First pick
Elgin Drive Parkland
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
2.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.01.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mount Pearl · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Mount Pearl is Butter Pot Provincial Park, 17 km away
Within 5 km are 3 beaches; Rotary Sunshine Park Beach is the nearest. Within 10 km are 3 protected areas. Biggest among them: Pippy Park Barren Lands Zone, 486 ha, 4.2 km off.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Butter Pot Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Mount Pearl compares with 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km1.2%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 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
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Mount Pearl is 8th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (23,115 to 25,464 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
Mount Pearl1.2%
Towns its size2.8%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mount Pearl1
Towns its size6
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mount Pearl0
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Mount Pearl 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 | Sept-Îles QC | 24% | 33% | 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | White Rock BC | 22% | 0.2% | 101 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmount NS | 11% | 4.8% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Brownsville BC | 11% | 1.3% | 119 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | L'Assomption QC | 8.5% | 0.4% | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Saint-Lambert QC | 8.1% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Old Barrhaven East ON | 6.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Riley Park BC | 6.2% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Outremont QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Candiac QC | 5.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Morningside Heights ON | 5.7% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Cartierville QC | 5.6% | 19% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Kingston NS | 4.8% | 3.1% | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Mile End QC | 4.5% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Milliken ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Waterdown ON | 4.4% | 4.9% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Springwater ON | 3.8% | 6.9% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 18 | Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Agincourt South-Malvern West ON | 3.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Port Perry ON | 2.9% | 2% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | South Eglinton-Davisville ON | 2.7% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 23 | Dorset Park ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | West London ON | 2.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Renfrew-Collingwood BC | 2.2% | 0.7% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 26 | Brockville ON | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Huntsville ON | 1.8% | 2.2% | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 28 | Junction-Wallace Emerson ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 29 | Newtonbrook West ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Fort St. John BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Owen Sound ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 33 | 2 | 12 |
| 32 | Sault-au-Récollet QC | 1.3% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Mount Pearl NL | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Embrun ON | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Oro-Medonte ON | 0.6% | 0.6% | 32 | 4 | 18 |
| 37 | Islington ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 38 | Kingsville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Essex ON | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Etobicoke City Centre ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 17 |
The map
Mount Pearl 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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Mount Pearl
The biggest is Elgin Drive Parkland, 2.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
St. David's Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mount Pearl
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
8 in 10 people in Mount Pearl 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Mount Pearl78%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. For about 5,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
1.2% of the country within 10 km of Mount Pearl 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 Mount Pearl0%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 1 of the 3. Another 2 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Pippy Park Barren Lands ZoneNature reserve · 486 ha · 4.2 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
Butter Pot Provincial Park, 17 km off
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
Butter Pot Provincial Park
17 km south-west28 km²
No national park lies within 100 km of Mount Pearl; 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: 58 km in and around Mount Pearl
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
58 km
in and around the town (37.5 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 6.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mount PearlTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mount PearlTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 65% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 51% 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 Mount Pearl
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
Mount Pearl is best on foot in June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST. John's (West), 2.2 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 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 140 | 131 | 129 | 105 | 83 | 73 | 86 | 89 | 117 | 130 | 138 | 161 |
The warmest days come in July (21 °C highs), the coldest in February (0 °C). Rain and snow peak in December (161 mm) and ease in June (73 mm). Winter brings about 363 cm of snow. The climate in Mount Pearl →
Beaches
The beach near Mount Pearl: Rotary Sunshine Park Beach, 4.7 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Rotary Sunshine Park Beachsand · 4.7 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 2 more, nameless. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Mount Pearl: 99 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 91 playgrounds, more than of anything else. The highest named peak nearby is Kenmount Hill, at 261 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Kenmount Hill261 m · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 91
Glendenning Playgroundin town
DirectionsGoldeneye Place Parkin town
DirectionsPinebud Playgroundin town
DirectionsSchlumberger Playgroundin town
Directionsgreen acre playground0.2 km from town
DirectionsTree Top Playground0.3 km from town
DirectionsJennmar Playground0.5 km from town
DirectionsFerryland Street West Playground0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 83 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 6
Mount Pearl Dog Parkin town
DirectionsKenmount Terrace Small Dog Park2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 dog parks without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Waterford River Valley Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden, 4.6 km from Mount Pearl, is the garden to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical GardenGarden or park · 4.6 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Mount Pearl
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ParadiseSt. John'sPetty Harbour-Maddox CovePortugal Cove-St. Philip'sConception Bay SouthLogy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer CoveMount Pearl
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pearl | 1.2% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Paradise 5.0 km | 0.8% | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| St. John's 6.6 km | 2.2% | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove 9.4 km | 0.3% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 10.0 km | 1.5% | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| Conception Bay South 13 km | 3.6% | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove 16 km | 1.1% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
Around Conception Bay South the protected share is at least double. For walking routes, Paradise leads the area with 2.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Mount Pearl
What is the best season to get outdoors in Mount Pearl?
On the normals, June to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Mount Pearl?
Butter Pot Provincial Park, 17 km away.
How much land around Mount Pearl is protected?
Within 10 km, 1.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Mount Pearl?
It is Pippy Park Barren Lands Zone, a nature reserve covering 486 ha.
What is the nearest beach to Mount Pearl?
The nearest is Rotary Sunshine Park Beach, 4.7 km from town.
How far is Mount Pearl from a national park?
None within 100 km of Mount Pearl.
Sources
Where Mount Pearl’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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).