First pick
Fallsview Municipal Park
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quincylvania · CC0–Not graded
Outdoors in Bishop's Falls · parks, protected land & trails
Bishop's Falls has no protected land within 10 km
24 km from town is Notre Dame Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Notre Dame Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Bishop's Falls, set against 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 km0%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Bishop's Falls sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,114 to 3,203 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
Bishop's Falls0%
Towns its size4.3%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Bishop's Falls0
Towns its size7
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Bishop's Falls0
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Bishop's Falls trails its peers is public protected areas; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Pistoles QC | 44% | 0.9% | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine BC | 21% | 17% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
| 4 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 5 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 6 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Beaumont QC | 7.7% | 0.1% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Cedar Hill ON | 1.9% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Bishop's Falls on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Bishop's Falls
Largest first: Fallsview Municipal Park leads with 5.5 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
4 in 10 people in Bishop's Falls 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 (36%)Further (64%)
Bishop's Falls36%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 2,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Bishop's Falls, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Notre Dame Provincial Park, 24 km off.
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
The nearest big park: Notre Dame Provincial Park, 24 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
Notre Dame Provincial Park
24 km east1.1 km²
No national park lies within 100 km of Bishop's Falls; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
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: 34 km in and around Bishop's Falls
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
34 km
in and around the town (59.6 km²)
Woodland
0.2%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Bishop's FallsTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Bishop's FallsTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 64% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 90% 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 Bishop's Falls
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Bishop's Falls in June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Gander, 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 103 | 91 | 105 | 92 | 94 | 89 | 105 | 102 | 115 | 120 | 110 | 121 |
Expect 121 mm in December, the wettest month, and 89 mm in June. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. The climate in Bishop's Falls →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Bishop's Falls
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Bishop's Falls
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Grand Falls-WindsorBotwoodBishop's Falls
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's Falls | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grand Falls-Windsor 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Botwood 17 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bishop's Falls 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
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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 share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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 Bishop's Falls
What is the best season to get outdoors in Bishop's Falls?
June to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to Bishop's Falls?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Bishop's Falls.
Is there a beach near Bishop's Falls?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What is the nearest provincial park to Bishop's Falls?
Notre Dame Provincial Park, 24 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Bishop's Falls
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).