First pick
Jubilee Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Mahone Bay
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Edgar El · CC BY 3.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mahone Bay · parks, protected land & trails
Mahone Bay is 6.7 km from Second Peninsula Provincial Park
0.1% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 61 km separate the town from Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, its nearest national park. Swimmers have 3 beaches within 5 km, Westhaver the nearest.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
61 km
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Nearest provincial park
6.7 km
Second Peninsula Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mahone Bay 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.1%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 areas2Areas 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
Mahone Bay sits 10th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,200 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
Mahone Bay0.1%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mahone Bay2
Towns its size3
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mahone Bay0
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
Where Mahone Bay trails its peers is protected land nearby; 29 of 39 have more.
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 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Mahone Bay NS | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 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
Where the green is in Mahone Bay
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 Mahone Bay: one named park or wood
The biggest is Jubilee Park, 0.3 ha. Biggest first, 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
In Mahone Bay, a park is close to every home
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 (100%)Further (0%)
Mahone Bay100%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
3 protected areas lie within 10 km of Mahone Bay
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mahone Bay0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 2 of the 3. Second Peninsula Provincial Park leads for size with 19 ha. The figures include one private conservation area, left unnamed.
Second Peninsula Provincial ParkProvincial park · 19 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 3.4 ha · 8.7 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
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is 61 km away
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
Second Peninsula Provincial Park
6.7 km south-east0.2 km²since 1975
National park
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
61 km west404 km²since 1967
Nearer still is Second Peninsula Provincial Park, a provincial park 6.7 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Mahone Bay and its edge hold 23 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
23 km
in and around the town (15.5 km²)
Woodland
48%
about 7.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mahone BayTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mahone BayTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland48%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 52% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 82% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Mahone Bay
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
The best months for walking in Mahone Bay: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Bridgewater (14 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) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 136 | 115 | 143 | 121 | 138 | 104 | 87 | 107 | 125 | 162 | 160 | 163 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. July is the driest month at 87 mm; December the wettest at 163 mm. Expect around 184 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Mahone Bay →
Beaches
For a swim near Mahone Bay: Westhaver, 2.4 km off
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Westhaver2.4 km from town
DirectionsWithin 5 km is 50 km of coastline. The map adds 2 unnamed stretches of beach. Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Mahone Bay: 7 places to go
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, 4 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Long Hill1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Bayview School playgroundin town
DirectionsTiny Tots Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 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 Mahone Bay
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LunenburgLunenburgBridgewaterChesterMahone Bay
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahone Bay | 0.1% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Lunenburg 9.7 km | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| Lunenburg 11 km | 2.1% | 140 | 5 | 33 |
| Bridgewater 13 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chester 18 km | 4.1% | 124 | 1 | 21 |
For walking routes, Lunenburg leads the area with 5. For protected land, Lunenburg and Chester have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Mahone Bay
What is the best season to get outdoors in Mahone Bay?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Mahone Bay?
Second Peninsula Provincial Park, a provincial park of 19 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Mahone Bay?
It is Second Peninsula Provincial Park, 6.7 km away.
Is there a beach near Mahone Bay?
The nearest is Westhaver, 2.4 km from town.
Is Mahone Bay near a national park?
It is Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, 61 km off.
Are there protected areas near Mahone Bay?
Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Where Mahone Bay’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).