First pick
Chute Park
Park or garden
2.9 ha0.1 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY 3.00.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Berwick · parks, protected land & trails
Berwick is 59 km from Fundy National Park
For a provincial park, Clairmont Provincial Park lies 13 km off. 6 protected areas lie within 10 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.6% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
0.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
59 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
13 km
Clairmont Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Berwick, 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km0.6%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
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Berwick sits 9th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,587 to 2,675 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
Berwick0.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Berwick1
Towns its size4
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Berwick0
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Berwick is weakest for public protected areas: 28 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Ronge SK | 49% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Tsawwassen BC | 31% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Division No. 7, Subdivision E NL | 30% | 28% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 38% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Bonfield ON | 15% | 23% | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Tumbler Ridge BC | 12% | 5.1% | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | Outlook SK | 11% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sainte-Croix QC | 9.6% | 0.3% | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Saint George NB | 7.2% | 14% | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Chase BC | 7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel QC | 6.9% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | East River, Part 1 PE | 4.3% | 9.1% | 38 | 14 | 20 |
| 13 | Boothill SK | 3.9% | 76% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Kinburn ON | 3.1% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC | 2.8% | 5.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathieu QC | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Lambeth ON | 1.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | High Prairie AB | 1.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Adelaide/Churchill SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Hébertville QC | 1.6% | 0.1% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley BC | 1.6% | 0.7% | 46 | 1 | 14 |
| 22 | Westmeria ON | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 23 | Meadowlark Park AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Brockville MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | South River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Westview SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | North Point Douglas MB | 1.2% | 0% | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove NL | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 29 | Grand Manan NB | 0.8% | 6.1% | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 30 | Hanna AB | 0.8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Waterville QC | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Berwick NS | 0.6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Grey MB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Saint-Chrysostome QC | 0.4% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Sweet Grass AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Spaniard's Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 38 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rosetown SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Delton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Berwick
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
Walk in Berwick: one named park or wood
Chute Park is the largest, at 2.9 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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
4 in 10 people in Berwick 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 (39%)Further (61%)
Berwick39%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,600 people more than a short walk away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Berwick has 6 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Berwick0%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 1 of the 6, and private owners the rest. 5 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Aylesford Mountain Nature ReserveNature reserve · 87 ha · 7.1 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
Big parks near Berwick
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
Clairmont Provincial Park
13 km west0.2 km²since 1972
National park
Fundy National Park
59 km north206 km²since 1948
Clairmont Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 13 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
6 km of paths in and around Berwick
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
6.5 km
in and around the town (21.1 km²)
Woodland
22%
about 4.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BerwickTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BerwickTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland22%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 69% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 72% 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 Berwick 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.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Berwick: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Waterville Cambridge (6.8 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 113 | 91 | 97 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 86 | 107 | 120 | 125 | 134 |
Snow totals about 232 cm a year. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. Most rain and snow falls in December, 134 mm; July sees 79 mm. The climate in Berwick →
Things to do
3 things to do outdoors near Berwick
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds 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 Berwick
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KingstonKentvilleBerwick
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Around Kingston the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Berwick
What is the largest protected area near Berwick?
Aylesford Mountain Nature Reserve: 87 ha, a nature reserve.
When is the best time for walking in Berwick?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Berwick near a national park?
Fundy National Park is closest, at 59 km.
Is there a provincial park near Berwick?
Clairmont Provincial Park, 13 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Berwick?
Yes: 0.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Berwick’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).