First pick
Oliver Community Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
11 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
3.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain17%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Osoyoos 1 · parks, protected land & trails
Few places match Osoyoos 1 for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
Within 5 km are 10 beaches; Gyro Beach is the nearest. 2.4 km out lies the largest, South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, at 9,364 ha. 37 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land
17%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
37
within 10 km, 13 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Inkaneep Park
Beaches
10
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Osoyoos 1, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round17% of the land within 10 km, more than 94% of Canadian townsA provincial park at the edgeInkaneep Park reaches the townBeaches10 beaches within 5 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Osoyoos 1’s draw is protected land around it, with a provincial park at its edge close behind.
Against other towns
Osoyoos 1 beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km17%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas13Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches10Beaches 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, Osoyoos 1 ranks 4th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,484 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
Osoyoos 117%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Osoyoos 113
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Osoyoos 10
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Osoyoos 1 sits near the top of its size group: 3 of 39 have more.
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 | Osoyoos 1 BC | 17% | 0.1% | 37 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 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
The green map of Osoyoos 1
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve; 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
A named park or wood to walk in near Osoyoos 1
The biggest is Oliver Community Park, 11 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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 Osoyoos 1’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 (13%)Further (87%)
Osoyoos 113%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,300 people more than a short walk away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
The 37 protected areas near Osoyoos 1
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Osoyoos 10.1%
Within 10 km17%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 13 of the 37, and private owners the rest. South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area leads for size with 9,364 ha. The count includes 24 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Vaseux Protected AreaNature reserve · 2,015 ha · reaches Osoyoos 1
Anarchist Protected AreaNature reserve · 467 ha · reaches Osoyoos 1
South Okanagan Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 461 ha · reaches Osoyoos 1
Hayne's Lease Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 101 ha · reaches Osoyoos 1
Inkaneep ParkProvincial park · 16 ha · reaches Osoyoos 1
White Lake Grasslands Protected AreaNature reserve · 3,764 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Field's Lease Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 4.5 ha · 1.4 km from the edge of town
Sẁiẁs ParkProvincial park · 38 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
South Okanagan Grasslands Protected AreaNature reserve · 9,364 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Vaseux-Bighorn National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 804 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
2 more named areas within 10 km are in the 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
From the edge of Osoyoos 1, Inkaneep Park begins
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
Inkaneep Park
At the edge0.2 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Sẁiẁs Park
1.8 km south0.4 km²since 1962
Provincial park
Vaseux Lake Park
6.2 km north0.1 km²since 1956
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Osoyoos 1 has its province’s. There are 3 provincial parks 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
Paths to walk: 50 km in and around Osoyoos 1
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
50 km
in and around the town (196.8 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 69.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Osoyoos 1Towns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Osoyoos 1Towns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 77% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 75% 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 Osoyoos 1 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.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the First Nations reserve. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Osoyoos 1 is best on foot in April to June and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Penticton (33 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 27 | 32 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 28 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 38 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 30 |
Highs peak near 32 °C in July and fall to 2 °C in January. Precipitation runs from 19 mm in February to 44 mm in June. Snow totals about 62 cm a year. The climate in Osoyoos 1 →
Beaches
Gyro Beach, 1.3 km away, is the beach near Osoyoos 1
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Gyro Beachsand · 1.3 km from town
DirectionsAdd 9 unnamed beaches to the count. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Osoyoos 1 has 8 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 20 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 8
Chief's Lookoutin town
DirectionsView Platform0.5 km from town
DirectionsMcIntyre Bluff1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Field's Lease Ecological Reserve1.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 20
Plus 20 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Inkaneep Campground0.3 km from town
DirectionsSecrest Hill Agricultural Worker’s Campsite1.5 km from town
Directionssẃiẃs (Haynes Point) Provincial Campground1.9 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 4
Plus 4 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Osoyoos 1
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
OliverElectoral Area C, Okanagan-SimilkameenOsoyoosElectoral Area B, Okanagan-SimilkameenElectoral Area A, Okanagan-SimilkameenOsoyoos 1
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osoyoos 1 | 17% | 37 | 0 | 10 |
| Oliver 4.4 km | 19% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen 6.2 km | 12% | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| Osoyoos 16 km | 14% | 22 | 0 | 9 |
| Electoral Area B, Okanagan-Similkameen 17 km | 26% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Electoral Area A, Okanagan-Similkameen 18 km | 8.9% | 28 | 0 | 9 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Osoyoos 1’s.
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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Osoyoos 1
Is Osoyoos 1 near a national park?
None within 100 km of Osoyoos 1.
When should you visit Osoyoos 1 for the outdoors?
April to June and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest beach to Osoyoos 1?
Gyro Beach, 1.3 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the largest protected area near Osoyoos 1?
It is South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, a nature reserve covering 9,364 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Osoyoos 1?
Inkaneep Park begins at the town’s edge.
Is there protected land near Osoyoos 1?
Within 10 km, 17% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Osoyoos 1’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).