First pick
Mill Creek Nature Park
Park or garden
142 ha11.6 km of path
2 h 35 minto walk all 11.6 km of path
7.7 km northfrom the centre
Mill Creek Nature TrailWhite Pine TrailWrens Way+4 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Verne Equinox at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.01.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Coverdale · parks, protected land & trails
Coverdale is 25 km from Fundy National Park
One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Dobson Trail. Count 17 protected areas within 10 km of town. 55 km from town is Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
25 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
55 km
Cape Chignecto Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Coverdale 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town4.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas 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
Coverdale has the 19th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,090 to 5,243 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
Coverdale1.9%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Coverdale9
Towns its size6
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Coverdale1
Towns its size1
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Coverdale does best for public protected areas: 17 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Bay-Westfield NB | 29% | 1% | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley BC | 23% | 0.9% | 58 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D, Peace River BC | 19% | 18% | 56 | 3 | 123 |
| 4 | Metchosin BC | 18% | 9.6% | 31 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Lake Echo NS | 16% | 33% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Montréal-Ouest QC | 16% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Inverness NS | 13% | 5.1% | 141 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac QC | 11% | 1% | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Starlight Village NB | 9.2% | 3.1% | 23 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 | Montréal-Est QC | 7.7% | 0.4% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Antigonish NS | 7.6% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Trumpeter Area AB | 5.4% | 1.6% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay BC | 4.5% | 7.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Heritage SK | 4% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Rushdale ON | 3.9% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Crown Point East ON | 3.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Gibsons BC | 2.7% | 4.8% | 43 | 0 | 57 |
| 18 | Centre Hastings ON | 2.5% | 1.4% | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Coverdale NB | 1.9% | 4.4% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Big Lakes County AB | 1.8% | 1.9% | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | Mt. Hope Huron Park ON | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | River-Osborne MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Earl Grey MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Lord Roberts MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | West Alexander MB | 1.4% | 0% | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Kneehill County AB | 1.3% | 1.1% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Shaughnessy Park MB | 1.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Robertson MB | 0.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Marystown NL | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Bannerman AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Bearspaw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Ogilvie Ridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Twin Brooks AB | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover QC | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Edmonton Energy And Technology Park AB | 0.1% | 0.8% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Queen Alexandra AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Ritchie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Tweddle Place AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Didsbury AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rundle Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Coverdale
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Coverdale
The biggest is Mill Creek Nature Park, 142 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
Few people in Coverdale 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%)
Coverdale0%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 5,200 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
1.9% of the country within 10 km of Coverdale is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Coverdale4.4%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
9 of the 17 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Big Meadows covers 929 ha, the most of any named area. Another 8 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Big MeadowsNature reserve · 929 ha · reaches Coverdale
4037800Nature reserve · 352 ha · reaches Coverdale
Mill Creek Nature ParkMunicipal park · 98 ha · reaches Coverdale
Salisbury East Wetland Conservation AreaNature reserve · 24 ha · reaches Coverdale
Salisbury Highland ParkNature reserve · 9.4 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
4037900Nature reserve · 359 ha · 0.5 km from the edge of town
4038000Nature reserve · 252 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
4053000Nature reserve · 40 ha · 8.8 km from the edge of town
4038200Nature reserve · 292 ha · 9.3 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
Parks around Coverdale
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
National park
Fundy National Park
25 km south-west206 km²since 1948
Provincial park
Cape Chignecto Provincial Park
55 km south42 km²since 1998
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Coverdale has 84 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
84 km
in and around the town (326.4 km²)
Woodland
64%
about 209.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CoverdaleTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CoverdaleTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland64%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 74% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 89% 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
Coverdale has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Dobson Trail62.2 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Coverdale in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Moncton, 16 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 | -3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 102 | 88 | 111 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 87 | 77 | 103 | 124 | 109 | 115 |
Daytime highs run from -4 °C in January up to 25 °C in July. For dry weather, August is best (77 mm); October gets 124 mm. Snowfall averages 310 cm a year. The climate in Coverdale →
Beaches
The sea is close to Coverdale: 16 km of shore within 5 km
The OpenStreetMap coastline within 5 km of the town’s edge; no beach is mapped there.
Source: OpenStreetMap coastline, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Coverdale has 4 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 22 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 22
Plus 22 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Coverdale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RiverviewHillsboroughDieppeMonctonHillsboroughMemramcookCoverdale
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coverdale | 1.9% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Riverview 7.0 km | 2.7% | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Hillsborough 11 km | 6.3% | 69 | 1 | 2 |
| Dieppe 12 km | 1.2% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Moncton 13 km | 2.2% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Hillsborough 13 km | 1.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Memramcook 19 km | 2% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
Hillsborough has at least twice the protected share around it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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. 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Coverdale
How far is the nearest provincial park from Coverdale?
Cape Chignecto Provincial Park, 55 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Coverdale?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Are there hiking trails near Coverdale?
OpenStreetMap maps the Dobson Trail close by.
Are there protected areas near Coverdale?
Yes: 1.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Coverdale?
Big Meadows: 929 ha, a nature reserve.
How far is Coverdale from a national park?
Fundy National Park, 25 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Coverdale
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).