Parks & Pathways

Disc golf!

Check out Cochrane’s nine-hole disc golf course in Riverfront Park.

Pathways

Cochrane’s pathways and public sidewalk system measures nearly 70+ kilometres, ensuring connectivity through several areas of town. Locate your favourite path, or discover a new one, on the Town’s Pathways Interactive Map. The map includes layers to see current and future paths, as well as pathway surfaces (asphalt, gravel, etc.), to help you determine how accessible the path is for your mobility.

Winter Maintenance

Asphalt pathways in Town are cleared of snow during the winter;  shale pathways are not maintained over the winter.

Parks

Historic Cochrane Ranche Site 

The Historic Cochrane Ranche site — located on Highway 1A, just east of Highway 22 — is the original site of Senator Matthew Henry Cochrane’s ranch, established in 1881. The public park is approximately 136 acres and has seasonal washrooms, picnic tables, an outdoor stage and three fire pits (first come, first serve). 

Mitford Park

Mitford Park is a 34-hectare regional park located along the north bank of the Bow River. The park includes an outdoor covered stage,  pedestrian/cycling pathway along the Bow River, ball diamonds, a soccer/rugby field, skateboard facility, ponds and a seasonal washroom. The major event here is the Canada Day concert (July 1). Mitford Park is located at 201 West Rock Rd.

Fishing: Mitford Pond

Mitford Pond is located in Mitford Park, 201 West Rock Road.  It is stocked annually with trout for fishing in partnership with the Alberta Conservation Association and is a favourite with kids.  Anglers 13 years old and younger are allowed to use bait and keep one trout per day. All other anglers 14 years and older, must release their catch and use single barbless hooks on their lures or flies, absolutely no bait. A license is required by any person 16 or over. There is no night or ice fishing permitted. 

Memorial/Dedication Benches & Picnic Tables

If you would like to honour a loved one, family or group with a bench or picnic table in a Town park, you can purchase a piece of park furniture and have it installed by Town of Cochrane Parks staff, complete with bronze plaque. . Find out more or apply.

Ice Skating

As soon as the colder weather permits Parks staff actively work on establishing the two outdoor skating areas.  Both are maintained for ice skating as long as the weather allows.  Lights are on nightly until 10:00pm.  Please call the Facility Status Line for the current status of the ice (24-hour information line): 403-851-2552.

• The Tim Bannister Memorial Outdoor Rink, 324 Ross Ave
• Mitford Pond, 201 West Rock Rd; access by the parking lot at the west end of West Rock Rd.  The pathway through Mitford Park is connected to the 70+km Town pathway system.