How walkable is Beltline?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Beltline has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Calgary, which scores 69 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,119 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Beltline. The nearest grocery is Rawleigh Food Mart, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Safeway10 min
- Sunterra Market10 min
- Missy's This That2 min
- Park By Sidewalk Citizen2 min
- PharmaChoice2 min
- Beacon Pharmacy2 min
- I Love You Coffee Shop2 min
- Tim Hortons5 min
- Custom House Global Foreign Exchange5 min
- Credit Union Central of Alberta7 min
- Haultain Park5 min
- Rouleauville Square10 min
- Kido Care11 min
- Saint Mary's High School13 min
- Calgary Public Library - Memorial Park4 min
- Calgary Zine Library7 min
- Lougheed House6 min
- Calgary Opera8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Beltline at 51.0405, -114.0726. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 117 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Beltline
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Beltline. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Calgary
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Inglewood | 3.4 km | 71 |
| Forest Lawn | 7.1 km | 77 |
| Montgomery | 7.4 km | 67 |
| Bowness | 10 km | 55 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Calgary page.
Questions about walking in Beltline
Is Beltline walkable?
Yes. Beltline in Calgary has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Beltline more walkable than the rest of Calgary?
Beltline is more walkable than Calgary as a whole: it scores 95, against 69 for the 5 km around Calgary's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Calgary neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Calgary?
Of the 5 Calgary neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Beltline (95), Forest Lawn (77) and Inglewood (71).
How is the walkability score of Beltline calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Beltline it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 950 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.