Around Northampton, start with Fort Meductic Marker
A day out from Northampton leads to World's Largest Axe, 25 km away. None of our places to visit is inside Northampton’s municipal boundary; 2 are within 5 km of its edge. They include a fort and a historic site.
The best known around Northampton
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
The dashed line is Northampton’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The list by type
Both are forts or historic sites.
Green: inside Northampton. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Full list of places
You will find both within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Northampton → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Northampton →
Trips out
Places well known beyond Northampton (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.
Visiting Northampton: the answers
What is there to see near Northampton?
No attraction is mapped inside Northampton itself. Within 5 km of it are Old Carleton County Courthouse.
Does Northampton have a museum?
Not on our list: no museum or gallery lies in Northampton or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Northampton?
No: none lies within 5 km of Northampton on our list.
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 (1)
- World's Largest Axe: Share Bear, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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).