First pick
Little Mountain Sportsplex
Park or garden
83 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
10 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Felspar13 · CC BY-SA 4.00.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Rosser · parks, protected land & trails
Rosser touches Grant's Lake Wildlife Management Area
Beaudry Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 5.1 km. 10.0 km out lies the largest, Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, at 3,579 ha. The Interlake Pioneer Trail is the one mapped walking route close by.
Protected land
0.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 17 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
5.1 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Rosser 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas17Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Rosser has the 15th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,481 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
Rosser0.7%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Rosser17
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Rosser1
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Rosser beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 5 of 39 do better. On protected land nearby it is behind: 24 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 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Rosser MB | 0.7% | 1% | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| 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
The green map of Rosser
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Rosser
Little Mountain Sportsplex is the largest, at 83 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 153 ha in all
Parks & gardens 153 ha
Most of it sits in Little Mountain Sportsplex and Little Mountain Park: 96% together.
Little Mountain Park
Park or garden
65 ha5.1 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5.1 km of path
11 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Grosse Isle Heritage Village
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.4 km of path
12 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Inksbrook Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
2.8 ha
13 km eastfrom 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
Few people in Rosser 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%)
Rosser0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Grant's Lake Wildlife Management Area reaches Rosser
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Rosser1%
Within 10 km0.7%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 17 of the 18. Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area is the biggest, 3,579 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Grant's Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 401 ha · reaches Rosser
Little Mountain ParkMunicipal park · 51 ha · reaches Rosser
Living Prairie MuseumMunicipal park · 17 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Moray ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Beaudry Provincial ParkProvincial park · 489 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Assiniboine ForestMunicipal park · 286 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
The Oaks ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Caron Park ForestMunicipal park · 3.8 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Daniel Flood Green ParkMunicipal park · 2.2 ha · 6.2 km from the edge of town
Kildonan ParkMunicipal park · 5.6 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
7 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
The nearest big park: Beaudry Provincial Park, 5.1 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
Beaudry Provincial Park
5.1 km south-west4.9 km²since 1974
No national park lies within 100 km of Rosser; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
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: 38 km in and around Rosser
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
38 km
in and around the town (548.9 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RosserTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RosserTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 90% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 89% 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
Rosser has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Interlake Pioneer Trail114.1 km
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 Rosser
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (13 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 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.1 |
| 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 |
Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -11 °C. Rain peaks with the heat: 77 mm in July, against 13 mm in February. Some 126 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Rosser →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Rosser, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Rosser: 28 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.
27 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Grants Lake Wildlife Management Areain town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 27
Plus 27 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Rosser
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BuchananCrestviewHeadingleySt. François XavierHeritage ParkSturgeon CreekRosser
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosser | 0.7% | 18 | 1 | 2 |
| Buchanan 10 km | 1.2% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| Crestview 11 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| Headingley 11 km | 1% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| St. François Xavier 11 km | 0.6% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Heritage Park 12 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| Sturgeon Creek 12 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Rosser.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Rosser
What is the largest protected area near Rosser?
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3,579 ha, a wildlife area.
How much land around Rosser is protected?
Yes: 0.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Rosser?
The closest is Beaudry Provincial Park, at 5.1 km.
Where can you walk near Rosser?
The Interlake Pioneer Trail, mapped within 2 km.
Is there a beach near Rosser?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How far is Rosser from a national park?
None within 100 km of Rosser.
When should you visit Rosser for the outdoors?
September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Sources for this page on Rosser
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).