Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Mars Hill Wildlife Management Area begins at the edge of Brokenhead
9.8 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. For a swim, Echo Beach is the nearest of 4 beaches within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Brokenhead 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Brokenhead has the 12th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,814 to 6,048 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Brokenhead sits near the top of its size group: 15 of 39 have more. On protected land nearby it is behind: 28 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowsnest Pass AB | 25% | 20% | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C NS | 20% | 8% | 133 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Electoral Area B, Peace River BC | 18% | 17% | 71 | 0 | 655 |
| 4 | Electoral Area A, Bulkley-Nechako BC | 15% | 14% | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Mile 108 Recreational Ranch BC | 12% | 12% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | East Ferris ON | 10% | 1.8% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Lowertown West ON | 10% | 1.5% | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Verchères QC | 8.9% | 1.7% | 44 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sainte-Martine QC | 8.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kirkendall North ON | 7.2% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Spallumcheen BC | 6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Creston BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Cochrane ON | 5.3% | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Port Mann BC | 5.1% | 4.4% | 108 | 6 | 7 |
| 15 | Lawfield ON | 4.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Stettler County No. 6 AB | 3.9% | 3.3% | 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Cedarbrae AB | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Homeside ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Underwood ON | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Country Hills West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | River Bend ON | 1.8% | 13% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Central Frederick ON | 1.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Nutana Urban Centre SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Broadway-Assiniboine MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Richelieu QC | 1.4% | 4.8% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Minto MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Caernarvon AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Val-David QC | 1.3% | 8.3% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Brokenhead MB | 1.2% | 2% | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | University SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Heritage Park MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 32 | Saint-Henri QC | 0.5% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Stettler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mayland Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Lac-Mégantic QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Melfort SK | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Redcliff AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Sandstone Valley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Boyle Street AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Brokenhead on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
Most of Brokenhead is more than 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.
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 5,900 residents live further than 400 m from one.
1.2% of the land around Brokenhead is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Every one of the 6 is on public land. Birds Hill Provincial Park covers 2,060 ha, the most of any named area.
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.
9.8 km to Birds Hill Provincial Park
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.
Birds Hill Provincial Park
For a national park, people in Brokenhead travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Brokenhead has 212 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It is more wooded than 67% of Canadian towns. For path density, 75% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Brokenhead
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 town. 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.
September is the best month for walking in Brokenhead
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Pinawa, 44 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -8 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 30 | 14 | 28 | 30 | 71 | 99 | 83 | 67 | 63 | 39 | 24 | 25 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 25 °C; January the coldest, at -11 °C. Most rain and snow falls in June, 99 mm; February sees 14 mm. Expect around 126 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Brokenhead →
4 beaches within 5 km of Brokenhead
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The map adds 2 unnamed stretches of beach. OpenStreetMap marks 2 as sandy. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Outdoors around Brokenhead: 12 places to go
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: hills and peaks, 4 of them. Highest of the named peaks: Bunker Hill, 260 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 4
Plus 1 peak more.
Nature reserves 4
Plus 2 nature reserves more.
Playgrounds 1
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Brokenhead
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brokenhead | 1.2% | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Beausejour 10 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| St. Clements 16 km | 2.2% | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Selkirk 18 km | 1.8% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Brokenhead’s share of protected land. More routes are mapped around St. Clements (8).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Brokenhead
How much land around Brokenhead is protected?
Yes: 1.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest beach to Brokenhead?
Echo Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest provincial park to Brokenhead?
It is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 9.8 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Brokenhead?
Birds Hill Provincial Park: 2,060 ha, a provincial park.
When should you visit Brokenhead for the outdoors?
September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Brokenhead near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Brokenhead.
The sources behind Brokenhead’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).