Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Grazing, Wildlife and Provincial Recreation Area 

The Cooking Lake-Blackfoot Provincial Recreation Area is a large forested area east of Edmonton that is available for year-round recreational day use.
The 97 square kilometre park has an extensive, 170 km multi-use trail system passing through wetlands, pastures, forests, and around several small lakes and ponds.
Since the park is so big, it’s divided into sectors that can be accessed from four different staging areas. The Waskehegan staging area is on the west end of the park and has an interpretive centre and the park’s administrative office. The Blackfoot Lake staging area is in the northeast, while the Central and Islet Lake staging areas are both accessed from the south.