First pick
Parc de la plage
Park or garden
2.2 ha
1.9 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.023%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Petit-Rocher · parks, protected land & trails
Around Petit-Rocher, 23% of the land is set aside for nature
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km. For a provincial park, Miguasha National Park (Québec) lies 55 km off.
Protected land
23%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
55 km
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
Character
Where Petit-Rocher stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round23% of the land within 10 km, more than 96% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Miguasha National Park (Québec), is 55 km off
Petit-Rocher is strongest on protected land around it. The gap is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Petit-Rocher beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km23%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas 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
No town of the 40 its size has more protected land around it than Petit-Rocher
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,019 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
Petit-Rocher23%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Petit-Rocher2
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Petit-Rocher0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Petit-Rocher leads its size group for protected land nearby: none of the other 39 has more. For public protected areas, though, 23 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petit-Rocher NB | 23% | 1.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 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
Petit-Rocher on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
Walk in Petit-Rocher: one named park or wood
The biggest is Parc de la plage, 2.2 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
A park is within a short walk for 4 in 10 in Petit-Rocher
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 (39%)Further (61%)
Petit-Rocher39%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,200 people more than a short walk away. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
The 2 protected areas near Petit-Rocher
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Petit-Rocher1.3%
Within 10 km23%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 2. The largest named one is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21), at 47,707 ha.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21)Nature reserve · 47,707 ha · reaches Petit-Rocher
Jacquet River GorgeNature reserve · 26,072 ha · 8.3 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
Miguasha National Park (Québec), 55 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
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
55 km north-west0.6 km²since 1985
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Petit-Rocher 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
0 km of paths in and around Petit-Rocher
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
0.0 km
in and around the town (10 km²)
Woodland
36%
about 3.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Petit-RocherTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Petit-RocherTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland36%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 100% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 77% 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 Petit-Rocher
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Petit-Rocher is best on foot in June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Bathurst, 18 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -4 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 82 | 72 | 87 | 78 | 108 | 99 | 99 | 88 | 88 | 120 | 97 | 100 |
Snow totals about 337 cm a year. Rain and snow peak in October (120 mm) and ease in February (72 mm). Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -5 °C in January. The climate in Petit-Rocher →
Beaches
19 km of coastline lies within 5 km of Petit-Rocher
The OpenStreetMap coastline within 5 km of the town’s edge; no beach is mapped there.
Source: OpenStreetMap coastline, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Petit-Rocher: 2 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Petit-Rocher
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
NigadooBeresfordBeresfordBathurstBathurstPetit-Rocher
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Around Petit-Rocher, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Petit-Rocher
Is Petit-Rocher near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Petit-Rocher.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Petit-Rocher?
It is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 21), a nature reserve covering 47,707 ha.
How much land around Petit-Rocher is protected?
Yes: 23% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Petit-Rocher?
It is Miguasha National Park (Québec), 55 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Petit-Rocher?
June to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Sources for this page on Petit-Rocher
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).