First pick
Sackville Waterfowl Park
Park or garden
39 ha3.8 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sackville
Sackville Waterfowl ParkNew Brunswick Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.06.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sackville · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 45 km from Sackville: Fundy National Park
Of the country within 10 km, 6.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Tintamarre National Wildlife Area (1,941 ha) is the biggest, 0.4 km from town. The closest provincial park is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, 33 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
6.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
85
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
45 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
33 km
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Sackville 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km6.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas 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
Sackville comes 8th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,462 to 6,685 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
Sackville6.5%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sackville7
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sackville0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sackville does best for protected land nearby: 7 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde QC | 6.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC | 5.7% | 21% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bramalea Woods ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Weston MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 31 | Oliver Paipoonge ON | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS | 0.5% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 34 | Griesbach AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Renfrew AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Brintnell AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Sackville
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Sackville
Sackville Waterfowl Park is the largest, at 39 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 81 ha in all
Parks & gardens 81 ha
Sackville Waterfowl Park and Beech Hill Park together hold 86% of it.
Retention Pond Park
Park or garden
6.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sackville
Directionsto a point inside
Swan Pond Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sackville
Directionsto a point inside
Centennial Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sackville
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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Sackville
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 (46%)Further (54%)
Sackville46%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 3,600 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Around Sackville, protected areas make up 6.5%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sackville0.1%
Within 10 km6.5%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
7 of the 85 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. At 1,941 ha, Tintamarre National Wildlife Area is the largest. Another 37 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Tintamarre National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 1,941 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Sunken IslandProtected area · 89 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
4037700Nature reserve · 125 ha · 3.4 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 Sackville
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
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
33 km east2.6 km²since 2000
National park
Fundy National Park
45 km south-west206 km²since 1948
Closer to home, Amherst Shore Provincial Park is 33 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
33 km of paths in and around Sackville
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
33 km
in and around the town (122.8 km²)
Woodland
47%
about 58.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SackvilleTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SackvilleTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland47%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 74% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 82% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Sackville
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
Get out in Sackville in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Nappan (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) | 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) | -2 | -1 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 102 | 80 | 91 | 93 | 84 | 96 | 81 | 83 | 109 | 115 | 114 | 114 |
Expect around 310 cm of snow over a winter. Expect 115 mm in October, the wettest month, and 80 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. The climate in Sackville →
Beaches
Sackville is on the coast: 13 km of shoreline within 5 km
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
Sackville has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The highest named peak nearby is Coppermine Hill, at 181 m. There are 3 picnic sites, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Beech Hillin town
DirectionsCoppermine Hill181 m · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds 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 Sackville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
SackvilleDorchesterAmherstMemramcookSackville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sackville | 6.5% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| Sackville 8.1 km | 6.3% | 147 | 0 | 4 |
| Dorchester 11 km | 0.8% | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| Amherst 15 km | 8.7% | 49 | 0 | 0 |
| Memramcook 18 km | 2% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
Sackville is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Sackville
What is the largest protected area near Sackville?
Tintamarre National Wildlife Area: 1,941 ha, a wildlife area.
When is the best time for walking in Sackville?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Sackville?
Amherst Shore Provincial Park, 33 km away.
Is Sackville near a national park?
Fundy National Park, 45 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Sackville?
Within 10 km, 6.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sackville
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).