First pick
Quarry Park
Park or garden
37 ha3.4 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.4 km of path
9.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Former - CPR ArborgThunder Hill TrailQuarry Trail+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bluejaywpg · Public domain2.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stony Mountain · parks, protected land & trails
4 mapped walking routes pass Stony Mountain
13 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
2.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
12
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
13 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Walking routes
4
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Stony Mountain 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km2.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.3%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 routes4Named 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, Stony Mountain is 17th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,016 to 9,357 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
Stony Mountain2.3%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stony Mountain3
Towns its size5
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stony Mountain4
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Stony Mountain lags towns its size: 22 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Rivers PE | 31% | 4.4% | 64 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | Crescent Heights BC | 27% | 13% | 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Mount Royale NS | 15% | 24% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park ON | 13% | 1.7% | 30 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Fall River NS | 11% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Centrepointe - Briargreen ON | 11% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Beaver Bank NS | 8.2% | 3.8% | 31 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Burnaby Mountain BC | 8.1% | 0% | 36 | 2 | 84 |
| 9 | Saint-Robert QC | 7.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Strathcona ON | 6% | 13% | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Boischatel QC | 5.9% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | H-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Vankleek Hill ON | 5.2% | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Saint-Apollinaire QC | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | L'Épiphanie QC | 4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge SK | 3.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sundance AB | 3.3% | 34% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Thistletown-Beaumond Heights ON | 3.2% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Central SK | 3.2% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Fish Creek Park AB | 3.2% | 53% | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 | Riverbend AB | 3.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Fletchers Meadow South ON | 2.7% | 11% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Old East York ON | 2.4% | 4.6% | 13 | 3 | 15 |
| 24 | Stony Mountain MB | 2.3% | 2.3% | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval QC | 1.7% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Portugal Cove-St. Philip's NL | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| 27 | Kimberley BC | 1.5% | 1.2% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Churchville ON | 1.2% | 2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hampton Village SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Booth MB | 0.9% | 1% | 20 | 1 | 37 |
| 31 | University Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | Barbertown ON | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Silver Springs AB | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Hawkwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | La Salle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Downtown Commercial Core AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Coaticook QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Amber Trails MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mount Pleasant AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Cooksville NHD (East) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Stony Mountain
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
Walk in Stony Mountain: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Quarry Park, 37 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Grosse Isle Heritage Village
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.4 km of path
22 km south-westfrom 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 Stony Mountain 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%)
Stony Mountain0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 9,200 people more than a short walk away. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Stony Mountain, 2.3% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stony Mountain2.3%
Within 10 km2.3%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 12 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Biggest of the named areas: Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, 3,579 ha. 9 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,579 ha · reaches Stony Mountain
Rockwood National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 31 ha · reaches Stony Mountain
Grant's Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 401 ha · 4.2 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park is 13 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park
13 km south-east21 km²since 1964
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Stony Mountain 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
Stony Mountain has 137 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
137 km
in and around the town (1,351.8 km²)
Woodland
0.5%
about 6.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Stony MountainTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Stony MountainTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.5%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 85% of Canadian towns. 86% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Trails around Stony Mountain
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
Perimeter Dike14.8 km
Main Cross-dike1.9 km
Tall Grass Prairie trail1.8 km
For a longer outing, the Interlake Pioneer Trail runs 114.1 km. 2 are short walks under 3 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 Stony Mountain
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 32 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 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 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 |
July is warm and wet, 77 mm; the driest month, February, has 13 mm. In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -11 °C. A typical year sees 126 cm of snow. The climate in Stony Mountain →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Stony Mountain
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
Near Stony Mountain: 6 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 6.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 6
Lagoon Lookoutin town
DirectionsMain Observation Moundin town
DirectionsObservation Blindin town
DirectionsEast Observation Mound1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Norris Lake Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsRuby Roe Tall Grass Prairie0.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Archie Gray Park0.2 km from town
DirectionsHelen Montgomery Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stony Mountain
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StonewallSt. AndrewsStony Mountain
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Mountain | 2.3% | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Stonewall 11 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| St. Andrews 18 km | 2.3% | 9 | 2 | 2 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Stony Mountain has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Stony Mountain
How far is the nearest provincial park from Stony Mountain?
The closest is Birds Hill Provincial Park, at 13 km.
What is the largest protected area near Stony Mountain?
It is Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 3,579 ha.
How much land around Stony Mountain is protected?
Yes: 2.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you walk near Stony Mountain?
The Interlake Pioneer Trail, Perimeter Dike and Main Cross-dike, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there a beach near Stony Mountain?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Stony Mountain?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Stony Mountain near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Stony Mountain.
Sources
Where Stony Mountain’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).