First pick
Inch Arran Park
Park or garden
8.0 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.013%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Dalhousie · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around Dalhousie beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest provincial park is Miguasha National Park (Québec), 2.5 km from the edge of town. National parks are all over 100 km off. Within 10 km are 11 protected areas.
Protected land
13%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
2.5 km
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Dalhousie 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km13%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas10Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Dalhousie has the 4th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,201 to 3,307 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
Dalhousie13%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Dalhousie10
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Dalhousie0
Towns its size1
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Dalhousie beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 3 of 39 do better. On walking routes it is behind: 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast BC | 16% | 11% | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| 4 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | North Cypress-Langford MB | 9.8% | 6.1% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Hill Park ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Marathon ON | 4.6% | 3% | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 13 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Pilot Butte SK | 3.8% | 0% | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Lake City BC | 3.7% | 1.2% | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| 17 | Val-Morin QC | 2.5% | 5.7% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Normanhurst ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Athlone AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Greater Madawaska ON | 1.8% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Erlton AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Jasper Park AB | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Canossa AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 28 | Seven Oaks MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosslyn AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 31 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Weinlos AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hazeldean AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Coalhurst AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Dalhousie
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 Dalhousie: 2 named parks and woods
Largest first: Inch Arran Park leads with 8.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
Rotary Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Dalhousie
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
About 3 in 10 of Dalhousie’s residents are 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.
Within 400 m (35%)Further (66%)
Dalhousie35%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 2,100 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
11 protected areas around Dalhousie
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Dalhousie0.2%
Within 10 km13%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
10 of the 11 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21) leads for size with 47,707 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21)Nature reserve · 47,707 ha · reaches Dalhousie
Miguasha 19-12-02 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 112 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Miguasha National Park (Québec)Provincial park · 62 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Pointe Miguasha 19-12-01 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 164 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
Pointe aux Corbeaux 19-11-10 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 332 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Pointe Labillois 19-11-08 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 340 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
Baie Tracadigache 19-11-07 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 224 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
4000600Nature reserve · 935 ha · 7.8 km from the edge of town
Saint-Omer 191105 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 375 ha · 8.5 km from the edge of town
Saint-Omer Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 56 ha · 9.4 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
Miguasha National Park (Québec) is 2.5 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
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
2.5 km north-east0.6 km²since 1985
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Dalhousie 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
Dalhousie and its edge hold 21 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
21 km
in and around the town (39.4 km²)
Woodland
40%
about 15.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DalhousieTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DalhousieTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland40%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 65% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 79% 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
No mapped walking route near Dalhousie
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Dalhousie: June and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Charlo (9.7 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 65 | 79 | 69 | 92 | 90 | 104 | 82 | 101 | 94 | 87 | 76 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (104 mm), while February is driest at 65 mm. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -7 °C. The climate in Dalhousie →
Beaches
For a swim near Dalhousie: Eel River Bar, 1.5 km off
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Eel River Bar1.5 km from town
DirectionsWithin 5 km is 46 km of coastline. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
4 viewpoints near Dalhousie
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
13 playgrounds top the list. Dalhousie Mountain, 182 m, is the high point nearby.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Convent Hillin town
DirectionsDalhousie Mountain182 m · in town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Dalhousie
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Eel River CrossingCharloNouvelleDalhousieBalmoralDalhousie
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie | 13% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Eel River Crossing 7.7 km | 9.9% | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Charlo 8.2 km | 22% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Nouvelle 9.7 km | 9.6% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| Dalhousie 10 km | 10% | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Balmoral 11 km | 11% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Around Dalhousie, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Dalhousie
How far is the nearest provincial park from Dalhousie?
The closest is Miguasha National Park (Québec), at 2.5 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Dalhousie?
June and August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Dalhousie near a national park?
None within 100 km of Dalhousie.
What is the largest protected area near Dalhousie?
It is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21), a nature reserve covering 47,707 ha.
Is there a beach near Dalhousie?
The nearest is Eel River Bar, 1.5 km from town.
How much land around Dalhousie is protected?
Yes: 13% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Dalhousie’s outdoors figures
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).