First pick
finlayson park
Park or garden
8.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sicamous
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mangoandmay · CC BY-SA 4.00.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sicamous · parks, protected land & trails
Within 54 km of Sicamous: Mount Revelstoke National Park
A provincial park, Shuswap Lake Marine Park, lies 0.2 km away. Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, Public Beach the nearest. The protected share within 10 km is 0.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
54 km
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Nearest provincial park
0.2 km
Shuswap Lake Marine Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Sicamous 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Sicamous sits 16th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,820 to 2,887 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
Sicamous0.9%
Towns its size2.9%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sicamous4
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sicamous0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Sicamous lags towns its size: 24 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forestville QC | 26% | 1% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Labelle QC | 25% | 19% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Addington Highlands ON | 8.9% | 8.2% | 37 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | South Keys ON | 8.3% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Navan - Sarsfield ON | 8% | 0.3% | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Westcliffe East ON | 7.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Senneterre QC | 7% | 9.3% | 166 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Leeming ON | 6.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Anicet QC | 6.1% | 4.9% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC | 5.5% | 1% | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Jerome ON | 5.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Laurier-Station QC | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Normanview West SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Minnedosa MB | 2.9% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Rougemont QC | 1.5% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Dundonald SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Sicamous BC | 0.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Bridgeport North ON | 0.9% | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Bedford QC | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Grassie MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Westbrook Estates AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Greenview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Meyonohk AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Elzéar QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kildare AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Sicamous
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 Sicamous: one named park or wood
The biggest is finlayson park, 8.6 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 4 in 10 of Sicamous’ 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 (41%)Further (59%)
Sicamous41%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 1,700 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
4 protected areas lie within 10 km of Sicamous
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sicamous0%
Within 10 km0.9%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 4. Biggest of the named areas: Shuswap Lake Marine Park, 894 ha.
Shuswap Lake Marine ParkProvincial park · 894 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Yard Creek ParkProvincial park · 175 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
Kingfisher Creek ParkProvincial park · 440 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Mara ParkProvincial park · 13 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
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
Big parks near Sicamous
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
0.2 km south8.9 km²since 1980
Provincial park
Yard Creek Park
8.7 km north-east1.8 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Kingfisher Creek Park
9.3 km east4.4 km²since 2001
Provincial park
Mara Park
9.3 km south0.1 km²since 1938
National park
Mount Revelstoke National Park
54 km north-east263 km²since 1914
Nearer still is Shuswap Lake Marine Park, a provincial park 0.2 km away. There are 4 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: 19 km in and around Sicamous
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
19 km
in and around the town (39.7 km²)
Woodland
56%
about 22 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SicamousTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SicamousTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland56%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 86% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 66% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Sicamous
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Sicamous: April to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Salmon Arm (24 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) | 8.4 | 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. November is the wettest month (83 mm) and August the driest (35 mm). The climate in Sicamous →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Sicamous
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Public Beachsand · in town
DirectionsAdd 2 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
A viewpoint near Sicamous
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
9 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Sicamous Lookout0.9 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Shuswap Lake Marine Provincial Park - Mara Point Site0.4 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Family Tree Riverside RV & Campground1.7 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sicamous
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Sicamous has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 9–29 km out.
Electoral Area E, Columbia-ShuswapElectoral Area F, North OkanaganSalmon ArmBlind BayElectoral Area F, Columbia-ShuswapSicamous
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sicamous | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap 9.3 km | 3.1% | 23 | 0 | 7 |
| Electoral Area F, North Okanagan 22 km | 5.9% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| Salmon Arm 24 km | 1.3% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Blind Bay 28 km | 1.6% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap 29 km | 6.2% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
Electoral Area E, Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F, North Okanagan and Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Sicamous
Is Sicamous near a national park?
The nearest is Mount Revelstoke National Park, 54 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Sicamous?
April to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near Sicamous?
The closest is Shuswap Lake Marine Park, at 0.2 km.
What is the nearest beach to Sicamous?
Try Public Beach, in town, first of several.
What is the largest protected area near Sicamous?
Shuswap Lake Marine Park: 894 ha, a provincial park.
Are there protected areas near Sicamous?
Yes: 0.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sicamous
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).