First pick
Green Space
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Corner Brook
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: ParsonsPhotographyNL · CC BY-SA 4.06.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Corner Brook · parks, protected land & trails
Corner Brook is on the International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland)
Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve (72,910 ha) is the biggest, 5.5 km from town. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gros Morne National Park, at 34 km. The protected share within 10 km is 6.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
6.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
34 km
Gros Morne National Park
Nearest provincial park
27 km
Blow Me Down Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Corner Brook, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland) passes within 2 kmProtected land all round6.3% of the land within 10 km, more than 76% of Canadian towns
Corner Brook is strongest on the International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland), with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Corner Brook 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 km6.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Corner Brook comes 12th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (19,986 to 21,117 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
Corner Brook6.3%
Towns its size4.5%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Corner Brook3
Towns its size6
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Corner Brook1
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Corner Brook sits near the top of its size group: 11 of 39 have more. For public protected areas, though, 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-du-Loup QC | 36% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pitt Meadows BC | 28% | 18% | 127 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Dorval QC | 20% | 0.2% | 38 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Dunbar-Southlands BC | 17% | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 5 | Woodlawn NS | 15% | 3.3% | 27 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Wismer Commons ON | 11% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Édouard-Montpetit QC | 8.3% | 0.7% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Baie-Comeau QC | 7.4% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Corner Brook NL | 6.3% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Evergreen AB | 5.9% | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Maisonneuve QC | 5.2% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 19 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures QC | 5% | 0.5% | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Bridgenorth ON | 4.7% | 0.3% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | West Rouge ON | 3.4% | 2.2% | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Tuscany AB | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Thorncliffe Park ON | 2.5% | 16% | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 27 | Gabriel-Sagard QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Thornlea ON | 1.9% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON | 1.9% | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 32 | Huron Heights ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | White Oaks ON | 1.4% | 0.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Salmon Arm BC | 1.3% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Oakwood Village ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 | Centre (Montréal-Nord) QC | 1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Camrose AB | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | East Windsor ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Roseland ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Corner Brook on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 Corner Brook: 2 named parks and woods
The biggest is Green Space, 2.5 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
About 4 in 10 of Corner Brook’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 (45%)Further (55%)
Corner Brook45%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. About 11,000 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
6.3% of the land around Corner Brook 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 Corner Brook3.8%
Within 10 km6.3%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 3 is private. Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve is the biggest, 72,910 ha.
Bay of Islands Salmon Migration ClosureNature reserve · 21,746 ha · reaches Corner Brook
Corner Brook Municipal PAProtected area · 609 ha · reaches Corner Brook
Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 72,910 ha · 5.5 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
34 km to Gros Morne National Park
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
Blow Me Down Provincial Park
27 km north-west2.3 km²
National park
Gros Morne National Park
34 km north1,805 km²since 1973
A provincial park is closer: Blow Me Down 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.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 110 km in and around Corner Brook
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
110 km
in and around the town (231.2 km²)
Woodland
9.3%
about 21.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Corner BrookTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Corner BrookTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.3%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 51% of Canadian towns. For path density, 67% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Trails around Corner Brook
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland)741.9 km
The International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland) is 742 km long on the map, and 33.1 km of it lies within 2 km of town.
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 Corner Brook: June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Corner Brook, 3.3 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 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 140 | 118 | 101 | 79 | 85 | 81 | 88 | 108 | 112 | 119 | 127 | 136 |
The wettest month, January, brings 140 mm, against 79 mm in April. Summer highs reach 23 °C in July; in January they stay near -3 °C. Some 408 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Corner Brook →
Beaches
The sea is close to Corner Brook: 46 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
Corner Brook has 13 viewpoints and 6 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 19 of them. Highest of the named peaks: Crow Hill, 92 m.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 13
Plus 10 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Bells Hillin town
DirectionsCrow Hill92 m · in town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 6
Plus 6 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 19
Kindergarden Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 18 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Corner Brook
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Irishtown-SummersideMassey DriveHumber Arm SouthCorner Brook
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corner Brook | 6.3% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Irishtown-Summerside 4.3 km | 10% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Massey Drive 4.5 km | 7.2% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Humber Arm South 16 km | 14% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Around Humber Arm South the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Corner Brook
Are there hiking trails near Corner Brook?
OpenStreetMap maps the International Appalachian Trail (Newfoundland) close by.
Are there protected areas near Corner Brook?
Within 10 km, 6.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Corner Brook?
It is Blow Me Down Provincial Park, 27 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Corner Brook?
Little Grand Lake Provisional Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 72,910 ha.
How far is Corner Brook from a national park?
It is Gros Morne National Park, 34 km off.
When is the best time for walking in Corner Brook?
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Corner Brook’s outdoors figures
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).