First pick
Matsqui Trail Regional Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
71 ha13.5 km of path
3 hto walk all 13.5 km of path
4.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Matsqui TrailRiver Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley · parks, protected land & trails
Walk from Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley: 3 mapped routes
Cultus Lake Park is the closest provincial park, at 9.5 km. OpenStreetMap shows 9 unnamed beaches within 5 km. Within 10 km of the town, 5.1% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
5.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
31
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
69 km
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Nearest provincial park
9.5 km
Cultus Lake Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
9
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley is strongest on its choice of walking routes, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km5.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.7%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 routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches9Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley ranks 10th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,808 to 2,587 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 G, Fraser Valley5.1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley8
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley3
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 9 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley BC | 5.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
4 named parks and woods to walk in near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
The biggest is Matsqui Trail Regional Park, 71 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 100 ha in all
Parks & gardens 100 ha
Between them, Matsqui Trail Regional Park and Neilson Regional Park cover 84%.
Neilson Regional Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
13 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
McDonald Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
10.0 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
9.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Sumas Dyke Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Dewdney Regional Park
Park or garden
6.4 ha
2.9 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
Few people in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley live near 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley0%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,800 people more than a short walk away. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Around Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley, protected areas make up 5.1%
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 G, Fraser Valley5.7%
Within 10 km5.1%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
8 of the 31 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Cultus Lake Park leads for size with 2,729 ha. 23 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Bert Brink Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 915 ha · reaches Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
Fraser River Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 191 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
LhAi:lt/Harrison-Chehalis Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 1,033 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Great Blue Heron Nature ReserveNature reserve · 15 ha · 5.0 km from the edge of town
SilverdaleNature reserve · 46 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
Cultus Lake ParkProvincial park · 2,729 ha · 9.5 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
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 69 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
Cultus Lake Park
9.5 km south-east27 km²since 1948
National park reserve
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
69 km south-west67 km²since 2010
Nearer still is Cultus Lake Park, a provincial park 9.5 km away.
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 G, Fraser Valley has 128 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
128 km
in and around the town (185.7 km²)
Woodland
40%
about 74.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Electoral Area G, Fraser ValleyTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.7
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Electoral Area G, Fraser ValleyTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland40%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 62% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 79% 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
Trails around Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
LocalOther waymarked
Chadsey Lake Trail4.0 km
Dewdney Grind North2.3 km
Dewdney Grind South1.9 km
For a longer outing, the Chadsey Lake Trail runs 4.0 km. 2 are short walks under 3 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 G, Fraser Valley: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Abbotsford, 19 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 226 | 117 | 146 | 114 | 94 | 70 | 39 | 47 | 78 | 144 | 233 | 197 |
July is the driest month at 39 mm; November the wettest at 233 mm. From 6 °C in December to 25 °C in August: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 56 cm. The climate in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley →
Beaches
9 unnamed beaches near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley: 36 viewpoints, 9 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
36Viewpoints11Hills and peaks9Waterfalls2Nature reserves3Picnic sites9Playgrounds1Campsites2Slipways
Count 36 viewpoints, the biggest group. Look up to Nicomen Mountain: 1,221 m.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 36
Baker Rockin town
DirectionsBluff 1in town
DirectionsBluff 2in town
DirectionsBluff 3in town
DirectionsBluff 4in town
DirectionsBluff 5in town
DirectionsBluff 6in town
DirectionsDewdney Grind Hanggliding Launchin town
DirectionsPlus 28 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 11
Dewdney Peak930 m · in town
DirectionsLittle Nicomen Peak495 m · in town
DirectionsSumas Mountain910 m · in town
DirectionsTaggart Peak796 m · in town
DirectionsNicomen Mountain1,221 m · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsHarrison Hill613 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsPoignant533 m · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsChillwack Mountain363 m · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Fraser River Ecological Reserve0.6 km from town
DirectionsHillkeep Regional Park1.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camp Sumas1.7 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
MissionElectoral Area F, Fraser ValleyAbbotsfordChilliwackElectoral Area G, Fraser Valley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley | 5.1% | 31 | 3 | 9 |
| Mission 7.5 km | 19% | 28 | 3 | 33 |
| Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley 8.3 km | 47% | 62 | 2 | 48 |
| Abbotsford 14 km | 3.9% | 37 | 2 | 10 |
| Chilliwack 19 km | 11% | 36 | 4 | 26 |
Mission, Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley and Chilliwack have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- 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 G, Fraser Valley
What is the nearest national park to Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is closest, at 69 km.
When is the best time for walking in Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
Cultus Lake Park, a provincial park of 2,729 ha.
Are there protected areas near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
Yes: 5.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest beach to Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Are there hiking trails near Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
Try the Dewdney Grind North, Dewdney Grind South and Chadsey Lake Trail; more are on the map.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley?
Cultus Lake Park, 9.5 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Electoral Area G, Fraser Valley
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).