First pick
Carter Island
Wood or forest · 110 m outside town
504 ha
20 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Krazytea · CC BY-SA 4.09.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Whitemouth · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around Whitemouth beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
Some protected land is inside the town: 17% of its area. The North Whiteshell Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
9.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Whiteshell Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Whitemouth has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round9.5% of the land within 10 km, more than 85% of Canadian townsA provincial park at the edgeWhiteshell Provincial Park reaches the town
For someone who likes to get outside, Whitemouth’s draw is protected land around it, with a provincial park at its edge close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Whitemouth, 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km9.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town17%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas6Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Whitemouth ranks 5th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,732 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
Whitemouth9.5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Whitemouth6
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Whitemouth1
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Whitemouth’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 4 of 39 top it.
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 | Whitemouth MB | 9.5% | 17% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 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
The green map of Whitemouth
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Whitemouth
The biggest is Carter Island, 504 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
In Whitemouth, 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%)
Whitemouth0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
11 protected areas around Whitemouth
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Whitemouth17%
Within 10 km9.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 6 of the 11. The others are private conservation land. Biggest of the named areas: Whiteshell Provincial Park, 119,825 ha. 5 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Whiteshell Provincial ParkProvincial park · 119,825 ha · reaches Whitemouth
Lewis Bog Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 5,370 ha · reaches Whitemouth
Whitemouth Bog Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 5,020 ha · reaches Whitemouth
Whitemouth Bog Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,010 ha · reaches Whitemouth
Whitemouth Falls Provincial ParkProvincial park · 356 ha · 0.3 km from the edge of town
Pinawa Dam Provincial ParkProvincial park · 88 ha · 7.3 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 starts at the edge of Whitemouth
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
At the edge1,198 km²since 1961
Provincial park
Whitemouth Falls Provincial Park
0.3 km north3.6 km²since 1974
Provincial park
Pinawa Dam Provincial Park
7.3 km north0.9 km²since 1985
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Whitemouth, so the parks here are provincial. 3 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Whitemouth and its edge hold 168 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
168 km
in and around the town (830.9 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 448.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WhitemouthTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WhitemouthTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
78% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². More of it is wooded than in 85% 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
One mapped route to walk from Whitemouth
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
North Whiteshell Trail103.0 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 Whitemouth
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Pinawa (24 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 | -8 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 30 | 14 | 28 | 30 | 71 | 99 | 83 | 67 | 63 | 39 | 24 | 25 |
January brings highs of -11 °C, July highs of 25 °C. Rain and snow peak in June (99 mm) and ease in February (14 mm). The climate in Whitemouth →
Things to do
Near Whitemouth: 2 viewpoints, 8 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are waterfalls: 8 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Seven Sisters Hydro Generation Stationin town
DirectionsWaterfallsin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 8
Cook Fallsin town
DirectionsLeeyus Fallsin town
DirectionsNakka Fallsin town
DirectionsNevas Fallsin town
DirectionsOstlund Fallsin town
DirectionsPrette Fallsin town
DirectionsWhitemouth Falls0.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 waterfall more.
Nature reserves 1
Pinawa Provincial Park0.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Cook Falls Campgroundin town
DirectionsOtter Falls1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites 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 Whitemouth
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 20–40 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Whitemouth.
PinawaReynoldsLac du BonnetLac du BonnetBeausejourWhitemouth
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitemouth | 9.5% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Pinawa 20 km | 9.6% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Reynolds 32 km | 6.7% | 21 | 6 | 2 |
| Lac du Bonnet 32 km | 0.7% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Lac du Bonnet 32 km | 4.2% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Beausejour 40 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
More routes are mapped around Reynolds (6). Next door, protected shares stay within twice Whitemouth’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Whitemouth
Are there hiking trails near Whitemouth?
The North Whiteshell Trail, mapped within 2 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Whitemouth?
Whiteshell Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Whitemouth?
Yes: 9.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Which is the biggest protected area near Whitemouth?
Whiteshell Provincial Park, a provincial park of 119,825 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Whitemouth?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Whitemouth near a national park?
None within 100 km of Whitemouth.
Sources
Where Whitemouth’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).