First pick
Skimikin Lake Recreation Site
Park or garden
21 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
9.7 km south-westfrom the centre
ShareTurtle
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 4.01.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Blind Bay · parks, protected land & trails
Cinnemousun Narrows Park begins where Blind Bay ends
8 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Sky Blue Waters Resort Beach. The nearest national park is Mount Revelstoke National Park, 54 km away. CPCAD lists 15 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land
1.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 12 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
54 km
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Cinnemousun Narrows Park
Beaches
8
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Blind Bay apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Above all, Blind Bay offers a provincial park at its edge, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Blind Bay, set against Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km1.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas12Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches8Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Blind Bay has the 18th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,828 to 10,129 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Blind Bay1.6%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Blind Bay12
Towns its size3
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Blind Bay0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Blind Bay’s strong point is public protected areas, where 8 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Kitimat BC | 20% | 6.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Hatchet Lake NS | 14% | 36% | 53 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Lac-des-Fées QC | 14% | 33% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Amherst NS | 8.7% | 0.2% | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Argyle North SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mount Pleasant North ON | 3.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Acadia AB | 3.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Mono ON | 3.7% | 6.4% | 56 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | Van Kirk ON | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 21 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | Lac-Saint-Charles QC | 1% | 1.6% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Hinton AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Caledonia-Fairbank ON | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Beckwith ON | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Malahide ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 29 | Stanley MB | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Maple Leaf ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Runnymede-Bloor West Village ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 32 | Penbrooke Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Pineridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Mitchell ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Bridgewater NS | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Palmerston ON | 0% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Blind Bay
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Blind Bay: 2 named parks and woods
Largest first: Skimikin Lake Recreation Site leads with 21 ha. Numbers match the map.
Herman Lake Recreation Site
Park or garden
4.5 ha
16 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
About 1 in 10 of Blind Bay’s residents are a short walk from a park
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (6.6%)Further (93%)
Blind Bay6.6%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. About 9,300 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
1.6% of the country within 10 km of Blind Bay is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Blind Bay1.5%
Within 10 km1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 15, 12 are public land; the others are privately held. Anstey Hunakwa Park is the biggest, 6,852 ha. 3 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Shuswap Lake Marine ParkProvincial park · 894 ha · reaches Blind Bay
Cinnemousun Narrows ParkProvincial park · 584 ha · reaches Blind Bay
White Lake ParkProvincial park · 266 ha · reaches Blind Bay
Herald ParkProvincial park · 79 ha · reaches Blind Bay
Shuswap Lake ParkProvincial park · 154 ha · reaches Blind Bay
Tsútswecw ParkProvincial park · 1,073 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
Upper Violet Creek ParkProvincial park · 123 ha · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Anstey Hunakwa ParkProvincial park · 6,852 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
Mara Meadows ParkProvincial park · 212 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Mara Meadows Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 178 ha · 9.7 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
The nearest big park: Mount Revelstoke National Park, 54 km away
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Shuswap Lake Marine Park
At the edge8.9 km²since 1980
Provincial park
Cinnemousun Narrows Park
At the edge5.8 km²since 1956
Provincial park
White Lake Park
At the edge2.7 km²since 1965
Provincial park
Shuswap Lake Park
At the edge · north-west1.5 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Herald Park
At the edge0.8 km²since 1975
Provincial park
Tsútswecw Park
0.7 km west11 km²since 1989
7 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Blind Bay has 113 km of footpaths in and around it
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
113 km
in and around the town (763.9 km²)
Woodland
66%
about 506.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Blind BayTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Blind BayTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland66%
0%50%100%
For path density, 81% of Canadian towns do better. More of it is wooded than in 90% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No named walking route passes Blind Bay on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Blind Bay in April to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Salmon Arm, 21 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 78 | 37 | 39 | 41 | 53 | 64 | 43 | 35 | 41 | 61 | 83 | 78 |
The yearly snowfall is near 203 cm. From 1 °C in January to 28 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. For dry weather, August is best (35 mm); November gets 83 mm. The climate in Blind Bay →
Beaches
Beaches near Blind Bay: 8 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sky Blue Waters Resort Beachsand · in town
DirectionsCanoe Beach0.8 km from town
DirectionsNielsen Beach1.7 km from town
DirectionsPublic Beachsand · 4.0 km from town
DirectionsSandy ones: 2. 4 further beaches go unnamed. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Blind Bay: 14 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Look up to Fly Hill: 1,747 m. Count 14 viewpoints, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 10
Aline Hill1,004 m · in town
DirectionsBastion Mountain (North Summit)1,341 m · in town
DirectionsBastion Mountain (South Summit)1,338 m · in town
DirectionsFly Hill1,747 m · in town
DirectionsMount Hilliam1,467 m · in town
DirectionsMount Tappen1,535 m · in town
DirectionsNotch Hill615 m · in town
DirectionsCopper Island High Point480 m · 0.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks more.
Nature reserves 8
Herald Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Aline Hill Sitein town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Hermit Bay Sitein town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Paradise Point Sitein town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Tiilis Beach Sitein town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Hungry Cove Site0.9 km from town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Horseshoe Bay Site1.0 km from town
DirectionsShuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Swall Site1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 12
Bastion Mountain Campgroundin town
DirectionsCinnemousun Narrows Walk-In Campgroundin town
DirectionsHerman Lake Recreation Sitein town
DirectionsHomestead campgroundin town
DirectionsReinecker campgroundin town
DirectionsWhite Lake Campgroundin town
DirectionsViewPoint RV Park and Cottages0.1 km from town
DirectionsRuckell Point Scout Camp0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 6
Bristow Road Boat Launch0.6 km from town
DirectionsCanoe Beach Boat Ramp0.8 km from town
DirectionsCanoe Boat ramp1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Blind Bay
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Electoral Area F, Columbia-ShuswapSalmon ArmBlind Bay
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Bay | 1.6% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap 11 km | 6.2% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| Salmon Arm 19 km | 1.3% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
For protected land, Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Blind Bay
What is the nearest beach to Blind Bay?
Try Sky Blue Waters Resort Beach, in town, first of several.
Is Blind Bay near a national park?
Mount Revelstoke National Park is closest, at 54 km.
Are there protected areas near Blind Bay?
Within 10 km, 1.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Blind Bay?
Anstey Hunakwa Park: 6,852 ha, a provincial park.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Blind Bay?
Cinnemousun Narrows Park touches the town.
When is the best time for walking in Blind Bay?
April to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Blind Bay’s outdoors figures
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).