First pick
Glenwood Provincial Park
Park or garden
37 ha
2.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: André Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 2.021%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Argyle · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 8.0 km from Argyle: Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Count 136 protected areas within 10 km of town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 21% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. For a swim, Cooks Beach is the nearest of 22 beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
21%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
136
within 10 km, 82 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
8.0 km
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Indian Fields Provincial Park
Beaches
22
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Argyle has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyKejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, 8.0 km awayProtected land all round21% of the land within 10 km, more than 96% of Canadian townsMany protected areas82 public areas within 10 kmProtected land in town22% of Argyle itself lies in protected areas
Out of doors, Argyle leads with Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site within easy reach, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Argyle, set against 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km21%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town22%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas82Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches22Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Argyle comes 3rd of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,093 to 8,340 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
Argyle21%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Argyle82
Towns its size4
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Argyle0
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
None of the other 39 towns its size has more public protected areas than Argyle.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Malbaie QC | 27% | 0.5% | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB | 27% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Argyle NS | 21% | 22% | 136 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Elmvale - Canterbury ON | 14% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Rigaud QC | 7.1% | 1.5% | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Lincoln NB | 6.8% | 3.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Secord AB | 6.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kirkland Lake ON | 5% | 9.5% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | G-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Haliburton Village ON | 4.1% | 2.6% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Walden AB | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Rocky Mountain House AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | Langstaff ON | 2.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Torbay NL | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 19 | Jackson ON | 1.6% | 3.2% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | South Pointe MB | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Wolseley MB | 1.5% | 0% | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Alnwick/Haldimand ON | 1.1% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | South Terwillegar AB | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lawson Heights SK | 0.7% | 8.1% | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | St. Norbert MB | 0.6% | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Silverwood Heights SK | 0.6% | 1.6% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 28 | Vermilion River County AB | 0.5% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Southdale MB | 0.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Plattsville ON | 0.4% | 0.1% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Allard AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Kildare-Redonda MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | St. Marys ON | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | Charlesworth AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Strathcona AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 40 | Ponoka AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Argyle
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
11 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Argyle
Glenwood Provincial Park is the largest, at 37 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
11 named parks and woods, 141 ha in all
Parks & gardens 37 haWoods 105 ha
Glenwood Provincial Park and Big Island together hold 41% of it.
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Glenwood Provincial ParkPark or garden · 37 ha
DirectionsBig IslandWood or forest · 21 ha
DirectionsRum IslandWood or forest · 16 ha
DirectionsOuter Sheep IslandWood or forest · 15 ha
DirectionsTurpentine IslandWood or forest · 15 ha
DirectionsBriar IslandWood or forest · 9.2 ha
DirectionsSheep IslandWood or forest · 8.3 ha
DirectionsEagle IslandWood or forest · 7.6 ha
DirectionsMeeting IslandWood or forest · 6.7 ha
DirectionsBills IslandWood or forest · 3.7 ha
DirectionsKings IslandWood or forest · 2.9 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
1 in 10 people in Argyle 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 (6.6%)Further (93%)
Argyle6.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 7,700 people more than a short walk away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Argyle, 21% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Argyle22%
Within 10 km21%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
82 of the 136 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Tobeatic Wilderness Area covers 103,646 ha, the most of any named area. 15 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Tobeatic Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 103,646 ha · reaches Argyle
Tobeatic Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 15,673 ha · reaches Argyle
Silver River Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 5,294 ha · reaches Argyle
Tusket River Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 1,663 ha · reaches Argyle
Indian Fields Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,565 ha · reaches Argyle
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 879 ha · reaches Argyle
Tusket Islands Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 706 ha · reaches Argyle
Spinneys Heath Nature ReserveNature reserve · 642 ha · reaches Argyle
Great Barren and Quinan Lakes Nature ReserveNature reserve · 347 ha · reaches Argyle
Tobeatic Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 242 ha · reaches Argyle
16 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Big parks near Argyle
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
Indian Fields Provincial Park
At the edge16 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Glenwood Provincial Park
At the edge0.4 km²since 1983
National park
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
8.0 km north-east404 km²since 1967
Within 10 km are 2 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Argyle and its edge hold 183 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
183 km
in and around the town (2,210.1 km²)
Woodland
62%
about 1,375.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ArgyleTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ArgyleTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland62%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 88% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 88% 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 Argyle 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.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 Argyle: June to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Yarmouth (15 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 124 | 103 | 111 | 101 | 99 | 89 | 78 | 88 | 96 | 119 | 143 | 139 |
The wettest month, November, brings 143 mm, against 78 mm in July. January brings highs of 1 °C, August highs of 22 °C. About 205 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Argyle →
Beaches
Beaches near Argyle: 22 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Cooks Beach1.3 km from town
DirectionsPubnico Beach3.2 km from town
DirectionsLyons Beach4.9 km from town
DirectionsThe shoreline runs 663 km within 5 km of town. There are also 19 beaches without a name. 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 Argyle: one waterfall on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 28 hills and peaks, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 28
Billys Hillin town
DirectionsBlue Mountainsin town
DirectionsBoudreaus Hillin town
DirectionsCrain Lake Mountainin town
DirectionsD'Eons Hillin town
DirectionsFlintstone Rockin town
DirectionsFrench Hillin town
DirectionsGoodwins Ridgein town
DirectionsPlus 20 hills and peaks more.
Waterfalls 1
Tusket Falls0.0 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Sand Pond National Wildlife Areain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camper's Haven Campground1.8 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Argyle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
YarmouthYarmouthArgyle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Argyle.
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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Argyle
How far is Argyle from a national park?
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is closest, at 8.0 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Argyle?
On the normals, June to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Argyle?
Tobeatic Wilderness Area: 103,646 ha, a nature reserve.
What is the nearest provincial park to Argyle?
Indian Fields Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
How much land around Argyle is protected?
Protected areas cover 21% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Argyle?
Cooks Beach, 1.3 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Sources
The sources behind Argyle’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).