First pick
Quesnel Rod and Gun Club Area
Park or garden
60 ha
12 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
5.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Electoral Area B, Cariboo · parks, protected land & trails
Step out of Electoral Area B, Cariboo into Cottonwood River Park
Of the country within 10 km, 5.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. The Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
5.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Cottonwood River Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Electoral Area B, Cariboo, 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 km5.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town4.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Electoral Area B, Cariboo has the 12th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,103 to 4,237 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
Electoral Area B, Cariboo5.4%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Electoral Area B, Cariboo8
Towns its size5
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Electoral Area B, Cariboo1
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Electoral Area B, Cariboo’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 11 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Pocatière QC | 35% | 0.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay BC | 22% | 2.9% | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen BC | 12% | 12% | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Westphal NS | 12% | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Fort Nelson BC | 11% | 9.8% | 36 | 0 | 330 |
| 7 | Carleton-sur-Mer QC | 10% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place ON | 9.5% | 23% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spring Valley ON | 6.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 6.3% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Balfour ON | 5.7% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo BC | 5.4% | 4.8% | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Lake of Bays ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine BC | 4.8% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Port Hardy BC | 4.1% | 2.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Barry's Bay ON | 3.9% | 1.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Templemead ON | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Pioneer Tower West ON | 2.3% | 3.9% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | West River PE | 2.2% | 2.9% | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| 20 | Elbow Park AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Vermilion AB | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Northern Lights County AB | 0.9% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 67 |
| 25 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Island Lakes MB | 0.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Banff Trail AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Sunalta AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Wildwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Beaumaris AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Patterson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Callaghan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Jackson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Leger AB | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Malmo Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Napierville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Forest Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Killarney AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Electoral Area B, Cariboo
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 Electoral Area B, Cariboo: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Quesnel Rod and Gun Club Area, 60 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 110 ha in all
Parks & gardens 110 ha
Two places, Quesnel Rod and Gun Club Area and Chubb Lake Recreation Site, make up 82% of the total.
Hangman Springs Pit Recreation Site
Park or garden
19 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
11 km south-westfrom the centre
Hangmans Trails
Directionsto a point inside
Weldwood Park
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
0.5 ha
10 km south-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
In Electoral Area B, Cariboo, parks are rarely a short walk away
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 (0%)Further (100%)
Electoral Area B, Cariboo0%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. Around 4,200 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 5.4% of the land near Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Electoral Area B, Cariboo4.8%
Within 10 km5.4%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
8 of the 10 are on public land. The largest named one is Fraser River Park, at 4,899 ha. 2 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Ten Mile Lake ParkProvincial park · 343 ha · reaches Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Pinnacles ParkProvincial park · 124 ha · reaches Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Cinema Bog Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 72 ha · reaches Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Cottonwood River ParkProvincial park · 66 ha · reaches Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Puntchesakut Lake ParkProvincial park · 38 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Fraser River ParkProvincial park · 4,899 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are 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
Ten Mile Lake Park starts at the edge of Electoral Area B, Cariboo
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
Ten Mile Lake Park
At the edge3.4 km²since 1962
Provincial park
Pinnacles Park
At the edge1.2 km²since 1969
Provincial park
Cottonwood River Park
At the edge0.7 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Puntchesakut Lake Park
1.7 km west0.4 km²since 1980
Provincial park
Fraser River Park
5.2 km north49 km²since 2000
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Electoral Area B, Cariboo, so the parks here are provincial. Within 10 km are 5 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Electoral Area B, Cariboo and its edge hold 182 km of footpath
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
182 km
in and around the town (1,592.5 km²)
Woodland
90%
about 1,426.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Electoral Area B, CaribooTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Electoral Area B, CaribooTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland90%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 99% of Canadian towns. 84% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Electoral Area B, Cariboo has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail318.8 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Electoral Area B, Cariboo: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Quesnel (6.3 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 42 | 22 | 27 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 68 | 39 | 46 | 51 | 45 | 43 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (68 mm); February is driest (22 mm). The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-3 °C). The climate in Electoral Area B, Cariboo →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
17 things to do outdoors near Electoral Area B, Cariboo
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 6 on the map. For a climb, Blackwater Mountain rises to 1,070 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Blackwater Mountain1,070 m · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 3
Cinema Bog Ecological Reservein town
DirectionsPinnacles Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsPuntchesakut Lake Provincial Park2.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Ten Mile Lake Recreation Sitein town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Rec Centre Playground1.9 km from town
DirectionsHickory Dickory Dock Playground2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Electoral Area B, Cariboo
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
QuesnelElectoral Area C, CaribooElectoral Area A, CaribooElectoral Area I, CaribooElectoral Area B, Cariboo
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Cariboo | 5.4% | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Quesnel 11 km | 4.3% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Electoral Area C, Cariboo 15 km | 24% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo 17 km | 5.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Electoral Area I, Cariboo 19 km | 7.6% | 19 | 1 | 5 |
For protected land, Electoral Area C, Cariboo has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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 Electoral Area B, Cariboo
How far is Electoral Area B, Cariboo from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Electoral Area B, Cariboo.
Is there protected land near Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
Within 10 km, 5.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
It is Fraser River Park, a provincial park covering 4,899 ha.
Is there a beach near Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What walking routes are near Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
The Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail, mapped within 2 km.
Is there a provincial park near Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
Cottonwood River Park, which reaches the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Electoral Area B, Cariboo?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Electoral Area B, Cariboo’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).