First pick
Bridgeview Court
Park or garden
1.5 ha
6.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Scott Davis · CC BY 2.52.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wakefield · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Wakefield is Mactaquac Provincial Park, 54 km away
OpenStreetMap shows 13 unnamed beaches within 5 km. CPCAD lists 22 protected areas within 10 km. Angle Hill Lake (436 ha) is the biggest, 6.6 km from town.
Protected land
2.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 15 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
54 km
Mactaquac Provincial Park
Beaches
13
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Wakefield has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Beaches13 beaches within 5 kmParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Mactaquac Provincial Park, is 54 km off
Out of doors, Wakefield leads with its beaches. What it lacks is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Wakefield 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas15Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches13Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Wakefield has the 19th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,715 to 2,779 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
Wakefield2.2%
Towns its size3.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wakefield15
Towns its size7
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wakefield0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Wakefield sits near the top of its size group: 11 of 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 21 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tofino BC | 41% | 21% | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | Victoria County, Subdivision A NS | 33% | 54% | 152 | 3 | 59 |
| 3 | Highlands BC | 24% | 41% | 40 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Waskaganish QC | 24% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Electoral Area E, Peace River BC | 19% | 24% | 25 | 2 | 103 |
| 6 | Holyrood NL | 19% | 3.2% | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel QC | 18% | 23% | 83 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Little Current ON | 13% | 10% | 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Waterridge Village ON | 11% | 9.2% | 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Maria QC | 9.5% | 1% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cultus Lake BC | 9.3% | 52% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Marritt ON | 7.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Vernon River PE | 5.1% | 4.5% | 48 | 11 | 3 |
| 16 | Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part ON | 5.1% | 4.9% | 81 | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | Front of Yonge ON | 4.9% | 6% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Vars ON | 3.8% | 1.4% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 21 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse QC | 3.6% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wakefield NB | 2.2% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| 23 | Sussex NB | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Woodcroft AB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Gore QC | 1.6% | 2.3% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Central River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Tuxedo Industrial MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 29 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley BC | 1.1% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | Upper Mount Royal AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Souris MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Talbot-Grey MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay BC | 0.2% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 34 | Rivergrove MB | 0.2% | 4.7% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Wickham QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Kameyosek AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Kuujjuaq QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Country Hills Village AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Wakefield
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 Wakefield: one named park or wood
Largest first: Bridgeview Court leads with 1.5 ha. Numbers match 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
Few people in Wakefield live near 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Wakefield0%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 2,700 residents live further than 400 m from one. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Wakefield, 2.2% 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 Wakefield0.8%
Within 10 km2.2%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 22, 15 are public land; the others are privately held. The largest named one is Angle Hill Lake, at 436 ha. The figures include 7 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
4031300Nature reserve · 290 ha · 0.3 km from the edge of town
BellevilleNature reserve · 13 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Williamstown LakeNature reserve · 212 ha · 0.5 km from the edge of town
4031400Nature reserve · 68 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Mill BrookNature reserve · 105 ha · 2.8 km from the edge of town
4031200Nature reserve · 88 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Clarke BrookNature reserve · 195 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
StickneyNature reserve · 86 ha · 6.3 km from the edge of town
4031500Nature reserve · 26 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
Angle Hill LakeNature reserve · 436 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
5 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Mactaquac Provincial Park, 54 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
Mactaquac Provincial Park
54 km south-east5.4 km²since 1965
For a national park, people in Wakefield travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Wakefield and its edge hold 117 km of footpath
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
117 km
in and around the town (269.1 km²)
Woodland
49%
about 130.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WakefieldTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WakefieldTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland49%
0%50%100%
For path density, 68% of Canadian towns do better. More of it is wooded than in 83% 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 Wakefield
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Wakefield is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Woodstock/Newbridge (11 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 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 101 | 84 | 93 | 84 | 92 | 104 | 100 | 88 | 93 | 105 | 101 | 115 |
Some 292 cm of snow falls each winter. Precipitation runs from 84 mm in April to 115 mm in December. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -6 °C. The climate in Wakefield →
Beaches
13 unnamed beaches near Wakefield
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Wakefield: 1 and 4
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Among the peaks, Flagstaff Hill is highest at 200 m. Most numerous: playgrounds (4).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Hartland Covered Bridge0.2 km from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 2
Flagstaff Hill200 m · in town
DirectionsHannahs Hillin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 4
Briggs Mills Fallsin town
DirectionsJackson Fallsin town
DirectionsMiddle Pitch Fallsin town
DirectionsVan Dine Fallsin town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Mednuxnekeag Valley Nature Preservein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 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 Wakefield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
HartlandWilmotWoodstockBrightonWoodstockPeelWakefield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, Brighton has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Wakefield
What is the nearest beach to Wakefield?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Wakefield?
It is Mactaquac Provincial Park, 54 km away.
Are there protected areas near Wakefield?
Yes: 2.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
When is the best time for walking in Wakefield?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Wakefield?
Angle Hill Lake: 436 ha, a nature reserve.
Is Wakefield near a national park?
None within 100 km of Wakefield.
Sources
Sources for this page on Wakefield
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).