First pick
Jardine Municipal Park
Park or garden
12 ha
2.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.024%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Rexton · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 4.2 km from Rexton: Kouchibouguac National Park
Protected areas cover 24% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. Some protected land is inside the town: 3.5% of its area.
Protected land
24%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
7
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
4.2 km
Kouchibouguac National Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Rexton apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyKouchibouguac National Park, 4.2 km awayProtected land all round24% of the land within 10 km, more than 96% of Canadian towns
What Rexton has most to offer outdoors is Kouchibouguac National Park within easy reach, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Rexton against 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. 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 km24%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 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 Rexton
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,059 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
Rexton24%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Rexton4
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Rexton0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Rexton leads its size group for protected land nearby: none of the other 39 has more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rexton NB | 24% | 3.5% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 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
The green map of Rexton
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Rexton
The biggest is Jardine Municipal Park, 12 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 Rexton
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 (44%)Further (56%)
Rexton44%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. Around 600 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Rexton, 24% 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 Rexton3.5%
Within 10 km24%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 4 of the 7. The others are private conservation land. Biggest of the named areas: Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), 285,278 ha. 3 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22)Nature reserve · 285,278 ha · reaches Rexton
Kouchibouguac National ParkNational park · 23,923 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
4028600Nature reserve · 505 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
4028500Nature reserve · 108 ha · 8.4 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
Big parks near Rexton
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
National park
Kouchibouguac National Park
4.2 km north239 km²since 1969
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Rexton has 13 km of footpaths in and around it
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 (24 km²)
Woodland
26%
about 6.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RextonTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RextonTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland26%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 71% of Canadian towns. 65% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Rexton
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Rexton is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Kouchibougauac (17 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 116 | 90 | 116 | 96 | 89 | 95 | 93 | 83 | 96 | 133 | 109 | 124 |
Rain and snow peak in October (133 mm) and ease in August (83 mm). From -4 °C in January to 26 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Rexton →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Rexton
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The coast is close: 46 km of shoreline within 5 km. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Rexton: one viewpoint on the map
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
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Jardine Municipal Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Rexton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RichibuctoRichibuctoSaint-CharlesRichibucto 15Saint-Louis de KentSaint-LouisRexton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexton | 24% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Richibucto 4.4 km | 37% | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| Richibucto 7.4 km | 26% | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| Saint-Charles 8.3 km | 26% | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Richibucto 15 11 km | 5.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Louis de Kent 12 km | 40% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Louis 14 km | 30% | 16 | 2 | 14 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Rexton doubles its share. For walking routes, Saint-Louis leads the area with 2.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Rexton
When is the best time for walking in Rexton?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Rexton?
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), a nature reserve of 285,278 ha.
Is Rexton near a national park?
The nearest is Kouchibouguac National Park, 4.2 km away.
Where can you swim near Rexton?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Is there protected land near Rexton?
Yes: 24% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Rexton’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).