Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainMore of the land around Burton is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
0.3 km out lies the largest, Grand Lake, at 10,465 ha. OpenStreetMap shows 7 unnamed beaches within 5 km. 36 protected areas lie within 10 km.
The outdoors in Burton, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Burton’s best card is protected land around it, with its beaches close behind.
How Burton compares with 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Burton ranks 7th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,337 to 5,504 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Burton does best for protected land nearby: 6 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC | 43% | 33% | 45 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Inverness County, Subdivision A NS | 29% | 40% | 156 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay BC | 25% | 28% | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Juan de Fuca (Part 1) BC | 14% | 50% | 64 | 12 | 71 |
| 5 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON | 12% | 2.9% | 35 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON | 11% | 2.4% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Burton NB | 9.5% | 2% | 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo BC | 9.1% | 9.1% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central Frontenac ON | 8.2% | 8.2% | 39 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Garner ON | 6.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC | 5.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Espanola ON | 4.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Woodlands AB | 3.9% | 9.6% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Saint-Boniface QC | 3.1% | 0% | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 15 | West Meadowlark Park AB | 2.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | New Glasgow PE | 2.2% | 3% | 20 | 12 | 17 |
| 17 | North Gower - Kars ON | 2% | 3% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Carlton AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Metcalfe ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Stirling ON | 1.3% | 1.5% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Windsor QC | 1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Headingley MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 23 | Westdale MB | 1% | 1% | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 24 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha QC | 0.7% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Cookshire-Eaton QC | 0.4% | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Mandalay West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Riverbend MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Belgravia AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Hillview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Larkspur AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Southwold ON | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault NB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Chisasibi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Wingham ON | 0% | 0.2% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Stonewall MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Westlock AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Belvedere AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kilkenny AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Riverdale AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Parks, woods and paths around Burton
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Walk in Burton: 2 named parks and woods
Largest first: Sunbury-Oromocto leads with 112 ha. Numbers match the map.
Sir Douglas Hazen Park
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.
Most of Burton 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.
That leaves about 5,400 people more than a short walk away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
36 protected areas around Burton
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Governments hold 12 of the 36, and private owners the rest. Grand Lake covers 10,465 ha, the most of any named area. Another 24 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
2 more named areas within 10 km are in the 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.
The nearest big park: Fundy National Park, 89 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.
Mactaquac Provincial Park
Fundy National Park
Closer to home, Mactaquac Provincial Park is 30 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Paths to walk: 57 km in and around Burton
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
For woods, it beats 82% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 80% 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.
No mapped walking route near Burton
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Get out in Burton in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fredericton (Airport), 10 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 63 | 88 | 77 | 79 | 83 | 94 | 66 | 90 | 106 | 97 | 93 |
Expect around 241 cm of snow over a winter. Expect 106 mm in October, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at -4 °C. The climate in Burton →
7 beaches within 5 km of Burton, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
3 viewpoints near Burton
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 8 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Nature reserves 3
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Burton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 9.5% | 36 | 0 | 7 |
| Oromocto 7.0 km | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| Lincoln 12 km | 6.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| Maugerville 17 km | 16% | 54 | 0 | 7 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Burton.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Burton
What is the best season to get outdoors in Burton?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near Burton?
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 30 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Burton?
Grand Lake: 10,465 ha, a nature reserve.
Where can you swim near Burton?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Is Burton near a national park?
Fundy National Park, 89 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Burton?
Protected areas cover 9.5% of the land within 10 km.
Where Burton’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).