First pick
Centennial Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
6.4 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
7.2 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain4.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Drummond · parks, protected land & trails
The Trans Canada Trail (NB) passes Drummond
The 10 km around town hold 16 protected areas. A provincial park, Mount Carleton Provincial Park, lies 24 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 4.7%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
4.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 13 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Mount Carleton Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Drummond 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km4.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas13Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Drummond has the 10th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,113 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
Drummond4.7%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Drummond13
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Drummond1
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Drummond beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 8 of 39 do better.
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 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Drummond NB | 4.7% | 0.8% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 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
Where the green is in Drummond
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Drummond
Centennial Park is the largest, at 6.4 ha; the rest follow by size, 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 Drummond 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%)
Drummond0%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. Around 2,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Around Drummond, protected areas make up 4.7%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Drummond0.8%
Within 10 km4.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 13 of the 16. The others are private conservation land. Biggest of the named areas: Jardine Brook, 8,354 ha. 3 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Jardine BrookNature reserve · 8,354 ha · reaches Drummond
4014000Nature reserve · 1,222 ha · reaches Drummond
Burgess SettlementNature reserve · 415 ha · reaches Drummond
4014100Nature reserve · 187 ha · reaches Drummond
4049000Nature reserve · 144 ha · reaches Drummond
Little Cedar BrookNature reserve · 98 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Bells BrookNature reserve · 150 ha · 1.2 km from the edge of town
4013900Nature reserve · 316 ha · 3.9 km from the edge of town
MacFarlane BrookNature reserve · 120 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
4014200Nature reserve · 258 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
3 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.
National & provincial parks
Mount Carleton Provincial Park is 24 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
Mount Carleton Provincial Park
24 km north-east173 km²since 1970
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Drummond, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Drummond has 62 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
62 km
in and around the town (1,210 km²)
Woodland
90%
about 1,086.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DrummondTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DrummondTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland90%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 99% of Canadian towns. 92% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Where to walk from Drummond
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
Trans Canada Trail (NB)90.0 km
1.4 km of the Trans Canada Trail (NB) runs within 2 km of town; mapped end to end, it is 90 km.
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 Drummond: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from ST. Leonard (19 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 85 | 73 | 83 | 83 | 95 | 108 | 115 | 102 | 96 | 103 | 92 | 93 |
Snow totals about 329 cm a year. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -7 °C in January. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (115 mm); February is driest (73 mm). The climate in Drummond →
Beaches
Graham Beach, 0.9 km away, is the beach near Drummond
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Graham Beach0.9 km from town
DirectionsThis page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Drummond: 10 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
10 viewpoints top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 10
Plus 10 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Drummond Hill0.3 km from town
DirectionsWaddell Hill1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak more.
Waterfalls 1
Grand Sault0.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Falls and Gorge Campground0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites 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 Drummond
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Grand Falls / Grand-SaultDenmarkSaint-AndréGrand FallsDrummond
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drummond | 4.7% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Falls / Grand-Sault 7.5 km | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark 10.0 km | 2.5% | 16 | 1 | 5 |
| Saint-André 11 km | 0.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grand Falls 14 km | 0.1% | 4 | 1 | 2 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Drummond doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Drummond
Which is the biggest protected area near Drummond?
It is Jardine Brook, a nature reserve covering 8,354 ha.
Where can you walk near Drummond?
OpenStreetMap maps the Trans Canada Trail (NB) close by.
What is the nearest beach to Drummond?
Try Graham Beach, 0.9 km from town.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Drummond?
The closest is Mount Carleton Provincial Park, at 24 km.
How much land around Drummond is protected?
Protected areas cover 4.7% of the land within 10 km.
Is Drummond near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Drummond.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Drummond?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Drummond
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).