First pick
Shady Grove
Park or garden
124 ha16.9 km of path
3 h 45 minto walk all 16.9 km of path
3.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Dam BeaverWho's There?Shady Grove+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.05%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Quispamsis · parks, protected land & trails
A national route near Quispamsis: the Trans Canada Trail (NB)
Within 5 km are 14 beaches; Gondola Point is the nearest. The nearest national park is Fundy National Park, 62 km away. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
62 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
51 km
New River Beach Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
14
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Quispamsis, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe Trans Canada Trail (NB) passes within 2 kmWalking routes3 named routes within 2 kmBeaches14 beaches within 5 km
Above all, Quispamsis offers the Trans Canada Trail (NB), with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Quispamsis, 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km5%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches14Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Quispamsis ranks 18th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (19,733 to 20,719 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
Quispamsis5%
Towns its size4.3%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Quispamsis1
Towns its size5
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Quispamsis3
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Quispamsis lags towns its size: 35 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-du-Loup QC | 36% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Overbrook ON | 14% | 1.1% | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Wismer Commons ON | 11% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Édouard-Montpetit QC | 8.3% | 0.7% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Baie-Comeau QC | 7.4% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | North End NS | 7% | 0% | 14 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Corner Brook NL | 6.3% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Purpleville ON | 6.2% | 13% | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kanata Lakes ON | 6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Evergreen AB | 5.9% | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Maisonneuve QC | 5.2% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 19 | Bridgenorth ON | 4.7% | 0.3% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Riverside South - Leitrim ON | 4.3% | 3.2% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Stittsville ON | 4.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lorimier QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 25 | Tuscany AB | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Pelham ON | 2.7% | 2.5% | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | Thorncliffe Park ON | 2.5% | 16% | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 28 | Mitchell MB | 2.3% | 0% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 30 | Highland ON | 2.2% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Kemptville ON | 2.1% | 1.7% | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | Gabriel-Sagard QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON | 1.9% | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Henry Farm ON | 1.9% | 3.8% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 37 | Loyalist ON | 1.2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Centre (Montréal-Nord) QC | 1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 40 | Roseland ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Quispamsis
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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Quispamsis
Largest first: Shady Grove leads with 124 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 145 ha in all
Parks & gardens 145 ha
Most of it sits in Shady Grove and Hammond River Park: 99% together.
Hammond River Park
Park or garden
19 ha3.2 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
8.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Otty Glen LoopJubilee LoopIronwood Pass+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Arts and culture park
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Homestar Off-Leash Dog Park
Park or garden
0.2 ha
1.5 km northfrom 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
About 3 in 10 of Quispamsis’ residents are a short walk from 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 (27%)Further (73%)
Quispamsis27%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). About 15,000 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Quispamsis, 5% 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 Quispamsis0%
Within 10 km5%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 14, 1 are public and the remainder private. 13 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
4040400Nature reserve · 41 ha · 8.2 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
Fundy National Park, 62 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
New River Beach Provincial Park
51 km south-west3.0 km²since 1959
National park
Fundy National Park
62 km east206 km²since 1948
A provincial park is closer: New River Beach Provincial Park, at 51 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 64 km in and around Quispamsis
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
64 km
in and around the town (105.2 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 37.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
QuispamsisTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
QuispamsisTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 77% of Canadian towns. For path density, 64% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Trails around Quispamsis
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalOther waymarked
Trans Canada Trail (NB)90.0 km
Otty Glen Loop1.5 km
Jubilee Loop1.0 km
The Trans Canada Trail (NB) (90 km) keeps within 2 km of town for 8.3 km. 2 of them are under 3 km, good for a short outing.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Quispamsis is best on foot in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Saint John, 13 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 116 | 92 | 107 | 100 | 94 | 87 | 90 | 73 | 109 | 138 | 138 | 128 |
Winter brings about 215 cm of snow. Precipitation runs from 73 mm in August to 138 mm in November. The warmest days come in July (23 °C highs), the coldest in January (-3 °C). The climate in Quispamsis →
Beaches
Quispamsis has 14 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Gondola Pointin town
DirectionsJordan Miller Beach0.9 km from town
DirectionsSandy Beach3.0 km from town
DirectionsThe map adds 11 unnamed stretches of beach. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Quispamsis: 1 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
1Viewpoints1Hills and peaks1Waterfalls1Nature reserves5Picnic sites16Playgrounds1Dog parks1Campsites2Slipways
The most common are playgrounds: 16 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Mount Misery1.9 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Lower Moss Glen Falls2.0 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Mount Misery Nature Preserve1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Homestar Off-Leash Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 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 Quispamsis
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RothesayKingstonHamptonSimondsHamptonGreenwichQuispamsis
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, no neighbour of Quispamsis doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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 Quispamsis
What is the nearest national park to Quispamsis?
Fundy National Park is closest, at 62 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Quispamsis?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Quispamsis?
It is 4040400, a nature reserve covering 41 ha.
Are there hiking trails near Quispamsis?
The Trans Canada Trail (NB), Otty Glen Loop and Jubilee Loop, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
What is the nearest beach to Quispamsis?
The nearest is Gondola Point, in town.
Is there protected land near Quispamsis?
Within 10 km, 5% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Quispamsis?
New River Beach Provincial Park, 51 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Quispamsis
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).