First pick
M.A. Querel Community Park
Park or garden
4.8 ha0.2 km of path
27 km north-westfrom the centre
Provincial Snowmobile Trail 29
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.02.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Piney · parks, protected land & trails
Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management Area begins at the edge of Piney
OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. National parks are all over 100 km off. Whiteshell Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 41 km.
Protected land
2.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
41 km
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Piney 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas10Areas 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
Piney comes 18th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,937 to 2,587 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
Piney2.5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Piney10
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Piney0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Piney sits near the top of its size group: 10 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Piney MB | 2.5% | 2.2% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Piney
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Piney
The biggest is M.A. Querel Community Park, 4.8 ha. Biggest first, 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
Few people in Piney 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Piney0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,900 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.5% of the land near Piney
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Piney2.2%
Within 10 km2.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
10 of the 18 are on public land. Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management Area leads for size with 5,944 ha. The figures include 8 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 5,944 ha · reaches Piney
Piney Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 785 ha · reaches Piney
Spur Woods Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 725 ha · reaches Piney
Whitemouth Island Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 613 ha · reaches Piney
Woodridge Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 485 ha · reaches Piney
Wampum Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 62 ha · reaches Piney
Pocock Lake Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 205 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Whitemouth River Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 130 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
St. Labre Bog Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 4,030 ha · 5.8 km from the edge of town
Holmgren Pines Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 73 ha · 8.6 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
Whiteshell Provincial Park is 41 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
Whiteshell Provincial Park
41 km north-east1,198 km²since 1961
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Piney, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Piney has 506 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
506 km
in and around the town (2,706.1 km²)
Woodland
79%
about 2,151.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PineyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PineyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland79%
0%50%100%
78% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 96% 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 Piney 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 walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The walking year in Piney
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Indian Bay, 83 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 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 26 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 78 | 101 | 88 | 76 | 78 | 62 | 36 | 30 |
June is the wettest month (101 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -10 °C. The climate in Piney →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Piney
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Piney: 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.
Top of the list: hills and peaks, 8 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 8
Bedford Ridgein town
DirectionsButcher Hillin town
DirectionsCat Hillsin town
DirectionsCotes Ridgein town
DirectionsMattress Ridgein town
DirectionsMenisino Hillin town
DirectionsPiney Hillin town
DirectionsBig Johns Ridge1.3 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 4
Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management Areain town
DirectionsWoodridge Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsPocock Lake Ecological Reserve1.0 km from town
DirectionsMarchand Provincial Park2.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site 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.
Next door
Next to Piney
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Piney has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 45–76 km out.
StuartburnLa BroquerieReynoldsSteinbachMitchellPiney
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney | 2.5% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Stuartburn 45 km | 5.8% | 157 | 0 | 0 |
| La Broquerie 62 km | 6.6% | 73 | 0 | 3 |
| Reynolds 69 km | 6.7% | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| Steinbach 71 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mitchell 76 km | 2.3% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
Around Stuartburn, La Broquerie and Reynolds the protected share is at least double. Reynolds has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 6.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Piney
Is there protected land near Piney?
Protected areas cover 2.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Piney?
No national park lies within 100 km of Piney.
Is there a beach near Piney?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Piney?
It is Whiteshell Provincial Park, 41 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Piney?
It is Watson P. Davidson Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 5,944 ha.
Sources
Where Piney’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).