First pick
Erin Park
Park or garden
3.5 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Killarney
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.01.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Killarney · parks, protected land & trails
Wakopa Wildlife Management Area reaches Killarney
12 km from town is Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The largest named area nearby is Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area, 3,059 ha, 0.1 km away. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
1.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
61
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
12 km
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Killarney 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km1.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Killarney has the 16th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,653 to 3,764 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
Killarney1.8%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Killarney4
Towns its size5
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Killarney0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Killarney does best for protected land nearby: 15 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baie-D'Urfé QC | 49% | 0.1% | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Blind River ON | 21% | 41% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Central ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 9 | Cowichan Bay BC | 4.2% | 5.7% | 64 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Westville NS | 4.1% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Industrial Sector A and Keith ON | 3.5% | 0.9% | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Piedmont QC | 3.1% | 15% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Lake Cowichan BC | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 15 | North Glenora AB | 1.9% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Killarney MB | 1.8% | 2.3% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Powassan ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC | 1.5% | 1.1% | 60 | 6 | 47 |
| 19 | Kensington AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Studholm NB | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Deer Lodge MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Fifty Point ON | 1.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Alpine Place MB | 0.9% | 2.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Cameron Heights AB | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Inkster-Faraday MB | 0.8% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Ascot Corner QC | 0.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | North Inkster Industrial MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Flagstaff County AB | 0.4% | 0.3% | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Radisson MB | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Eau Claire AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Greenfield AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Magrath Heights AB | 0.3% | 13% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cartier MB | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Dixie ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Claire QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Killarney 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 Killarney: 3 named parks and woods
Erin Park is the largest, at 3.5 ha; the rest follow by size, 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
About 6 in 10 of Killarney’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 (56%)Further (44%)
Killarney56%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. About 1,600 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1.8% of the land near Killarney
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Killarney2.3%
Within 10 km1.8%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 61, 4 are public land; the others are privately held. Biggest of the named areas: Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area, 3,059 ha. Another 36 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Wakopa Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 64 ha · reaches Killarney
Pembina Valley Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,059 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Holmfield Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 65 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Tiger Hills Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 531 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
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
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park is 12 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
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
12 km west171 km²since 1961
For a national park, people in Killarney 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.
Footpaths and woods
Killarney has 64 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
64 km
in and around the town (1,116 km²)
Woodland
5.5%
about 61.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
KillarneyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KillarneyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland5.5%
0%50%100%
For path density, 91% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover less of it than in 59% 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 Killarney 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.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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 Killarney: August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Cypress River, 60 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -7 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 70 | 91 | 75 | 61 | 45 | 38 | 25 | 27 |
February is the driest month at 17 mm; June the wettest at 91 mm. From -10 °C in January to 26 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Killarney →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Killarney
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Killarney: 16 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 7 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 4
Hare Mountainin town
DirectionsNineteen Hillsin town
DirectionsWilfreds Hillin town
DirectionsTurtle Mountain1.0 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 4
Kerry Park Campgroundin town
DirectionsKillarney Ag Society Campgroundin town
DirectionsHappyland Campground0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
International Peace Garden, 13 km from Killarney, is the garden to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
International Peace GardenGarden or park · 13 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Killarney
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 21–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Killarney.
Prairie LakesCartwright-RoblinBoissevainKillarney
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killarney | 1.8% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| Prairie Lakes 21 km | 3.1% | 76 | 0 | 1 |
| Cartwright-Roblin 26 km | 1.6% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| Boissevain 29 km | 7.4% | 18 | 2 | 3 |
For protected land, Boissevain has twice as much or more. More routes are mapped around Boissevain (2).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Killarney
When is the best time for walking in Killarney?
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 Killarney?
Turtle Mountain Provincial Park, 12 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Killarney?
Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area of 3,059 ha.
Are there protected areas near Killarney?
Protected areas cover 1.8% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Killarney?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Killarney.
Is there a beach near Killarney?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Killarney
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).