First pick
Spirit of Harbour Grace Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
2.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Harbour Grace · parks, protected land & trails
Beaches near Harbour Grace: 15 within 5 km
The protected share within 10 km is 0%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. For a provincial park, Marine Drive Provincial Park lies 26 km off. A drive of 97 km reaches Terra Nova National Park, the nearest national park.
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 national park
97 km
Terra Nova National Park
Nearest provincial park
26 km
Marine Drive Provincial Park
Beaches
15
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Harbour Grace has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Harbour Grace’s best card is its beaches. Less going for it: protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Harbour Grace 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 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
Beaches15Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Harbour Grace sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,838 to 2,909 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
Harbour Grace0%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Harbour Grace0
Towns its size4
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Harbour Grace0
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Harbour Grace trails its peers is public protected areas; 32 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Labelle QC | 25% | 19% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | South Keys ON | 8.3% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Navan - Sarsfield ON | 8% | 0.3% | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Leeming ON | 6.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Anicet QC | 6.1% | 4.9% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC | 5.5% | 1% | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Laurier-Station QC | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Normanview West SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Minnedosa MB | 2.9% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Dundonald SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Sicamous BC | 0.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Bridgeport North ON | 0.9% | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Bedford QC | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Grassie MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Westbrook Estates AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Saint-Elzéar QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Harbour Grace 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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Harbour Grace
Largest first: Spirit of Harbour Grace Park leads with 1.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
S. W. Moores Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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 2 in 10 of Harbour Grace’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 (16%)Further (85%)
Harbour Grace16%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 2,400 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Harbour Grace, 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.
The nearest provincial park is Marine Drive Provincial Park, 26 km away.
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
97 km to Terra Nova 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
Marine Drive Provincial Park
26 km east6.2 km²
National park
Terra Nova National Park
97 km north-west400 km²since 1957
Nearer still is Marine Drive Provincial Park, a provincial park 26 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Harbour Grace and its edge hold 8 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
8.3 km
in and around the town (78.3 km²)
Woodland
1.1%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Harbour GraceTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Harbour GraceTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.1%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 81% of Canadian towns. 85% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Harbour Grace
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Harbour Grace: June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST. John's (Airport), 37 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) | 8.8 | 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 |
Winter brings about 363 cm of snow. The wettest month, December, brings 174 mm, against 88 mm in June. The warmest days come in July (21 °C highs), the coldest in February (-1 °C). The climate in Harbour Grace →
Beaches
Where to swim near Harbour Grace
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Courages Beachin town
DirectionsLong Beachin town
DirectionsPynns Beach2.0 km from town
DirectionsLong Beach3.0 km from town
DirectionsFinky Beach4.1 km from town
DirectionsSaunder's Beach4.1 km from town
DirectionsBartlett's Beach4.3 km from town
DirectionsSparkes Beach4.6 km from town
DirectionsMack's Beach4.7 km from town
DirectionsLittle Beach4.9 km from town
DirectionsAdd 4 unnamed beaches to the count. Within 5 km is 82 km of coastline. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Harbour Grace: one viewpoint on the map
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: hills and peaks, 14 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Danny Cleary Lookoutin town
DirectionsHills and peaks 14
Alderberry Hillin town
DirectionsBrennans Hillin town
DirectionsGreens Hillin town
DirectionsOtter Holesin town
DirectionsWelch Hillin town
DirectionsRods Hill0.0 km from town
DirectionsSheppards Hill0.2 km from town
DirectionsMarkys Hill0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 hills and peaks more.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Harbour Grace
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Upper Island CoveCarbonearSpaniard's BayVictoriaBay RobertsHarbour Grace
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Grace | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Upper Island Cove 4.1 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Carbonear 5.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Spaniard's Bay 8.5 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Victoria 9.1 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bay Roberts 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Harbour Grace’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Harbour Grace
What is the nearest provincial park to Harbour Grace?
It is Marine Drive Provincial Park, 26 km away.
Is there a beach near Harbour Grace?
Courages Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
When should you visit Harbour Grace for the outdoors?
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Harbour Grace?
It is Terra Nova National Park, 97 km off.
Sources
Where Harbour Grace’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).