Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainNo protected area lies within 10 km of Flin Flon (Part)
No national park lies within 100 km. The closest provincial park is Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River Provincial Park, 37 km from the edge of town.
How Flin Flon (Part) compares with 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Flin Flon (Part) sits 4th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,641 to 4,817 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Flin Flon (Part) trails its peers is public protected areas; 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 5 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 9 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 16 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The green map of Flin Flon (Part)
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
About 7 in 10 of Flin Flon (Part)’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.
For about 1,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
There is no protected land within 10 km of Flin Flon (Part)
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River Provincial Park, 37 km away.
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.
37 km to Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River 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.
Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River Provincial Park
No national park lies within 100 km of Flin Flon (Part); the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Flin Flon (Part) and its edge hold 39 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It is more wooded than 70% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 57% 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Flin Flon (Part)
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Flin Flon (Part): August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Flin Flon (15 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) | 7.8 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.1 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 14.9 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 7.2 |
| High (°C) | -15 | -11 | -3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 6 | -4 | -13 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 24 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 39 | 70 | 86 | 65 | 62 | 39 | 26 | 23 |
From -15 °C in January to 24 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (86 mm), while February is driest at 16 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 133 cm. The climate in Flin Flon (Part) →
Flin Flon (Part) has 5 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.
There are 5 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Flin Flon (Part)
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Flin Flon (Part) has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–110 km out.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flin Flon (Part) | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Creighton 4.3 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelsey 73 km | 4% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelican Narrows 184B 82 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Division No. 21, Unorganized 100 km | 3% | 17 | 0 | 14 |
| Opaskwayak Cree Nation 21E 110 km | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Around Kelsey and Division No. 21, Unorganized the protected share is at least double.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Flin Flon (Part)
How far is Flin Flon (Part) from a national park?
None within 100 km of Flin Flon (Part).
What is the best season to get outdoors in Flin Flon (Part)?
On the normals, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Flin Flon (Part)?
Palsa Hazel Ecological Reserve / Grass River Provincial Park, 37 km away.
Where Flin Flon (Part)’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).