First pick
Riverbend Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Neepawa · parks, protected land & trails
Riding Mountain National Park lies 29 km beyond Neepawa’s edge
8.1 km out lies the largest, Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, at 5,445 ha. Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town. Protected areas cover 1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
29 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
49 km
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Against other towns
Neepawa 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1%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 areas1Areas 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
Neepawa has the 13th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,228 to 6,427 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
Neepawa1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Neepawa1
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Neepawa0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Neepawa 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 | Pointe-Calumet QC | 28% | 12% | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 6 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 19 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Petrolia ON | 0.3% | 3.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Neepawa
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Neepawa
Riverbend Park is the largest, at 5.2 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
1 in 10 people in Neepawa 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%)
Neepawa15%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 5,400 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
1% of the country within 10 km of Neepawa 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 Neepawa0%
Within 10 km1%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 1 of the 3, and private owners the rest. 2 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 5,445 ha · 8.1 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
Parks around Neepawa
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
29 km north-west2,968 km²since 1929
Provincial park
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
49 km south-east213 km²since 1964
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: 13 km in and around Neepawa
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
13 km
in and around the town (38.4 km²)
Woodland
13%
about 4.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
NeepawaTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NeepawaTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 71% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 58% 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 Neepawa 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
Get out in Neepawa in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Brandon (49 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -9 | -2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 65 | 98 | 72 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 20 | 22 |
About 128 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -11 °C, August highs of 25 °C. For dry weather, February is best (14 mm); June gets 98 mm. The climate in Neepawa →
Things to do
Outdoors around Neepawa: one place to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Campsites 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 Neepawa
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 21–27 km from Neepawa.
Glenella-LansdowneNorth Cypress-LangfordMinto-OdanahMinnedosaRosedaleNeepawa
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neepawa | 1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 21 km | 2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| North Cypress-Langford 25 km | 9.8% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Minto-Odanah 26 km | 1.3% | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| Minnedosa 26 km | 2.9% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| Rosedale 27 km | 17% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Glenella-Lansdowne, North Cypress-Langford and Minnedosa have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Neepawa
Are there protected areas near Neepawa?
Within 10 km, 1% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is Neepawa near a national park?
The nearest is Riding Mountain National Park, 29 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Neepawa?
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 Neepawa?
The closest is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, at 49 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Neepawa?
It is Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 5,445 ha.
Sources
Where Neepawa’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).