Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Beaches near Carbonear: 5 within 5 km
Within 10 km of the town, 0% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The nearest provincial park, Marine Drive Provincial Park, is 27 km away. 94 km separate the town from Terra Nova National Park, its nearest national park.
Where Carbonear stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
What Carbonear has most to offer outdoors is its beaches. Less going for it: protected land nearby.
Each figure for Carbonear, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Carbonear is 3rd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,963 to 5,112 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Carbonear trails its peers is public protected areas; 35 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Donat QC | 41% | 6.7% | 21 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo BC | 29% | 27% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D, Peace River BC | 19% | 18% | 56 | 3 | 123 |
| 4 | Northern Bruce Peninsula ON | 11% | 30% | 97 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Starlight Village NB | 9.2% | 3.1% | 23 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Bells Corners East ON | 9.2% | 4.6% | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Montréal-Est QC | 7.7% | 0.4% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lemoyne QC | 7.6% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Cobble Hill BC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Electoral Area C, North Okanagan BC | 6.1% | 19% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Webber Greens AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan BC | 5.9% | 4.7% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Nipawin SK | 4.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Palliser AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 15 | Annapolis County, Subdivision B NS | 3.9% | 0.9% | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Tyendinaga ON | 3% | 2.8% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Huntington ON | 2.9% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Idlewood ON | 2.8% | 12% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Gibsons BC | 2.7% | 4.8% | 43 | 0 | 57 |
| 20 | Cumberland BC | 2.6% | 8.1% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Morin-Heights QC | 2.2% | 0.9% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Hearst ON | 2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Big Lakes County AB | 1.8% | 1.9% | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | Meinzinger Park-Lakeside ON | 1.7% | 4.4% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bridgwater Forest MB | 1.7% | 4.1% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | River-Osborne MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Central Business District SK | 1.5% | 5.4% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Lord Roberts MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Edgemont AB | 1.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Westmount ON | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Robertson MB | 0.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | North Park SK | 0.7% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Sussex NB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Kildonan Drive MB | 0.3% | 1.3% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Twin Brooks AB | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Germain-de-Grantham QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Queen Alexandra AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Carbonear NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Altona MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Capilano AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Where the green is in Carbonear
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Carbonear
The biggest is Paddy's Garden, 0.5 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Crocker's Cove Playground and Recreation Park
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.
About 3 in 10 of Carbonear’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.
That leaves about 3,700 people more than a short walk away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
No protected area lies within 10 km of Carbonear
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 Marine Drive Provincial Park, 27 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.
Terra Nova National Park is 94 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.
Marine Drive Provincial Park
Terra Nova National Park
A provincial park is closer: Marine Drive Provincial Park, at 27 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
8 km of paths in and around Carbonear
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Woods cover less of it than in 89% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 76% 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.
No named walking route passes Carbonear on the map
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.
The best months for walking in Carbonear: June to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from ST. John's (Airport) (38 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 153 | 123 | 140 | 122 | 98 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 126 | 158 | 157 | 174 |
Expect around 363 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 21 °C; February the coldest, at -1 °C. December is the wettest month (174 mm) and June the driest (88 mm). The climate in Carbonear →
Beaches near Carbonear
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Another beach has no name on the map. The shoreline runs 51 km within 5 km of town. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
7 things to do outdoors near Carbonear
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are hills and peaks: 7 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 7
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Carbonear
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonear | 0% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Victoria 3.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Harbour Grace 5.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Upper Island Cove 9.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Spaniard's Bay 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Bay Roberts 17 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Carbonear has.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Carbonear
Is there a beach near Carbonear?
The nearest is Long Beach, in town.
What is the nearest provincial park to Carbonear?
Marine Drive Provincial Park, 27 km from the edge of town.
How far is Carbonear from a national park?
Terra Nova National Park is closest, at 94 km.
When should you visit Carbonear for the outdoors?
June to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources for this page on Carbonear
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).