First pick
Waterfront Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.4 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the centre
Waterfront Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.00.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in St. Stephen · parks, protected land & trails
New River Beach Provincial Park, 56 km away, is the closest provincial park to St. Stephen
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 6.6 km out lies the largest, 4042400, at 211 ha. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.7% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
0.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
56 km
New River Beach Provincial Park
Against other towns
How St. Stephen 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%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
St. Stephen sits 12th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,768 to 4,987 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
St. Stephen0.7%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
St. Stephen2
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
St. Stephen0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, St. Stephen lags towns its size: 28 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bells Corners East ON | 9.2% | 4.6% | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Cardston County AB | 8.8% | 7.6% | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Westdale South ON | 7.1% | 28% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkirk East ON | 7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | York Road ON | 6.1% | 41% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan BC | 5.9% | 4.7% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Cumberland BC | 2.6% | 8.1% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hastings Highlands ON | 2.4% | 0.5% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Central Business District SK | 1.5% | 5.4% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Lakewood Urban Centre SK | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Edenwold No. 158 SK | 1.4% | 2% | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 | Westmount AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Anthony Henday South East AB | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Warwick QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around St. Stephen
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
4 named parks and woods to walk in near St. Stephen
Waterfront Park is the largest, at 2.0 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 5 ha in all
Parks & gardens 5.3 ha
89% of the area is in just two places: Dover Hill and Waterfront Park.
Chocolate Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom 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 5 in 10 of St. Stephen’s 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 (46%)Further (54%)
St. Stephen46%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 2,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
St. Stephen has 4 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside St. Stephen0.2%
Within 10 km0.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 2 of the 4. The others are private conservation land. Biggest of the named areas: 4042400, 211 ha. Another 2 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
4042300Nature reserve · 26 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
4042400Nature reserve · 211 ha · 6.6 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
New River Beach Provincial Park is 56 km away
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
56 km east3.0 km²since 1959
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from St. Stephen, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
St. Stephen has 10 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
9.5 km
in and around the town (41.5 km²)
Woodland
38%
about 15.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
St. StephenTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
St. StephenTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland38%
0%50%100%
76% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². More of it is wooded than in 78% 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 St. Stephen
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
The best months for walking in St. Stephen: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Point Lepreau, 67 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 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 82 | 74 | 94 | 100 | 96 | 109 | 76 | 65 | 99 | 120 | 103 | 108 |
August is the driest month at 65 mm; October the wettest at 120 mm. Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -2 °C. The climate in St. Stephen →
Beaches
The sea is close to St. Stephen: 27 km of shore 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
St. Stephen has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 4 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Todds Mountainin town
DirectionsBurnt Hill0.9 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Beausoleil Nature Preserve0.6 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to St. Stephen
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint StephenSaint DavidSaint JamesSt. Stephen
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Stephen | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Stephen 4.8 km | 3.4% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint David 7.3 km | 5.1% | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint James 15 km | 10% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Stephen, Saint David and Saint James have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
Questions about the outdoors in St. Stephen
What is the largest protected area near St. Stephen?
4042400, a nature reserve of 211 ha.
What is the nearest national park to St. Stephen?
None within 100 km of St. Stephen.
When is the best time for walking in St. Stephen?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near St. Stephen?
New River Beach Provincial Park, 56 km away.
How much land around St. Stephen is protected?
Protected areas cover 0.7% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on St. Stephen
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).