Nelson House 170 has no protected land within 10 km
No national park lies within 100 km. Amisk Park Reserve is the closest provincial park, at 92 km.
Nelson House 170 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Nelson House 170 is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,686 to 2,761 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Nelson House 170 is weakest for public protected areas: 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria County, Subdivision A NS | 33% | 54% | 152 | 3 | 59 |
| 2 | Highlands BC | 24% | 41% | 40 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Waskaganish QC | 24% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Electoral Area E, Peace River BC | 19% | 24% | 25 | 2 | 103 |
| 5 | Holyrood NL | 19% | 3.2% | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Meadow Lake No. 588 SK | 13% | 15% | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Eastman QC | 11% | 7.4% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Waterridge Village ON | 11% | 9.2% | 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Swan Valley West MB | 11% | 1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast BC | 10% | 15% | 73 | 0 | 231 |
| 12 | Marritt ON | 7.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse QC | 3.6% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Wakefield NB | 2.2% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | Sussex NB | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Gore QC | 1.6% | 2.3% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 25 | Central River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Tuxedo Industrial MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 27 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley BC | 1.1% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | Upper Mount Royal AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Souris MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Talbot-Grey MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay BC | 0.2% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 33 | Rivergrove MB | 0.2% | 4.7% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wickham QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Kameyosek AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Saint-Martin QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Nelson House 170 MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills Village AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where the green is in Nelson House 170
The First Nations reserve’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
In Nelson House 170, parks are rarely a short walk away
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.
That leaves about 2,700 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
No protected area lies within 10 km of Nelson House 170
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Amisk Park Reserve, 92 km off.
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.
The nearest big park: Amisk Park Reserve, 92 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.
Amisk Park Reserve
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Nelson House 170 has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Paths to walk: 2 km in and around Nelson House 170
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 has fewer paths per km² than 94% of Canadian towns. For woods, 66% of Canadian towns have more.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
No named walking route passes Nelson House 170 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 First Nations reserve; 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.
The walking year in Nelson House 170
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Thompson (64 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) | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | -18 | -13 | -5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 4 | -7 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 43 | 68 | 91 | 86 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 22 |
July is warm and wet, 91 mm; the driest month, February, has 16 mm. From -18 °C in January to 23 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Nelson House 170 →
Outdoors around Nelson House 170: 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
Playgrounds 1
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Nelson House 170
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Nelson House 170 with figures are 64–148 km away.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson House 170 | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thompson 64 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Snow Lake 127 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cross Lake 19A 146 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pukatawagan 198 148 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cross Lake 19 148 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Nelson House 170’s protected share.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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 Nelson House 170
Is there a provincial park near Nelson House 170?
The closest is Amisk Park Reserve, at 92 km.
Is Nelson House 170 near a national park?
None within 100 km of Nelson House 170.
Sources for this page on Nelson House 170
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).