First pick
Deer Park
Park or garden
110 ha7.9 km of path
1 h 45 minto walk all 7.9 km of path
8.2 km eastfrom the centre
River TrailDuck TrailPoplar Trail+2 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain6.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lincoln · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Lincoln’s edge: 4045000
9.2 km out lies the largest, Grand Lake, at 10,465 ha. Within 10 km of the town, 6.8% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The nearest provincial park, Mactaquac Provincial Park, is 22 km away.
Protected land
6.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
26
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
22 km
Mactaquac Provincial Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Lincoln, set against 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 km6.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas11Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Lincoln has the 8th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,966 to 8,216 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
Lincoln6.8%
Towns its size2%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lincoln11
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lincoln0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Lincoln’s strong point is public protected areas, where 11 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB | 27% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Argyle NS | 21% | 22% | 136 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Morgan Creek BC | 17% | 1% | 157 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Elmvale - Canterbury ON | 14% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Shaughnessy BC | 13% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 55 |
| 6 | Clare NS | 11% | 5.8% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Rigaud QC | 7.1% | 1.5% | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Lincoln NB | 6.8% | 3.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Secord AB | 6.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kirkland Lake ON | 5% | 9.5% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Holdom BC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 48 |
| 12 | Woodbine AB | 4.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Al Ritchie SK | 4.4% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Haliburton Village ON | 4.1% | 2.6% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Drayton Valley AB | 3.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Walden AB | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | Legacy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Rocky Mountain House AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Broadview BC | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 20 | Langstaff ON | 2.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Jackson ON | 1.6% | 3.2% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Talbot ON | 1.6% | 4.3% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | South Pointe MB | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Scenic Acres AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Wolseley MB | 1.5% | 0% | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Alnwick/Haldimand ON | 1.1% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | South Terwillegar AB | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Otonabee-South Monaghan ON | 0.7% | 0.7% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Lawson Heights SK | 0.7% | 8.1% | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Silverwood Heights SK | 0.6% | 1.6% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Southdale MB | 0.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Allard AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Lambton Baby Point ON | 0.3% | 7.1% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 34 | St. Marys ON | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | Charlesworth AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 37 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Ponoka AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Sage Hill AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ottewell AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Lincoln
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Lincoln
Largest first: Deer Park leads with 110 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 163 ha in all
Parks & gardens 126 haWoods 37 ha
Two places, Deer Park and NRCan-CanVec-7.0, make up 90% of the total.
Sir Douglas Hazen Park
Park or garden
8.7 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
10 km eastfrom the centre
Lincoln Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Oromocto Family Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
6.8 ha0.4 km of path
9.0 km eastfrom the centre
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
A park is within a short walk for 1 in 10 in Lincoln
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 (6.2%)Further (94%)
Lincoln6.2%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 7,600 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Lincoln, 6.8% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lincoln3.8%
Within 10 km6.8%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 11 of the 26; land trusts and private owners hold the others. The largest named one is Grand Lake, at 10,465 ha. 15 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
4045000Nature reserve · 790 ha · reaches Lincoln
4044800Nature reserve · 633 ha · reaches Lincoln
4044900Nature reserve · 68 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
4045100Nature reserve · 325 ha · 2.0 km from the edge of town
4045200Nature reserve · 235 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Portobello Creek National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 3,932 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
4005300Nature reserve · 4,036 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
4044700Nature reserve · 260 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
4044600Nature reserve · 160 ha · 6.3 km from the edge of town
4044500Nature reserve · 27 ha · 8.6 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison 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
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 22 km off
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
Mactaquac Provincial Park
22 km north-west5.4 km²since 1965
No national park lies within 100 km of Lincoln; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Lincoln and its edge hold 126 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
126 km
in and around the town (241.4 km²)
Woodland
61%
about 146.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LincolnTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LincolnTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland61%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 65% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 87% 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 named walking route passes Lincoln on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Lincoln is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fredericton (Airport) (6.8 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) | 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 |
The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-4 °C). Precipitation runs from 63 mm in February to 106 mm in October. Winter brings about 241 cm of snow. The climate in Lincoln →
Beaches
4 unnamed beaches near Lincoln
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Lincoln has 3 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.
The most common are playgrounds: 11 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Bunker Hillin town
DirectionsHorseback Ridge1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak more.
Nature reserves 2
Welamukotuk Cinerea Nature Preserve0.2 km from town
DirectionsSunbury-Oromocto Provincial Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 11
Plus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Sunbury-Oromocto Park & Campground1.0 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 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 Lincoln
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
New MarylandOromoctoNew MarylandBurtonStarlight VillageMaugervilleLincoln
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 6.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| New Maryland 8.6 km | 1.7% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Oromocto 8.7 km | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| New Maryland 8.7 km | 11% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| Burton 12 km | 9.5% | 36 | 0 | 7 |
| Starlight Village 13 km | 9.2% | 23 | 0 | 11 |
| Maugerville 13 km | 16% | 54 | 0 | 7 |
Around Maugerville the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Lincoln
Is there a beach near Lincoln?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What is the nearest provincial park to Lincoln?
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 22 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Lincoln?
Within 10 km, 6.8% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lincoln?
It is Grand Lake, a nature reserve covering 10,465 ha.
When should you visit Lincoln for the outdoors?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Lincoln near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Lincoln.
Sources
Sources for this page on Lincoln
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).