First pick
Macgregor Community Park
Wood or forest
2.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of North Norfolk
Nature PathCommunity park path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.04.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in North Norfolk · parks, protected land & trails
North Norfolk is 58 km from Riding Mountain National Park
2.5 km from town is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Frizzley Flats. Protected areas cover 4.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
4.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
58 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.5 km
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
North Norfolk beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km4.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.5%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
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
North Norfolk comes 13th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,020 to 4,148 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
North Norfolk4.5%
Towns its size0.9%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
North Norfolk4
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
North Norfolk0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, North Norfolk sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistissini QC | 26% | 1.4% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges QC | 12% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen BC | 12% | 12% | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Fort Nelson BC | 11% | 9.8% | 36 | 0 | 330 |
| 5 | Oakes ON | 7.4% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 6.3% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | East Lawrencetown NS | 5.9% | 2.4% | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Centremount ON | 5.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Alexander MB | 4.9% | 1.3% | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Lake of Bays ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Woodlands MB | 4.8% | 6.6% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Inch Park ON | 4.8% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | North Norfolk MB | 4.5% | 0.5% | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Callander ON | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Pioneer Tower West ON | 2.3% | 3.9% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Haut-Madawaska NB | 2.2% | 7.7% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC | 2% | 2.9% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Elbow Park AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Kirkfield MB | 1% | 0.3% | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 20 | Northern Lights County AB | 0.9% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 67 |
| 21 | Haddow AB | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Smoky Lake County AB | 0.7% | 0.5% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Island Lakes MB | 0.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | University Heights AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Beaumaris AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Perth South ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Tuxedo Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Leger AB | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Meyokumin AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Saint-Prosper QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Matt Berry AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lac-Etchemin QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Morris-Turnberry ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Swan River MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Crossfield AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Balwin AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Forest Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | McCauley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Parkdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | York AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
North Norfolk on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 North Norfolk
Largest first: Macgregor Community Park leads with 2.8 ha. Numbers match 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 2 in 10 of North Norfolk’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 (25%)Further (75%)
North Norfolk25%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. About 3,100 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
4.5% of the country within 10 km of North Norfolk 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 North Norfolk0.5%
Within 10 km4.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 10, 4 are public land; the others are privately held. Spruce Woods Provincial Park is the biggest, 21,265 ha. The figures include 6 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 5,445 ha · reaches North Norfolk
Edward A. Poyser Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 195 ha · reaches North Norfolk
Spruce Woods Provincial ParkProvincial park · 21,265 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Assiniboine Corridor Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,374 ha · 4.9 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
Parks around North Norfolk
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
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
2.5 km south-west213 km²since 1964
National park
Riding Mountain National Park
58 km north-west2,968 km²since 1929
Spruce Woods Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 2.5 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
North Norfolk has 35 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
35 km
in and around the town (1,297 km²)
Woodland
19%
about 242 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
North NorfolkTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
North NorfolkTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
For path density, 95% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 66% 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 North Norfolk 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.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 North Norfolk in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Portage Southport, 37 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -1 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 17 | 30 | 37 | 65 | 80 | 62 | 51 | 48 | 41 | 25 | 20 |
From -10 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. For dry weather, February is best (17 mm); June gets 80 mm. The climate in North Norfolk →
Beaches
For a swim near North Norfolk: Frizzley Flats, 4.9 km off
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Frizzley Flats4.9 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 5 more, nameless. 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
Near North Norfolk: 16 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: nature reserves (6).
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Nature reserves 6
Whitemud Watershed Wildlife Management Areain town
DirectionsPlus 5 nature reserves more.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to North Norfolk
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 25–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from North Norfolk.
Long Plain 6WestLake-GladstonePortage la PrairieNorfolk-TreherneVictoriaNorth Norfolk
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Norfolk | 4.5% | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| Long Plain 6 25 km | 0.7% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| WestLake-Gladstone 31 km | 1.3% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Portage la Prairie 35 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Norfolk-Treherne 38 km | 1% | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| Victoria 41 km | 9% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Around Victoria the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in North Norfolk
When is the best time for walking in North Norfolk?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is North Norfolk from a national park?
It is Riding Mountain National Park, 58 km off.
Which is the biggest protected area near North Norfolk?
It is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 21,265 ha.
Is there protected land near North Norfolk?
Within 10 km, 4.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a beach near North Norfolk?
Frizzley Flats, 4.9 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest provincial park to North Norfolk?
It is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, 2.5 km away.
Sources
Where North Norfolk’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).