First pick
Colert Beach/Morden Lake
Park or garden
127 ha6.8 km of path
1 h 30 minto walk all 6.8 km of path
15 km westfrom the centre
Lake Minniwaska Upper North Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain0.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stanley · parks, protected land & trails
Stanley borders Pembina Valley Provincial Park
Biggest among them: Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area, 3,059 ha, 0.4 km off. For a swim, The Beach is the nearest of 3 beaches within 5 km. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
0.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Pembina Valley Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Stanley apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgePembina Valley Provincial Park reaches the townLittle protected land0.5% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Above all, Stanley offers a provincial park at its edge. Where it falls short is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Each figure for Stanley, set against 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 km0.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas 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
Stanley sits 10th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,787 to 10,075 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
Stanley0.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stanley3
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stanley0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Stanley lags towns its size: 29 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Kitimat BC | 20% | 6.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hatchet Lake NS | 14% | 36% | 53 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Lac-des-Fées QC | 14% | 33% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Amherst NS | 8.7% | 0.2% | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 9 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Argyle North SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Acadia AB | 3.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Mono ON | 3.7% | 6.4% | 56 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | Van Kirk ON | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 17 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 22 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 23 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | Lac-Saint-Charles QC | 1% | 1.6% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Caledonia-Fairbank ON | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | Beckwith ON | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Malahide ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 31 | Stanley MB | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Maple Leaf ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Penbrooke Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Pineridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Bridgewater NS | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Palmerston ON | 0% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Stanley
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
8 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Stanley
Colert Beach/Morden Lake is the largest, at 127 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 160 ha in all
Parks & gardens 158 haWoods 2.2 ha
Add Colert Beach/Morden Lake to Stanley Park and you have 94% of it.
Livingston Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
2.8 ha
14 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Prairie Green Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
1.3 ha0.3 km of path
3.0 km northfrom the centre
Parkmeadow Park Path
Directionsto a point inside
Redhawk Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
1.2 ha
6.5 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Osterwick Community Center
Park or garden
1.0 ha
6.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
North Point Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
1.0 ha
6.5 km northfrom 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
Most of Stanley is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Stanley0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 9,900 people more than a short walk away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Protected land at the edge of Stanley: Pembina Valley Provincial Park
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stanley0.8%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 3 of the 4, and private owners the rest. At 3,059 ha, Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area is the largest. One area belongs to a private owner or a land trust and isn’t named here.
Pembina Valley Provincial ParkProvincial park · 661 ha · reaches Stanley
Wellington Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 65 ha · reaches Stanley
Pembina Valley Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,059 ha · 0.4 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
Pembina Valley Provincial Park meets Stanley
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
Pembina Valley Provincial Park
At the edge6.6 km²since 2001
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Stanley has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Stanley has 182 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
182 km
in and around the town (986.3 km²)
Woodland
9.6%
about 94.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
StanleyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StanleyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.6%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 52% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 78% 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 Stanley 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.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Stanley: August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Morden, 11 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 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 11 | 1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 17 | 16 | 20 | 30 | 76 | 89 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 39 | 27 | 22 |
Daytime highs run from -10 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. Most rain and snow falls in June, 89 mm; February sees 16 mm. The climate in Stanley →
Beaches
Beaches near Stanley: 3 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The Beachin town
DirectionsColert Beach0.6 km from town
DirectionsOne more beach goes unnamed. 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
38 things to do outdoors near Stanley
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 31 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Stanley Park RVin town
DirectionsStanley Park tent campingin town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stanley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WinklerMordenRhinelandStanley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Stanley is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
Questions about the outdoors in Stanley
What is the largest protected area near Stanley?
Pembina Valley Wildlife Management Area: 3,059 ha, a wildlife area.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Stanley?
Pembina Valley Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
When should you visit Stanley for the outdoors?
On the normals, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How much land around Stanley is protected?
Yes: 0.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Stanley?
None within 100 km of Stanley.
Is there a beach near Stanley?
The Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Sources
Sources for this page on Stanley
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).