First pick
Ferry Island Park
Park or garden
69 ha6.5 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.5 km of path
2.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Ferry Island
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sam Beebe · CC BY 2.06.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Terrace · parks, protected land & trails
Terrace is 0.7 km from Lakelse Lake Park
Within 10 km of the town, 6.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Swimmers have 4 beaches within 5 km, Gruchy's Beach the nearest. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
6.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
0.7 km
Lakelse Lake Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Terrace, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km6.7%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 areas6Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Terrace comes 9th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,333 to 13,952 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
Terrace6.7%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Terrace6
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Terrace0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Terrace’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 8 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Hammonds Plains NS | 16% | 4.9% | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Sandy Hill ON | 13% | 1.7% | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Ville-Émard QC | 10% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 9 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Cloverdale BC | 6% | 0.4% | 160 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sillery QC | 4.8% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | L'Aéroport QC | 4% | 0% | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Strathcona BC | 3.8% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 76 |
| 19 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Oakridge ON | 2.5% | 11% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 22 | Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village ON | 2.5% | 7.1% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Copperfield AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 24 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 26 | Wychwood ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 | Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills ON | 1.9% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Avondale ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Beaverton ON | 0.8% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | The Maples MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | River West ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wetaskiwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Sainte-Marie QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Terrace 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
Walk in Terrace: 9 named parks and woods
Largest first: Ferry Island Park leads with 69 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 95 ha in all
Parks & gardens 95 ha
The bulk, 85%, is Ferry Island Park and Cassie Hall Park.
Cassie Hall Park
Park or garden
12 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.2 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Millennium Park
Park or garden
2.4 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Millennium Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Howe Creek Tree Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Howe Creek TrailDonald Road
Directionsto a point inside
George Little Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.3 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Terrace
Millennium Trail
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Ferry Island ParkPark or garden · 69 ha · 6.5 km of path
DirectionsCassie Hall ParkPark or garden · 12 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsMillennium ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsChristy ParkPark or garden · 4.3 ha
DirectionsElks ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsHowe Creek Tree ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsGeorge Little ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsMemorial ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsThornhill Founders Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Terrace
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 (80%)Further (20%)
Terrace80%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 2,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 6.7% of the land near Terrace
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Terrace0%
Within 10 km6.7%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 6 of the 9; land trusts and private owners hold the others. Biggest of the named areas: Lakelse Lake Wetlands Park, 1,214 ha. 3 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Lakelse Lake ParkProvincial park · 350 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
Hai Lake - Mount Herman ParkProvincial park · 323 ha · 0.9 km from the edge of town
Lakelse Lake Wetlands ParkProvincial park · 1,214 ha · 7.5 km from the edge of town
Sleeping Beauty Mountain ParkProvincial park · 298 ha · 8.1 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
Lakelse Lake Park is 0.7 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
Lakelse Lake Park
0.7 km south3.5 km²since 1956
Provincial park
Hai Lake - Mount Herman Park
0.9 km south3.2 km²since 2004
Provincial park
Lakelse Lake Wetlands Park
7.5 km south12 km²since 2004
Provincial park
Sleeping Beauty Mountain Park
8.1 km north-west3.0 km²since 2004
No national park lies within 100 km of Terrace; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 4 provincial parks lie 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
Terrace and its edge hold 36 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
36 km
in and around the town (111.7 km²)
Woodland
59%
about 66.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
TerraceTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TerraceTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland59%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 71% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 87% 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 Terrace 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.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Terrace: May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Terrace, 5.6 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.3 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 178 | 103 | 90 | 66 | 55 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 119 | 183 | 190 | 178 |
From -1 °C in January to 22 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. June is the driest month at 52 mm; November the wettest at 190 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 328 cm. The climate in Terrace →
Beaches
Terrace has 4 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Gruchy's Beachsand · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsLakelse Lake Beach2.2 km from town
Directions2 further beaches go unnamed. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Terrace has 2 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.
The most common are playgrounds: 10 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Skeena Valley Viewin town
DirectionsSkeena Valley0.2 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Hai Lake - Mount Herman Provincial Park1.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 10
New Playgroundin town
DirectionsWooden Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Ferry Island Campgroundin town
DirectionsSlipways 3
Fisherman's Memorial Park Boat Launchin town
DirectionsKitsumkaylum Boat Launch0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Terrace
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Electoral Area E, Kitimat-StikineElectoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-StikineTerrace
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrace | 6.7% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine 4.3 km | 4.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine 4.6 km | 21% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
Around Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine the protected share is at least double.
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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
Questions about the outdoors in Terrace
Is Terrace near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Terrace.
Which is the biggest protected area near Terrace?
Lakelse Lake Wetlands Park: 1,214 ha, a provincial park.
When is the best time for walking in Terrace?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How much land around Terrace is protected?
Yes: 6.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a provincial park near Terrace?
Lakelse Lake Park, 0.7 km from the edge of town.
Is there a beach near Terrace?
Gruchy's Beach, 1.6 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Sources
Sources for this page on Terrace
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).