°48′26.1″N 63°40′13.2″W
Owl's Nest Island	On Lake Micmac	Crichton Park-Westphal	44°41′19.5″N 63°33′3.5″W
Peace and Friendship Park	Hollis Street	South End	Halifax	44°38′23″N 63°34′10.4″W	0.79 ha (2.0 acres)
Penhorn Lake Beach Park	70 Penhorn Drive	Manor Park	Dartmouth	44°40′32.3″N 63°32′22.8″W
Perrin Drive Park	off Perrin Drive	West Miller Lake	Fall River	44°49′41.9″N 63°35′1.4″W
Pinehill Lookoff Park				44°41′16″N 63°35′6″W
Point Pleasant Park	5530 Point Pleasant Drive	South End	Halifax	44°37′22″N 63°34′9″W	75 ha (190 acres)
Public Gardens	Spring Garden Road & Summer Street	Downtown	Halifax	44°38′34″N 63°34′56″W	6.5 ha (16 acres)
Russell Lake Park		North, West Russell Lake	West Russell Lake	44°40′6.2″N 63°31′34.1″W
Sandy Lake Park	110 Smiths Road	North Bedford	Bedford	44°44′10.5″N 63°41′42.6″W
Saunders Park	off Chebucto Road	West End	Halifax	44°38′45.2″N 63°36′40″W
Schwarzwald Park	291 Howe Avenue	Central Fall River	Fall River	44°50′6.5″N 63°35′55.4″W
Shubie Park	54 Locks Road	Montebello	Dartmouth	44°42′5.3″N 63°33′26.7″W	16 ha (40 acres)
Cyril Smith Golden Acres Park		Lancaster Ridge	Dartmouth	44°41′26.9″N 63°34′31.2″W
Sullivan's Pond	Crichton Avenue-Hawthorne Street-Ochterloney Street-Prince Albert Road	Downtown	Dartmouth	44°40′18.8″N 63°33′48″W	2 ha (4.9 acres)
Tremont Plateau Park	57 Eliza Ritchie Crescent	Bridgeview	Rockingham	44°40′30.8″N 63°39′23.6″W
Victoria Park	5720 Spring Garden Road	Downtown	Halifax	44°38′27.9″N 63°34′46.6″W	0.8 ha (2.0 acres)
J. Albert Walker Sports Field	51 Mountain Road	Central Cowie Hill	Cowie Hill	44°37′42.4″N 63°37′28.2″W
Yetter Park	285 Windmill Road	Harbourview	Dartmouth	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 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine