Information & Facilities Information & Facilities - Sherwood Park Natural Area

Location: 4 km south of Sherwood Park

Activities

Birding

Hiking - Front Country

Wildlife Viewing

Geocaching

Permitted activities may vary within a park. Please confirm details with park staff.

General: The only facility at this site is a small parking lot.
Birding: The mosaic of habitats in this natural area attracts a variety of bird species. A number of sprecies reside here year-round, including hairy owl, downy woodpecker, great horned owl, northern saw-whet owl, black-capped chickadee and white-breasted nuthatch.
Hiking: There is year-round hiking on this area's trail system (3 km developed trails). The "Old Edmonton Trail", a wagon track used in the early 1900s by people travelling between Edmonton and Cooking Lake, passes through the site.
Wildlife Viewing: White-tailed deer are common here, and moose are occasionally seen. Coyotes, snowshoe hare, porcupine and red squirrel are often observed as well.

Classification	Ecological Reserve
Legislation	Wilderness Areas, Ecological Reserves, Natural Areas and Heritage Rangelands Act
Park Size	169.06 Acres / 68.42 Ha
Legal Boundary	O.C. 416/98
Administration / Information	[email protected]
Regional Office	Central Regional Office
District	Camrose
Special Designations
Natural Region	Parkland - Central Parkland
Natural Region Description	The rolling landscape of this natural area is covered mainly by mature aspen and balsam poplar forests. Patches of mature white spruce and paper birch are also found. There are a number of wet depressions throughout the area, including one fairly large slough in the northwest corner of the site. Wetland habitats in the area include willow shrubland, paper birch-willow-Labrador tea shrubland and cattail-sedge wetland.
Land Use Framework Region	South Saskatchewan