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Parks and recreation in Barrhaven

The city parks inventory used for this guide lists 45 parks in Barrhaven, and the area has two city recreation centres: Walter Baker Sports Centre and Minto Recreation Complex.

67 parks, beaches, pathways and recreation places are mapped in the Barrhaven area: 45 parks, 0 beaches, 0 pathways and trails and 2 recreation centres and libraries.

Updated · Facts on this page link to their sources

3 articulated buses in a bus lane in Ottawa
3 articulated buses in a bus lane in Ottawa. Photo: elysia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Larger parks in the city data include Beryl Gaffney Park, Stonebridge Trail, Cambrian Road Woods, Ken Ross Park, Chapman Mills East Woodlot, Lytle Park (Nepean), W.C. Levesque Fields and Clarke Fields Park. Wikipedia describes Stonebridge Trail as a 24-acre walking trail along the Jock River.

Wikipedia says Minto Recreation Complex, at Greenbank and Cambrian, opened in 2014 and includes a gymnasium, two pools, two skating rinks and a walking track. Walter Baker Sports Centre contains a library, per Wikipedia.

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Parks and recreation in Barrhaven

Neighbourhood parks

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  • Berry Glen Park

    Active Recreation park

    36 Berry Glen Street, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Beryl Gaffney Park

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    3901 Rideau Valley Drive, DR NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Black Raven Community Park

    Active Recreation park

    675 Dundonald DriveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Burnett Park

    Active Recreation park

    135 Sherway Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Cambrian Road Woods

    Passive Recreation park

    4030 Cambrian RoadIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Cappamore Park

    Active Recreation park

    725 Cappamore Drive, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Chapman Mills East Woodlot

    Passive Recreation park

    370 Cresthaven Drive, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Chapman Mills West Woodlot

    Passive Recreation park

    225 Marketplace Avenue, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Chapman Mills West Woodlot

    Passive Recreation park

    3525 Strandherd Drive, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Clarke Fields Park

    Active Recreation park

    93 Houlahan Street, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Cobble Hill Park

    Active Recreation park · waterfront access

    200 Cobble Hill Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Corrigan Pond

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    2451 Longfields DriveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • District Park - (FUTURE PARK)

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    No address assigned yetIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • District Park - (FUTURE PARK)

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    2565 Half Moon Bay StreetIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Dowitcher Park

    Active Recreation park

    50 Dowitcher GroveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Eureka Park

    City of Ottawa park

    113 Invention BlvdIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Gregory Casey Stormwater Management Facility

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    4235 McKenna Casey Drive, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Half Moon Bay Park

    Active Recreation park · waterfront access

    3525 Cambrian RoadIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Heart's Desire Forest

    Passive Recreation park

    3566 Woodroffe Avenue, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Highbury Woods

    Passive Recreation park

    330 Via Verona Avenue, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Houlahan Park and West Houlahan Park

    Active Recreation park

    44 Tartan Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Ken Ross Park

    Active Recreation park

    600 Longfields Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Kilbirnie Park

    Active Recreation park

    665 Kilbirnie Drive, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Larkin Park

    Active Recreation park

    76 Larkin Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Lytle Park (Nepean)

    Active Recreation park

    4401 O’Keefe Court, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Malvern Park

    Active Recreation park

    100 Malvern Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Minto Recreation Complex - Barrhaven

    Active Recreation park · waterfront access

    3500 Cambrian Road, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Moloughney Park

    Active Recreation park

    30 Wessex Road, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Mowat Farm Park

    Active Recreation park

    100 Fable Street, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Mulligan Park

    Active Recreation park · waterfront access

    70 Mountshannon Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Neill Nesbitt Park

    Active Recreation park

    70 Foxfield Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Black Raven Comm. Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    675 Dundonald Dr.In Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Clarke Fields Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    93 Houlahan St.In Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Fosterbrook Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    428 Fosterbrook WayIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Guinness Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    120 Ramsgrange St.In Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Ken Ross Park (Ted Hay Rink)

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    600 Longfields Dr.In Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Kilbirnie Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    665 Kilbirnie Dr.In Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Larkin Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    76 Larkin Dr.In Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Moloughney Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    30 Wessex Rd.In Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, WEYBRIDGE PARK

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    75 Flanders St.In Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Water Dragon Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    424 Chapman Mills Dr.In Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Watershield Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    125 Watershield RidgeIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Recreational Trail

    Passive Recreation park

    911 Greenbank Road, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Recreational Trail

    Passive Recreation park

    984 Greenbank Road, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Rhythm Park (FUTURE)

    City of Ottawa park

    500 Rhythm WayIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Black Raven Community Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    675 Dundonald DriveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Greenbank Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    895 Greenbank Road, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Half Moon Bay Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    3525 Cambrian Road, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Hibiscus Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    990 Cobble Hill Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Mancini Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    110 Mancini Way, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Regatta Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    150 Pennant Avenue, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Stinson Park

    Active Recreation park

    80 Queensbury Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Stonebridge Trail

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    2436 Longfields DriveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Stormwater Management Area

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    211 Bren-Maur Road, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Stormwater Management Area

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    340 Bamburgh Way, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Stormwater Management Area (Fraser-Clarke Drain)

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    3783 Strandherd DriveIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Strandherd Ultimate Fields

    Active Recreation park

    4061 Strandherd Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Todd Pond

    Passive Recreation park · waterfront access

    3561 Cambrian Road, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Utman Park

    Active Recreation park

    280 Mountshannon Drive, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Eastmaps.ottawa.ca

  • W.C. Levesque Fields

    Active Recreation park · waterfront access

    52 Riverstone Drive, NepeanIn Stonebridge – Half Moon Baymaps.ottawa.ca

  • Water Dragon Park

    Active Recreation park

    424 Chapman Mills Drive, NepeanIn Chapman Millsmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Weybridge Park

    Active Recreation park

    75 Flanders Street, NepeanIn Old Barrhaven Westmaps.ottawa.ca

  • Outdoor rink, Grovehurst Park

    Outdoor rink (winter, weather permitting)

    100 Grovehurst Dr.maps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Chapman Mills Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    139 Windhurst Drive, Nepeanmaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

  • Splash pad, Claudette Cain Park

    Splash pad (summer only)

    660 River Road, Gloucestermaps.ottawa.ca ottawa.ca

Recreation centres & libraries

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3 buses arriving at the same time. Photo: elysia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Manotick, Ontario (29441801104). Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Questions people ask

Quick answers

Short answers first; each links to the full answer and its sources.

All 37 questions

  1. What parks and trails are in Barrhaven?

    The City of Ottawa parks inventory used for this guide lists 45 parks in Barrhaven. The largest include Beryl Gaffney Park, Stonebridge Trail, Cambrian Road Woods, Ken Ross Park, Chapman Mills East Woodlot, Lytle Park (Nepean), W.C. Levesque Fields and Clarke Fields Park.

    As of 2026-10 · maps.ottawa.ca en.wikipedia.org

  2. Are there rinks, pools, a library or a rec centre in Barrhaven?

    Yes. Barrhaven has two city recreation centres, Walter Baker Sports Centre and Minto Recreation Complex, and the guide's city data lists 12 rinks. Wikipedia says Walter Baker Sports Centre contains a library, and Minto Recreation Complex has two pools and two skating rinks.

    As of 2026-10 · maps.ottawa.ca maps.ottawa.ca

  3. How much tree canopy does Barrhaven have?

    Tree canopy coverage in 2024 was 26.3% in Old Barrhaven West, 18.6% in Chapman Mills, 13.2% in Stonebridge – Half Moon Bay and 12.5% in Old Barrhaven East, via the Ottawa Neighbourhood Study.

    As of 2026-10 · ons-sqo.ca en.wikipedia.org

  4. Is Barrhaven bikeable?

    Bike Score averages are moderate. The Ottawa Neighbourhood Study reports 75 for Old Barrhaven East, 68 for Old Barrhaven West, 56 for Chapman Mills and 47 for Stonebridge – Half Moon Bay.

    As of 2026-10 · ons-sqo.ca

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