First pick
Upper Puntledge River Woodlands
Wood or forest
30,518 ha189.8 km of path
42 h 10 minto walk all 189.8 km of path
14 km westfrom the centre
Boston Ridge TrailRiver TrailBear Bait Trail+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.02.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Cumberland · parks, protected land & trails
25 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Cumberland
The closest provincial park is Wood Mountain Ski Park, 4.7 km from the edge of town. One named trail is close: the Vancouver Island Trail. 69 km separate the town from Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, its nearest national park.
Protected land
2.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
44
within 10 km, 25 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
69 km
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Nearest provincial park
4.7 km
Wood Mountain Ski Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Cumberland against other 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km2.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town8.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas25Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Cumberland comes 20th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,876 to 5,074 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
Cumberland2.6%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Cumberland25
Towns its size3
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Cumberland1
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Cumberland beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 2 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo BC | 29% | 27% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Northern Bruce Peninsula ON | 11% | 30% | 97 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Bells Corners East ON | 9.2% | 4.6% | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Cardston County AB | 8.8% | 7.6% | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Lemoyne QC | 7.6% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Westdale South ON | 7.1% | 28% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkirk East ON | 7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Cobble Hill BC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan BC | 6.1% | 19% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | York Road ON | 6.1% | 41% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Webber Greens AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan BC | 5.9% | 4.7% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Nipawin SK | 4.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Palliser AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Tyendinaga ON | 3% | 2.8% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Huntington ON | 2.9% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Idlewood ON | 2.8% | 12% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Cumberland BC | 2.6% | 8.1% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Hastings Highlands ON | 2.4% | 0.5% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Hearst ON | 2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON | 1.7% | 4.4% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Central Business District SK | 1.5% | 5.4% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Lakewood Urban Centre SK | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Edenwold No. 158 SK | 1.4% | 2% | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | Edgemont AB | 1.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Westmount ON | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Westmount AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 30 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | North Park SK | 0.7% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | Sussex NB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Kildonan Drive MB | 0.3% | 1.3% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Anthony Henday South East AB | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Carbonear NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | Warwick QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Altona MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Capilano AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Cumberland
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Cumberland: 13 named parks and woods
Upper Puntledge River Woodlands is the largest, at 30,518 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
13 named parks and woods, 39,149 ha in all
Parks & gardens 57 haWoods 39,092 ha
Most of it sits in Upper Puntledge River Woodlands and Upper Trent River Woodlands: 100% together.
Upper Trent River Woodlands
Wood or forest
8,573 ha107.1 km of path
23 h 45 minto walk all 107.1 km of path
4.9 km southfrom the centre
Tsable Lake TrailTrent River TrailVan West Logging Road+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Coal Creek Historic Park
Park or garden
43 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the centre
Wellington Colliery TrailBronco's Perserverence
Directionsto a point inside
Cumberland Village Park
Park or garden
5.4 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Cumberland
South Wellington Colliery Railway Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Ulverston Park
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.5 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Derwent Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.2 km westfrom the centre
Orchard TrailPorky's Path
Directionsto a point inside
Number Six Mine Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
0.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks and green spaces
Upper Puntledge River WoodlandsWood or forest · 30,518 ha · 189.8 km of path
DirectionsUpper Trent River WoodlandsWood or forest · 8,573 ha · 107.1 km of path
DirectionsCoal Creek Historic ParkPark or garden · 43 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsCumberland Village ParkPark or garden · 5.4 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsUlverston ParkPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsDerwent ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsNumber Six Mine ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSolport ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsEgremont ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOld Orchard ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsRavenwood ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsCumberland Peace ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsCumberland Dog ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: 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 5 in 10 of Cumberland’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 (55%)Further (45%)
Cumberland55%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. That leaves about 2,200 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Cumberland, 2.6% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Cumberland8.1%
Within 10 km2.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
25 of the 44 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. At 248,669 ha, Strathcona Park is the largest. 19 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Royston to Cumberland Railway TrailProtected area · 29 ha · reaches Cumberland
qax mot Conservation AreaNature reserve · 22 ha · reaches Cumberland
Comox Lake Bluffs Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 47 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
Mountain Spirit Nature ParkMunicipal park · 10 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Roy Creek ParkMunicipal park · 0.3 ha · 3.1 km from the edge of town
Hyland Road GreenwayProtected area · 0.5 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
Trent River GreenwayProtected area · 14 ha · 3.5 km from the edge of town
McPhee MeadowsNature reserve · 4.6 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Briardale ParkMunicipal park · 0.8 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
Wood Mountain Ski ParkProvincial park · 97 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
11 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
69 km to Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
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
Wood Mountain Ski Park
4.7 km west1.0 km²since 1966
Provincial park
Strathcona Park
6.9 km west2,487 km²since 1911
National park
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
69 km south-west510 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Wood Mountain Ski Park is 4.7 km away. Within 10 km are 2 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
220 km of paths in and around Cumberland
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
220 km
in and around the town (68.3 km²)
Woodland
69%
about 47.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CumberlandTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CumberlandTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland69%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 74% of Canadian towns have fewer. For woods, it beats 91% 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
Cumberland 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
Vancouver Island Trail742.1 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Cumberland: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Comox, 14 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 177 | 112 | 108 | 64 | 40 | 42 | 24 | 31 | 47 | 125 | 189 | 194 |
December brings highs of 6 °C, July highs of 23 °C. The wettest month, December, brings 194 mm, against 24 mm in July. About 51 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Cumberland →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Cumberland
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Cumberland: 1 and 2
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Nikkei Mountain, 360 m, is the high point nearby. 8 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Fuji Jim Mountain247 m · 0.7 km from town
DirectionsNikkei Mountain360 m · 1.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 2
Nymph Falls1.3 km from town
DirectionsTrent River Falls1.6 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
qax mot Conservation Area0.4 km from town
DirectionsLinton Conservation Area0.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Comox Lake Dam Picnic Area0.4 km from town
DirectionsDog parks 1
Cumberland Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Cumberland Campground0.4 km from town
DirectionsComox and District Fish and Game Campground0.4 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Cumberland
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CourtenayComoxElectoral Area A, Comox ValleyElectoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox ValleyElectoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox ValleyCumberland
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | 2.6% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| Courtenay 8.8 km | 1.4% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| Comox 10 km | 1.4% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| Electoral Area A, Comox Valley 11 km | 4% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley 14 km | 1.3% | 64 | 0 | 3 |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 18 km | 22% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
For protected land, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Cumberland
Is Cumberland near a national park?
The nearest is Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, 69 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Cumberland?
It is Strathcona Park, a provincial park covering 248,669 ha.
Are there protected areas near Cumberland?
Within 10 km, 2.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a beach near Cumberland?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What walking routes are near Cumberland?
Try the Vancouver Island Trail.
When is the best time for walking in Cumberland?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Cumberland?
The closest is Wood Mountain Ski Park, at 4.7 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Cumberland
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).