First pick
Rotary Raceway Park
Park or garden
7.8 ha0.1 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: A Disappearing Act · CC BY-SA 4.00.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Middleton · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 53 km from Middleton: Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
13 km from town is Clairmont Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Cloud Lake Wilderness Area (4,893 ha) is the biggest, 9.5 km from town. 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, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
53 km
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
Nearest provincial park
13 km
Clairmont Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Middleton, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
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 areas4Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Middleton is 15th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,978 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
Middleton0.6%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Middleton4
Towns its size4
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Middleton0
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Middleton is weakest for protected land nearby: 25 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 | Middleton NS | 0.6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Middleton
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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Middleton
Rotary Raceway Park is the largest, at 7.8 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
A park is within a short walk for 6 in 10 in Middleton
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 (57%)Further (43%)
Middleton57%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 900 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Middleton 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 Middleton0%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 4 of the 6. Cloud Lake Wilderness Area is the biggest, 4,893 ha. 2 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 42 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Torbrook Nature ReserveNature reserve · 144 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 7.5 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
Cloud Lake Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 4,893 ha · 9.5 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
The parks within reach of Middleton
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 north-east0.2 km²since 1972
National park
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site
53 km south404 km²since 1967
A provincial park is closer: Clairmont Provincial Park, 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
Middleton has 8 km of footpaths in and around it
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
8.1 km
in and around the town (20.5 km²)
Woodland
23%
about 4.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MiddletonTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MiddletonTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland23%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 70% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 69% 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 mapped walking route near Middleton
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 Middleton: May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Greenwood, 12 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) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 104 | 87 | 90 | 83 | 78 | 82 | 75 | 80 | 106 | 107 | 120 | 125 |
About 268 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of 0 °C, July highs of 26 °C. The wettest month, December, brings 125 mm, against 75 mm in July. The climate in Middleton →
Things to do
4 things to do outdoors near Middleton
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 2
Plus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Middleton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Annapolis County, Subdivision CAnnapolis County, Subdivision BMiddleton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middleton | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision C 4.3 km | 6.3% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Annapolis County, Subdivision B 17 km | 3.9% | 44 | 0 | 4 |
Around Annapolis County, Subdivision C and Annapolis County, Subdivision B the protected share is at least double.
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. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- 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 Middleton
How much land around Middleton is protected?
Yes: 0.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Middleton?
Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site is closest, at 53 km.
When is the best time for walking in Middleton?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near Middleton?
Clairmont Provincial Park, 13 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Middleton?
Cloud Lake Wilderness Area, a nature reserve of 4,893 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Middleton
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).