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Attractions in Hillsborough

New Brunswick Railway Museum and more: what to see in Hillsborough

The best-known day out from Hillsborough is Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland, 30 km away. Both places to visit on our list are inside Hillsborough’s municipal boundary; none are within 5 km of its edge.

Photo: New Brunswick Railway Museum, Dennis G. Jarvis (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Hillsborough
2
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

Hillsborough’s big names

MuseumNew Brunswick Railway Museumin townMuseumSteeves Housein town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The places, mapped

The farthest of them, Steeves House, is 1.2 km out.

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The dashed line is Hillsborough’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

How the list breaks down

They are all museums or galleries: 2 in all.

Museums & galleries 2 museums2 in town

Green: inside Hillsborough. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The complete list

The 2 inside Hillsborough come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Hillsborough → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Hillsborough →

Big names nearby

Beyond Hillsborough

FortFort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland30 km eastCathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption21 km northwest
MuseumAlbert County Museum11 km southeast
MuseumMoncton Museum21 km northwestZooMagnetic Hill Zoo30 km northwestMuseumMonument-Lefebvre9.4 km northeastNational historic site · Parks CanadaVisitor Centre / Museum30 km eastMuseumFree Meeting House21 km northwest

Places well known beyond Hillsborough (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

What visitors ask about Hillsborough

Is there a Parks Canada property near Hillsborough?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Visitor Centre / Museum (Parks Canada), 30 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Hillsborough?

Within 40 km: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption (21 km), Albert County Museum (11 km), Moncton Museum (21 km), Magnetic Hill Zoo (30 km).

How is this list made?

Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (10)

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).