First pick
Kings Park
Park or garden
22 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Carman
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Samyaka.verma · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Carman · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Carman
Within 100 km there is no national park. For a provincial park, Beaudry Provincial Park lies 52 km off.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
52 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Against other towns
Carman 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Carman sits 4th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,491 to 3,604 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
Carman0%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Carman0
Towns its size6
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Carman0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Carman lags towns its size: 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary BC | 17% | 21% | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 2 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 4 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Fessenden ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Collectivité Nouvelle QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zone Aéroportuaire QC | 6.5% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Guybourg QC | 6.4% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Bifrost-Riverton MB | 5% | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Burkholme ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Lac du Bonnet MB | 4.2% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Des Vallées QC | 3.9% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Prince Albert No. 461 SK | 3.8% | 3.8% | 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola BC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Ramsay AB | 2.4% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Horton ON | 2.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Buckland No. 491 SK | 2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 21 | Opportunity No. 17 AB | 2% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| 22 | Victoria Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Kingston NB | 1.7% | 0.8% | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| 24 | Thorncliff AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | McMillan MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Melancthon ON | 1.3% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | WestLake-Gladstone MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby QC | 1.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Glendale MB | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 31 | Mactaggart AB | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Downtown East Village AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Saint-Isidore QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Saint-Gilles QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ste. Anne MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Morris MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Carman MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Beausejour MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Carman
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 Carman: one named park or wood
The biggest is Kings Park, 22 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
A park is within a short walk for 6 in 10 in Carman
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 (60%)Further (41%)
Carman60%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,400 residents are further than 400 m from a park. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Carman
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Beaudry Provincial Park, 52 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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
Beaudry Provincial Park, 52 km off
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
Beaudry Provincial Park
52 km north-east4.9 km²since 1974
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Carman, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
33 km of paths in and around Carman
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
33 km
in and around the town (16 km²)
Woodland
12%
about 1.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CarmanTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CarmanTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 56% of Canadian towns have fewer. For woods, it beats 55% 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 Carman 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 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
Carman is best on foot in August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Morden (37 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 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -7 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 17 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 76 | 89 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 39 | 27 | 22 |
Precipitation runs from 16 mm in February to 89 mm in June. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -10 °C in January. The climate in Carman →
Things to do
5 things to do outdoors near Carman
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
3 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
New Picnic shelterin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
King’s Park Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Carman
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
DufferinRolandCarman
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, no neighbour of Carman doubles its share.
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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Carman
What is the nearest provincial park to Carman?
The closest is Beaudry Provincial Park, at 52 km.
How far is Carman from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Carman.
When should you visit Carman for the outdoors?
On the normals, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Carman’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).