How walkable is Forest Lawn?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Forest Lawn has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Calgary, which scores 69 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
466 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Forest Lawn. The nearest grocery is Merv's No Frills, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Harman's NOFRILLS Calgary 17th3 min
- Green Cedars Food Mart7 min
- 80 Ate Indo Chinese Fusion House1 min
- The Spot Pub and Grill1 min
- Source Adult Video2 min
- Vcare Pharmacy3 min
- McCafé5 min
- Tim Hortons5 min
- BMO Bank of Montreal8 min
- CIBC15 min
- Forest Lawn Park16 min
- Fonda Park23 min
- Patrick Airlie10 min
- Forest Lawn High School11 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Forest Lawn at 51.0377, -113.9709. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 52 street intersections per km², and blocks average 139 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Forest Lawn
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 850 m around the centre of Forest Lawn. Rings mark 450 m and 850 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Calgary
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Inglewood | 3.8 km | 71 |
| Beltline | 7.1 km | 95 |
| Montgomery | 14 km | 67 |
| Bowness | 16.6 km | 55 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Calgary page.
Questions about walking in Forest Lawn
Is Forest Lawn walkable?
Yes. Forest Lawn in Calgary has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 850 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Forest Lawn more walkable than the rest of Calgary?
Forest Lawn is more walkable than Calgary as a whole: it scores 77, against 69 for the 5 km around Calgary's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Forest Lawn 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 Forest Lawn it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 850 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.