First pick
Sturgeon Creek Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
16 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
2.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.01.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Buchanan · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Buchanan’s edge: The Oaks Forest
OpenStreetMap shows 37 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The closest provincial park is Beaudry Provincial Park, 8.0 km from the edge of town. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
8.0 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
37
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Buchanan, 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 km1.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas11Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches37Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Buchanan has the 16th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,411 to 3,536 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
Buchanan1.2%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Buchanan11
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Buchanan1
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Buchanan’s strong point is public protected areas, where 12 of 39 top it. 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 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bifrost-Riverton MB | 5% | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 29 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Downtown East Village AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Gilles QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Buchanan on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The neighbourhood’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
21 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Buchanan
Sturgeon Creek Park is the largest, at 16 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
21 named parks and woods, 69 ha in all
Parks & gardens 69 ha
Between them, Optimist Park and Sturgeon Creek Park cover 51%.
Optimist Park
Park or garden
20 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Caron Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
8.1 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
2.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Pat Phillips Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
4.6 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Alexander Ross Athletic Fields
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
St. Charles Grove
Park or garden · 100 m outside town
2.8 ha0.5 km of path
1.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lakewood Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
2.5 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 21 named parks and green spaces
Sturgeon Creek ParkPark or garden · 16 ha · 3.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsOptimist ParkPark or garden · 20 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsCaron ParkPark or garden · 8.1 ha · 2.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsPat Phillips ParkPark or garden · 4.6 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsAlexander Ross Athletic FieldsPark or garden · 3.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSt. Charles GrovePark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLakewood ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsIsbister ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha
DirectionsVoyageur ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBernadine Stradford ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsAssiniboia West C.C.Park or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsLake Ridge ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLumsden PondPark or garden · 1.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsBernadine Crescent ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsStewart-St. Charles PlaygroundPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsGoodridge ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSuzanne-Jeanette Bay ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc MorrissettePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsStewart / Livinia ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsHarvlong/Topaz ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsCorbett ParkPark or garden · 0.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Buchanan
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 (54%)Further (46%)
Buchanan54%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 1,600 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Buchanan, 1.2% 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 Buchanan0.1%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 11 are public land. The largest named one is Beaudry Provincial Park, at 489 ha.
The Oaks ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · reaches Buchanan
Caron Park ForestMunicipal park · 3.8 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Living Prairie MuseumMunicipal park · 17 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Beaverdam Creek ForestMunicipal park · 2.6 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Daniel Flood Green ParkMunicipal park · 2.2 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Harte TrailMunicipal park · 21 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Little Mountain ParkMunicipal park · 51 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Moray ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 3.4 km from the edge of town
Assiniboine ForestMunicipal park · 286 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
Beaudry Provincial ParkProvincial park · 489 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison 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
Beaudry Provincial Park, 8.0 km off
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
8.0 km west4.9 km²since 1974
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Buchanan 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
47 km of paths in and around Buchanan
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
47 km
in and around the town (46.3 km²)
Woodland
4%
about 1.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BuchananTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BuchananTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland4%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 58% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 65% 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
1 walking route near Buchanan
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail3.7 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 Buchanan
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 7.3 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 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 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 |
Daytime highs run from -11 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. Expect 77 mm in July, warm and wet, and 13 mm in February. Snowfall averages 126 cm a year. The climate in Buchanan →
Beaches
37 beaches within 5 km of Buchanan, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Buchanan: 80 places to go
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 playgrounds: 78 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Living Prairie Museum1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 78
Plus 78 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Sturgeon Road and Silver Avenue Dog Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Buchanan
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CrestviewGlendaleWestwoodSturgeon CreekHeritage ParkKirkfieldBuchanan
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan | 1.2% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| Crestview 0.9 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| Glendale 2.1 km | 1.2% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| Westwood 2.1 km | 1% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| Sturgeon Creek 2.1 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| Heritage Park 2.6 km | 1% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| Kirkfield 2.6 km | 1% | 14 | 1 | 37 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Buchanan doubles its share.
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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Buchanan
When should you visit Buchanan for the outdoors?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Which is the biggest protected area near Buchanan?
It is Beaudry Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 489 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Buchanan?
Beaudry Provincial Park, 8.0 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Buchanan?
Within 10 km, 1.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is Buchanan from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Buchanan.
Is there a beach near Buchanan?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there hiking trails near Buchanan?
OpenStreetMap maps the Sturgeon Creek Greenway Trail close by.
Sources
Sources for this page on Buchanan
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).