First pick
Sandy Bay First Nation Pow Wow Grounds
Park or garden
4.6 ha
2.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
2.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sandy Bay 5 · parks, protected land & trails
Riding Mountain National Park lies 59 km beyond Sandy Bay 5’s edge
3.7 km out lies the largest, Langruth Wildlife Management Area, at 1,823 ha. The 10 km around town hold 8 protected areas. For a provincial park, Spruce Woods Provincial Park lies 84 km off.
Protected land
2.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
8
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
59 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
84 km
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Sandy Bay 5 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 km2.8%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
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Sandy Bay 5 ranks 17th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,866 to 2,943 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
Sandy Bay 52.8%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sandy Bay 51
Towns its size2
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sandy Bay 50
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Sandy Bay 5 sits near the top of its size group: 16 of 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 25 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Carpenter ON | 7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dégelis QC | 6.5% | 5.4% | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Suder Greens AB | 5.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Sandy Bay 5 MB | 2.8% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 25 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 35 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Scott QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carrington AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Sandy Bay 5 on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve; 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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Sandy Bay 5
Largest first: Sandy Bay First Nation Pow Wow Grounds leads with 4.6 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
In Sandy Bay 5, 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.
Within 400 m (0%)Further (100%)
Sandy Bay 50%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 2,900 residents live further than 400 m from one. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
2.8% of the land around Sandy Bay 5 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 Sandy Bay 50%
Within 10 km2.8%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 8, 1 are public land; the others are privately held. The figures include 7 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Langruth Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 1,823 ha · 3.7 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
Big parks near Sandy Bay 5
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
59 km west2,968 km²since 1929
Provincial park
Spruce Woods Provincial Park
84 km south213 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
Sandy Bay 5 and its edge hold 0 km of footpath
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
0.1 km
in and around the town (60 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 8.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sandy Bay 5Towns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sandy Bay 5Towns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 59% of Canadian towns. For path density, 100% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Sandy Bay 5
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 First Nations reserve; 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
The best months for walking in Sandy Bay 5: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Portage Southport, 76 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 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| 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 |
February is the driest month at 17 mm; June the wettest at 80 mm. Daytime highs run from -10 °C in January up to 25 °C in July. The climate in Sandy Bay 5 →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Sandy Bay 5
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sandy Bay 5
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 40–48 km from Sandy Bay 5.
WestLake-GladstoneGlenella-LansdowneColdwellAlonsaSandy Bay 5
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Bay 5 | 2.8% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| WestLake-Gladstone 40 km | 1.3% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenella-Lansdowne 46 km | 2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Coldwell 47 km | 3.5% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Alonsa 48 km | 1.2% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
Around Sandy Bay 5, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Sandy Bay 5
How far is Sandy Bay 5 from a national park?
It is Riding Mountain National Park, 59 km off.
When should you visit Sandy Bay 5 for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sandy Bay 5?
It is Spruce Woods Provincial Park, 84 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Sandy Bay 5?
It is Langruth Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 1,823 ha.
Is there a beach near Sandy Bay 5?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Is there protected land near Sandy Bay 5?
Yes: 2.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sandy Bay 5
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).