First pick
International Garden
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.04.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Nackawic · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Nackawic is Mactaquac Provincial Park, 23 km away
The largest named area nearby is 4002600, 1,590 ha, 6.9 km away. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Within 10 km are 9 protected areas.
Protected land
4.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Mactaquac Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Nackawic 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 km4.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%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 routes0Named 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
Nackawic has the 12th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,019 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
Nackawic4.1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Nackawic9
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Nackawic0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Nackawic does best for public protected areas: 12 of the other 39 have more.
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 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Nackawic NB | 4.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
The green map of Nackawic
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
Walk in Nackawic: one named park or wood
The biggest is International Garden, 1.6 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
Every resident of Nackawic lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Nackawic100%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
4.1% of the country within 10 km of Nackawic 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 Nackawic0%
Within 10 km4.1%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
The 9 are all publicly owned. Biggest of the named areas: 4002600, 1,590 ha.
4047500Nature reserve · 24 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
4048400Nature reserve · 122 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Big FallsNature reserve · 439 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
4047400Nature reserve · 127 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
4002600Nature reserve · 1,590 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
Pokiok StreamNature reserve · 1,478 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
4046300Nature reserve · 352 ha · 7.9 km from the edge of town
4047200Nature reserve · 1,168 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
4047300Nature reserve · 544 ha · 9.1 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
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 23 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
23 km east5.4 km²since 1965
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Nackawic 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
Nackawic and its edge hold 13 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
13 km
in and around the town (27.8 km²)
Woodland
56%
about 15.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
NackawicTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NackawicTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland56%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 66% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 86% 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 Nackawic
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Nackawic is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Woodstock/Newbridge (31 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) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 101 | 84 | 93 | 84 | 92 | 104 | 100 | 88 | 93 | 105 | 101 | 115 |
Precipitation runs from 84 mm in April to 115 mm in December. Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. Snow totals about 292 cm a year. The climate in Nackawic →
Things to do
A waterfall near Nackawic
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 3 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Pokiok Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Victoria Spartz0.5 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 Nackawic
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
SouthamptonQueensburyNackawic
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nackawic | 4.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Southampton 7.6 km | 5.6% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Queensbury 19 km | 6.3% | 31 | 0 | 5 |
Around Nackawic, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Nackawic
When should you visit Nackawic for the outdoors?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Nackawic?
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 23 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Nackawic?
4002600, a nature reserve of 1,590 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Nackawic?
No national park lies within 100 km of Nackawic.
How much land around Nackawic is protected?
Yes: 4.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Nackawic’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).