First pick
Irving Arboretum
Park or garden
28 ha6.2 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.2 km of path
2.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.032%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wellington · parks, protected land & trails
Within 16 km of Wellington: Kouchibouguac National Park
The protected share within 10 km is 32%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. For a swim, Dune de Buctouche is the nearest of 16 beaches within 5 km. Amherst Shore Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 78 km.
Protected land
32%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
16 km
Kouchibouguac National Park
Nearest provincial park
78 km
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
Beaches
16
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Wellington, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyKouchibouguac National Park, 16 km awayProtected land all round32% of the land within 10 km, more than 98% of Canadian townsBeaches16 beaches within 5 km
What Wellington has most to offer outdoors is Kouchibouguac National Park within easy reach, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Wellington 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km32%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.4%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 routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches16Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Of 40 towns its size, Wellington has the most protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,400 to 3,516 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
Wellington32%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wellington1
Towns its size3
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wellington0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Wellington tops all 39 other towns its size. On public protected areas it is behind: 32 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 9 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 19 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 22 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 30 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Wellington
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Wellington
The biggest is Irving Arboretum, 28 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
Few people in Wellington 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%)
Wellington0%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. For about 3,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
32% of the land around Wellington is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Wellington2.4%
Within 10 km32%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 1 of the 5. 4 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 Wellington
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 Wellington
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
16 km north-west239 km²since 1969
Provincial park
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
78 km south-east2.6 km²since 2000
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: 46 km in and around Wellington
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
46 km
in and around the town (306.8 km²)
Woodland
55%
about 167.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WellingtonTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WellingtonTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland55%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 81% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 85% 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 Wellington
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 walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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
Walking season in Wellington: May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Bouctouche (9.1 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 59 | 79 | 69 | 93 | 82 | 89 | 74 | 101 | 106 | 92 | 86 |
The wettest month, October, brings 106 mm, against 59 mm in February. The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-3 °C). Winter brings about 310 cm of snow. The climate in Wellington →
Beaches
16 beaches within 5 km of Wellington
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Dune de Buctouchein town
DirectionsDune de Chockpish0.1 km from town
DirectionsBar de Cocagne3.2 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap maps 104 km of coastline within 5 km. OpenStreetMap shows 13 more, nameless. 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
Wellington has 2 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.
Campsites lead the count with 4.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Dune de Bouctouchein town
DirectionsMcIntosh Hillin town
DirectionsCampsites 4
Bouctouche Baie Chalets et Campingin town
DirectionsCamping DTin town
DirectionsChez les Maury Camping - Vignoblein town
DirectionsPlus 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 Wellington
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BouctoucheSaint MaryRichibuctoSaint-AntoineCocagneWellington
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | 32% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Bouctouche 3.6 km | 27% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint Mary 14 km | 3.7% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Richibucto 15 km | 26% | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| Saint-Antoine 15 km | 5.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cocagne 17 km | 39% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Wellington’s protected share.
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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Wellington
Which is the biggest protected area near Wellington?
It is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), a nature reserve covering 285,278 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Wellington?
The closest is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, at 78 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Wellington?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is Wellington from a national park?
The nearest is Kouchibouguac National Park, 16 km away.
Are there protected areas near Wellington?
Yes: 32% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a beach near Wellington?
The nearest is Dune de Buctouche, in town.
Sources
Where Wellington’s outdoors figures come from
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).