First pick
Placentia Regatta Grounds
Park or garden
2.6 ha
2.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office · Public domain0.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Placentia · parks, protected land & trails
Placentia is 3.7 km from Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park
Within 5 km lie 5 beaches, unnamed on the map. The protected share within 10 km is 0.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
3.7 km
Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Placentia has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
What Placentia has most to offer outdoors is its beaches. It has less to offer in protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Placentia 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.2%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
Beaches5Beaches 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, Placentia is 11th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,318 to 3,431 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
Placentia0.2%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Placentia1
Towns its size3
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Placentia0
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Placentia is weakest for protected land nearby: 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 3 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 10 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 11 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 15 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 21 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 24 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 27 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Gibbons AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 38 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Placentia
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 Placentia: 7 named parks and woods
The biggest is Placentia Regatta Grounds, 2.6 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 9 ha in all
Parks & gardens 9.3 ha
Placentia Regatta Grounds and Marquis Picnic Area together hold 48% of it.
Fort Saint Louis Historic Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Blockhouse Historica Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha
1.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ferndale Veterans’ Park
Park or garden
0.4 ha
2.3 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 Placentia’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 (21%)Further (79%)
Placentia21%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 2,700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Placentia
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Placentia0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
A government owns it.
Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial ParkProvincial park · 163 ha · 3.7 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
Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park is 3.7 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
Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park
3.7 km north-east1.6 km²
No national park lies within 100 km of Placentia; 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
Placentia and its edge hold 4 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
3.5 km
in and around the town (147.1 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
PlacentiaTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlacentiaTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 96% 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 named walking route passes Placentia 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.
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
The best months for walking in Placentia: August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Dunville/Argentia (7.9 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 108 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 80 | 77 | 112 | 85 | 84 | 120 | 122 | 123 |
Highs peak near 19 °C in August and fall to 0 °C in February. April is the driest month at 71 mm; December the wettest at 123 mm. Snow totals about 321 cm a year. The climate in Placentia →
Beaches
5 unnamed beaches near Placentia
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Within 5 km is 122 km of coastline. Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Placentia has a viewpoint within 2 km
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, 6 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 6
Castle Hillin town
DirectionsDixons Hillin town
DirectionsPearce Peakin town
DirectionsSignal Hillin town
DirectionsThe Pinnaclesin town
DirectionsBirchy Drook Hill1.0 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Argentia Sunset Parkin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Placentia
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 38–57 km from Placentia.
WhitbourneDivision No. 1, Subdivision YDivision No. 1, Subdivision EDivision No. 1, Subdivision MArnold's CovePlacentia
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Placentia | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Whitbourne 38 km | 0.8% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y 40 km | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E 52 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M 52 km | 0.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold's Cove 57 km | 0.8% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Placentia’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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 Placentia
Is Placentia near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Placentia.
Which is the biggest protected area near Placentia?
Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park, a provincial park of 163 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Placentia?
On the normals, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How much land around Placentia is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Placentia?
It is Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park, 3.7 km away.
Is there a beach near Placentia?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Sources
Where Placentia’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).