First pick
Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
61 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
18 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.04.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Enfield · parks, protected land & trails
13 named trails run within 2 km of Enfield
CPCAD lists 184 protected areas within 10 km. Within 5 km are 6 beaches; Oakfield Park Beach is the nearest. The protected share within 10 km is 4.4%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
4.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
184
within 10 km, 173 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
85 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Bell Provincial Park
Walking routes
13
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Enfield, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Walking routes13 named routes within 2 kmMany protected areas173 public areas within 10 kmA provincial park at the edgeBell Provincial Park reaches the townBeaches6 beaches within 5 km
Above all, Enfield offers its choice of walking routes, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Enfield against other 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km4.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas173Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes13Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches 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, Enfield ranks 12th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (25,789 to 28,182 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
Enfield4.4%
Towns its size3%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Enfield173
Towns its size6
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Enfield13
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Enfield tops all 39 other towns its size.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marpole BC | 17% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Loyola QC | 14% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Austinville NS | 11% | 0% | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 5 | René-Lévesque QC | 8.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Foothills County AB | 7.8% | 7.5% | 29 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Ebenezer East ON | 7.5% | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows ON | 6.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Enfield NS | 4.4% | 5.2% | 184 | 13 | 6 |
| 13 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville QC | 4.4% | 20% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Angus ON | 4.3% | 0.2% | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Grandview-Woodland BC | 3.5% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 51 |
| 18 | Malvern East ON | 3.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Woburn North ON | 3.2% | 5.1% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lunenburg NS | 2.1% | 1.7% | 140 | 5 | 33 |
| 26 | Don Valley Village ON | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Westminster-Branson ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 30 | Argyle ON | 1.5% | 0.3% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Paradise NL | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 34 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 AB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 33 | 1 | 56 |
| 35 | Beltline AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Strathroy ON | 0.4% | 0.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Lin--Laurentides QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Beaumont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The map
Enfield on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 Enfield: 9 named parks and woods
Largest first: Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park leads with 61 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 117 ha in all
Parks & gardens 101 haWoods 16 ha
72% of the area is in just two places: Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park and Bell Provincial Park.
Bell Provincial Park
Park or garden
24 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
24 km south-westfrom the centre
West Lake TrailRocky TrailEtter's Loop
Directionsto a point inside
Hemlock Forest
Wood or forest
16 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Hemlock Cathedral Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Shubie River Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.3 km of path
17 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Rex McCoul Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
17 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife ParkPark or garden · 61 ha · 2.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBell Provincial ParkPark or garden · 24 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsAnthony Provincial ParkPark or garden · 8.3 ha
DirectionsHemlock ForestWood or forest · 16 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsRockcliffe Drive ParkPark or garden · 4.8 ha
DirectionsShubie River ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRex McCoul ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSt. Bernard's ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsLions Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.3 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
A park is within a short walk for 2 in 10 in Enfield
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 (15%)Further (85%)
Enfield15%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). About 23,000 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Enfield, 4.4% 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 Enfield5.2%
Within 10 km4.4%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 184, 173 are public and the remainder private. The largest named one is Island Lake Wilderness Area, at 3,917 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Island Lake Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 3,917 ha · reaches Enfield
Walton River Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 2,246 ha · reaches Enfield
Devils Jaw Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 1,940 ha · reaches Enfield
Pockwock Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 1,900 ha · reaches Enfield
Petite Bog Nature ReserveNature reserve · 799 ha · reaches Enfield
Devils Jaw Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 726 ha · reaches Enfield
Old Annapolis Road Nature ReserveNature reserve · 434 ha · reaches Enfield
Tennycape River Nature ReserveNature reserve · 346 ha · reaches Enfield
Kennetcook River Nature ReserveNature reserve · 125 ha · reaches Enfield
Devils Jaw Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 121 ha · reaches Enfield
29 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
Fundy National Park, 85 km off
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
Bell Provincial Park
At the edge0.2 km²since 2014
National park
Fundy National Park
85 km north-west206 km²since 1948
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: 190 km in and around Enfield
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
190 km
in and around the town (2,133 km²)
Woodland
74%
about 1,586.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
EnfieldTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
EnfieldTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland74%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 93% of Canadian towns. For path density, 87% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Walks near Enfield
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
LocalOther waymarked
Nine Mile River Trails13.5 km
Mastodon Greenway4.4 km
Wetlands Loop3.7 km
Comeau Lake Trail3.3 km
Hemlock Cathedral Trail2.5 km
Oakfield Provincial Park Trail2.2 km
Red Spruce Loop2.0 km
Bell Park Trails1.9 km
Post Road Trail1.8 km
Barren's Trail1.6 km
Pitcher Plant Loop1.4 km
River Run Trail1.3 km
Plus 1 more waymarked walk on the map.
Among local routes, the Nine Mile River Trails is longest at 13.5 km. 9 are short walks under 3 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Enfield is best on foot in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 18 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light 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 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 126 | 111 | 120 | 106 | 110 | 90 | 87 | 91 | 107 | 140 | 159 | 147 |
Some 215 cm of snow falls each winter. Precipitation runs from 87 mm in July to 159 mm in November. Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -1 °C. The climate in Enfield →
Beaches
Beaches near Enfield: 6 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Oakfield Park Beachpebbles · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsCambridge Flats3.9 km from town
DirectionsLower Debert Beach4.0 km from town
DirectionsLittle Dyke Beach4.6 km from town
DirectionsUnnamed on the map: 2 more. The coast is close: 127 km of shoreline 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
14 viewpoints near Enfield
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
14Viewpoints12Hills and peaks2Nature reserves11Picnic sites16Playgrounds1Dog parks12Campsites4Slipways
16 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 12
Bare Hillin town
DirectionsBrushy Hillin town
DirectionsChristie Hillin town
DirectionsCreelman Hillin town
DirectionsKehoe Hillin town
DirectionsKehoe Mountainin town
DirectionsMount Uniackein town
DirectionsPhillip Hillin town
DirectionsPlus 4 hills and peaks more.
Nature reserves 2
Mount Uniacke Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsPetite Bog Nature Reservein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 11
Plus 11 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 16
Plus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Bark Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 12
Breezy Petalsin town
DirectionsEagle Ridge RV Parkin town
DirectionsRawdon Gold Mines Campgroundin town
DirectionsRenfrew Campingin town
DirectionsShenanigans Campground and RV Parkin town
DirectionsSulley's Campgroundin town
DirectionsWhispering Winds Family Campgroundin town
DirectionsWild Nature Campground1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 4
Plus 4 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Enfield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Indian Brook 14Dutch SettlementEnfield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | 4.4% | 184 | 13 | 6 |
| Indian Brook 14 12 km | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Dutch Settlement 16 km | 8.7% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Enfield doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Enfield
What is the nearest provincial park to Enfield?
Bell Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Enfield?
Island Lake Wilderness Area, a nature reserve of 3,917 ha.
Where can you swim near Enfield?
Try Oakfield Park Beach, 1.0 km from town, first of several.
Are there hiking trails near Enfield?
Try the Nine Mile River Trails, Wetlands Loop and Comeau Lake Trail; more are on the map.
Are there protected areas near Enfield?
Yes: 4.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Enfield?
The nearest is Fundy National Park, 85 km away.
When should you visit Enfield for the outdoors?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Where Enfield’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).