First pick
Vermillion Park
Park or garden
41 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Intermedichbo · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Dauphin · parks, protected land & trails
Riding Mountain National Park lies 11 km beyond Dauphin’s edge
The protected share within 10 km is 0%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. A provincial park, Duck Mountain Provincial Park, lies 75 km away.
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 national park
11 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
75 km
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Character
The outdoors in Dauphin, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyRiding Mountain National Park, 11 km awayLittle protected land0% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
What Dauphin has most to offer outdoors is Riding Mountain National Park within easy reach. The gap is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Dauphin 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
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
Among 40 towns its size, Dauphin is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,421 to 8,744 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
Dauphin0%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Dauphin0
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Dauphin0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Dauphin is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Wildfield ON | 9.1% | 14% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Prairie View SK | 2.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 21 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 24 | St. John's MB | 0.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Garneau AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
The green map of Dauphin
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
12 named parks and woods to walk in near Dauphin
Largest first: Vermillion Park leads with 41 ha. Numbers match the map.
12 named parks and woods, 79 ha in all
Parks & gardens 79 ha
Most of it sits in Vermillion Park and Dauphin Recreation Services: 83% together.
Dauphin Recreation Services
Park or garden
26 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Medowlark Park
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
D-Town Plaza Skate Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Dauphin
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Vermillion ParkPark or garden · 41 ha · 3 km of path
DirectionsDauphin Recreation ServicesPark or garden · 26 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsRacing Oval & GrandstandsPark or garden · 5.6 ha
DirectionsMedowlark ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsMaamawi ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha
DirectionsPioneer ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsD-Town Plaza Skate ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsCN ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsOff Leash Dog ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsWest Side ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsDauphin War MemorialPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsParkland Crossings Picnic AreaPark or garden · 0.2 ha
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
About 8 in 10 of Dauphin’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 (82%)Further (18%)
Dauphin82%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,600 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Dauphin
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Duck Mountain Provincial Park, 75 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
Big parks near Dauphin
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
National park
Riding Mountain National Park
11 km south2,968 km²since 1929
Provincial park
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
75 km north-west478 km²since 1961
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: 26 km in and around Dauphin
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
26 km
in and around the town (33.9 km²)
Woodland
3.8%
about 1.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DauphinTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DauphinTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.8%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 61% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 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
No mapped walking route near Dauphin
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 walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
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 Dauphin: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Dauphin (5.7 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 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -8 | -1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 17 | 12 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 87 | 71 | 55 | 53 | 31 | 18 | 17 |
Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -11 °C in January. June is the wettest month (87 mm) and February the driest (12 mm). The climate in Dauphin →
Things to do
Outdoors around Dauphin: 6 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 4.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Kinette Playgroundin town
DirectionsRonald McDonald Parkin town
DirectionsVermilion Splash Padin town
DirectionsPlus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Off Leash Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Dauphin
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 7–46 km from Dauphin.
DauphinLakeshoreGilbert PlainsSte. RoseGrandviewDauphin
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dauphin | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dauphin 7.0 km | 18% | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Lakeshore 24 km | 11% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| Gilbert Plains 31 km | 23% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ste. Rose 38 km | 5% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Grandview 46 km | 22% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Around Dauphin, Lakeshore and Gilbert Plains the protected share is at least double.
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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Dauphin
What is the nearest national park to Dauphin?
The nearest is Riding Mountain National Park, 11 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Dauphin?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Dauphin?
The closest is Duck Mountain Provincial Park, at 75 km.
Sources
Where Dauphin’s outdoors figures come from
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).