Cumberland County Museum heads what Amherst has to see
The best-known day out from Amherst is Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland, 8 km away. Every one of its 2 places to visit is inside Amherst’s municipal boundary.
Top of the list in Amherst
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
Furthest from the centre is Nova Scotia Highlanders Museum, 600 m away.
The dashed line is Amherst’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What kind of places
Green: inside Amherst. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The whole list for Amherst
Both are inside Amherst.
The 2 inside Amherst come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Amherst → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Amherst →
Bigger names, a drive away
FortFort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland8 km west
National historic site · Parks CanadaVisitor Centre / Museum8 km west
MuseumAlbert County Museum30 km west
MuseumNew Brunswick Railway Museum36 km west
MuseumMonument-Lefebvre33 km westPlaces well known beyond Amherst (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Amherst: questions and answers
Is there a Parks Canada property near Amherst?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Visitor Centre / Museum (Parks Canada), 8 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Amherst?
Within 40 km: Albert County Museum (30 km), New Brunswick Railway Museum (36 km), Monument-Lefebvre (33 km).
How is this list made?
A single list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, each site counted once. To appear, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), and hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Places in the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of its edge, are the ones shown.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- Fort Beauséjour — Fort Cumberland: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Visitor Centre / Museum: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Albert County Museum: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- New Brunswick Railway Museum: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monument-Lefebvre: evoluc, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).