First pick
Annapolis Basin Look Off Provincial Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha
2.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · CC BY-SA 2.00.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Digby · parks, protected land & trails
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site lies 35 km beyond Digby’s edge
North Mountain Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 7.6 km. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Rattling Beach. Count 6 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
0.4%
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
35 km
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Nearest provincial park
7.6 km
North Mountain Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Digby 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km0.4%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, Digby is 15th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,153 to 2,587 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
Digby0.4%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Digby1
Towns its size3
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Digby0
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Digby lags towns its size: 25 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Digby NS | 0.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Digby
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 Digby: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Annapolis Basin Look Off Provincial Park, 1.7 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 4 ha in all
Parks & gardens 3.6 ha
Add Annapolis Basin Look Off Provincial Park to Don Brown Memorial Ball Field and you have 83% of it.
Don Brown Memorial Ball Field
Park or garden
1.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Digby
Directionsto a point inside
Fishermans Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.4 ha
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Vaughn Vantassel Memorial Playground
Park or garden
0.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Digby
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 5 in 10 of Digby’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 (54%)Further (46%)
Digby54%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 1,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
6 protected areas lie within 10 km of Digby
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Digby0%
Within 10 km0.4%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 1 of the 6. The figures include 5 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
North Mountain Provincial ParkProvincial park · 71 ha · 7.6 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 Digby
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
North Mountain Provincial Park
7.6 km north0.7 km²since 2024
National park
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
35 km south-east404 km²since 1967
North Mountain Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 7.6 km.
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: 9 km in and around Digby
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
9.1 km
in and around the town (16.3 km²)
Woodland
20%
about 3.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DigbyTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DigbyTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 68% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 65% 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 Digby 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
Get out in Digby in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Kejimkujik (49 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 159 | 118 | 124 | 114 | 106 | 97 | 76 | 93 | 117 | 144 | 161 | 146 |
For dry weather, July is best (76 mm); November gets 161 mm. Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -1 °C. The climate in Digby →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Digby
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Rattling Beach1.6 km from town
DirectionsIndian Beach3.6 km from town
DirectionsOne more beach goes unnamed. OpenStreetMap maps 38 km of coastline within 5 km. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Digby: 2 viewpoints on the map
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: playgrounds, 3 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Beamans Mountain1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 3
Fishermans Memorial Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Fundy Spray Camp Ground1.9 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Digby
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Digby has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–49 km out.
DigbyAnnapolis County, Subdivision AAnnapolis County, Subdivision BDigby
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digby | 0.4% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Digby 14 km | 27% | 43 | 3 | 15 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision A 19 km | 3.1% | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B 49 km | 3.9% | 44 | 0 | 4 |
Digby has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 3. Digby, Annapolis County, Subdivision A and Annapolis County, Subdivision B have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
Questions about the outdoors in Digby
What is the nearest national park to Digby?
It is Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, 35 km off.
When is the best time for walking in Digby?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Digby?
It is North Mountain Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 71 ha.
Are there protected areas near Digby?
Protected areas cover 0.4% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Digby?
Try Rattling Beach, 1.6 km from town, first of several.
What is the nearest provincial park to Digby?
It is North Mountain Provincial Park, 7.6 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Digby
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).