First pick
Hespeler Park
Park or garden
35 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
21 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mennowiki · CC BY-SA 4.02.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mitchell · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Mitchell is Beaudry Provincial Park, 39 km away
Biggest among them: Rat River Wildlife Management Area, 1,040 ha, 2.4 km off. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
2.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
65
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
39 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mitchell 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.3%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 areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Mitchell is 13th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (19,512 to 20,377 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
Mitchell2.3%
Towns its size4.1%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mitchell3
Towns its size6
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mitchell0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Mitchell lags towns its size: 26 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirkland QC | 41% | 0.2% | 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Overbrook ON | 14% | 1.1% | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Esquimalt BC | 12% | 1% | 31 | 4 | 19 |
| 4 | Vinegar Hill ON | 8.7% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Laflèche QC | 7.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | North End NS | 7% | 0% | 14 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Purpleville ON | 6.2% | 13% | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Louis-Riel QC | 6.1% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Kanata Lakes ON | 6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Evergreen AB | 5.9% | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | Riverside South - Leitrim ON | 4.3% | 3.2% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Heart Lake South ON | 4.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Stittsville ON | 4.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lorimier QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Tuscany AB | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Pelham ON | 2.7% | 2.5% | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Mount Pleasant Village ON | 2.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Westmount ON | 2.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Père-Marquette QC | 2.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Mitchell MB | 2.3% | 0% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 30 | Highland ON | 2.2% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Kemptville ON | 2.1% | 1.7% | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | Petawawa ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 33 | Henry Farm ON | 1.9% | 3.8% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Port Alberni BC | 1.8% | 2.8% | 11 | 31 | 4 |
| 35 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 37 | Loyalist ON | 1.2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Stony Plain AB | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 40 | Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Mitchell
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Mitchell
Largest first: Hespeler Park leads with 35 ha. Numbers match the map.
7 named parks and woods, 122 ha in all
Parks & gardens 116 haWoods 6.1 ha
Two places, Hespeler Park and Tourond Creek Discovery Center, make up 52% of the total.
Tourond Creek Discovery Center
Park or garden
28 ha
9.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
A.D. Penner Park
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
24 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
8.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Rosenthal Nature Park
Park or garden
12 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
4.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kleefeld Park
Park or garden
8.3 ha0.4 km of path
6.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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
1 in 10 people in Mitchell live near 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 (15%)Further (86%)
Mitchell15%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 17,100 residents live further than 400 m from one. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
2.3% of the land around Mitchell is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mitchell0%
Within 10 km2.3%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 65, 3 are public and the remainder private. Biggest of the named areas: Rat River Wildlife Management Area, 1,040 ha. 38 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Rat River Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 1,040 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Jennifer and Tom Shay Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 6.7 ha · 5.0 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
Beaudry Provincial Park, 39 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
39 km north-west4.9 km²since 1974
For a national park, people in Mitchell 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
117 km of paths in and around Mitchell
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
117 km
in and around the town (896.4 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 160.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MitchellTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MitchellTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
For path density, 82% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 65% 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 Mitchell
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
September is the best month for walking in Mitchell
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (56 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) | -11 | -9 | -1 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 53 | 38 | 25 | 19 |
July is warm and wet, 77 mm; the driest month, February, has 13 mm. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). The climate in Mitchell →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Mitchell, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Mitchell: 45 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
31 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Abe's Hill1.1 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Tourond Creek Discovery Centrein town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 31
Hampton Village (Natural) Park0.7 km from town
DirectionsCoral Crescent Playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 29 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mitchell
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
SteinbachSt-Pierre-JolysLa BroquerieDe SalaberryMitchell
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | 2.3% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| Steinbach 7.7 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| St-Pierre-Jolys 16 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| La Broquerie 17 km | 6.6% | 73 | 0 | 3 |
| De Salaberry 18 km | 1.9% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
La Broquerie has at least twice the protected share around it.
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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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 Mitchell
How much land around Mitchell is protected?
Protected areas cover 2.3% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Mitchell?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Mitchell?
It is Rat River Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 1,040 ha.
Is Mitchell near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Mitchell.
When should you visit Mitchell for the outdoors?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Mitchell?
The closest is Beaudry Provincial Park, at 39 km.
Sources
The sources behind Mitchell’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).