First pick
Munroe Avenue PArk
Park or garden
2.2 ha
0.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.09.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in New Glasgow · parks, protected land & trails
A national route near New Glasgow: the Smelt Brook Trail
Of the country within 10 km, 9.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Powells Point Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 7.3 km. The nearest national park is Prince Edward Island National Park, 93 km away.
Protected land
9.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
93 km
Prince Edward Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
7.3 km
Powells Point Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in New Glasgow, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe Smelt Brook Trail passes within 2 kmProtected land all round9.2% of the land within 10 km, more than 84% of Canadian towns
Above all, New Glasgow offers the Smelt Brook Trail, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
How New Glasgow compares with 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. 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 km9.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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, New Glasgow ranks 4th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,150 to 10,571 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
New Glasgow9.2%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
New Glasgow5
Towns its size2
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
New Glasgow1
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, New Glasgow does best for protected land nearby: 3 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Du Parc QC | 14% | 32% | 38 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Vanier North ON | 11% | 0.6% | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Markham Village ON | 9.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | New Glasgow NS | 9.2% | 0.5% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | Saint-Zotique QC | 7.5% | 0.1% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Bassin-de-la-Lièvre QC | 6.2% | 20% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Leeds and the Thousand Islands ON | 5.8% | 8.6% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâces QC | 5.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Corman Park No. 344 SK | 5.4% | 2.7% | 37 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Professors Lake ON | 4.8% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Portland Estates NS | 4.5% | 0% | 19 | 4 | 18 |
| 12 | Stittsville East ON | 4.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Quesnel BC | 4.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Coal Harbour BC | 3.9% | 0% | 12 | 3 | 76 |
| 15 | Upper Thornhill Estates ON | 3.5% | 12% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | East St. Paul MB | 3.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Lynden ON | 3.1% | 5.4% | 33 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Greely ON | 2.7% | 0.7% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Rosemont/Mount Royal SK | 2.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Rexdale-Kipling ON | 2.6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Northwood Park ON | 2.5% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Centreville Chicopee ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Masonville ON | 2% | 7.5% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Arbour Lake AB | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Dover AB | 1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Citadel AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Glenbrook AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | West Hillhurst AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Humber Heights-Westmount ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Falconridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Monterey Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Rundle AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Temple AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Wheatland County AB | 0.2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Markland Wood ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | City Centre ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | South Central ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | McConachie AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Seaforth ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around New Glasgow
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 New Glasgow: 6 named parks and woods
Munroe Avenue PArk is the largest, at 2.2 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 5 ha in all
Parks & gardens 4.8 ha
Munroe Avenue PArk and Smelt Brook Park together hold 63% of it.
Smelt Brook Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
0.8 ha0.1 km of path
1.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Smelt Brook Trail
Directionsto a point inside
West Side Community Centre
Park or garden
0.6 ha
Centralin the middle of New Glasgow
Directionsto a point inside
Their Light Shall Always Shine Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha
3.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Africentric Heritage Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
1.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in New Glasgow
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 (45%)Further (55%)
New Glasgow45%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 5,700 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Around New Glasgow, protected areas make up 9.2%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside New Glasgow0.5%
Within 10 km9.2%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 5 are public land. Biggest of the named areas: Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 24), 209,496 ha.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 24)Nature reserve · 209,496 ha · reaches New Glasgow
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 38 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
Powells Point Provincial ParkProvincial park · 26 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Merigomish Harbour Provincial ParkProvincial park · 20 ha · 9.5 km from the edge of town
Melmerby Beach Provincial ParkProvincial park · 113 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
Prince Edward Island National Park, 93 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
Powells Point Provincial Park
7.3 km north-east0.3 km²since 1974
Provincial park
Merigomish Harbour Provincial Park
9.5 km east0.2 km²since 2024
Provincial park
Melmerby Beach Provincial Park
9.5 km north-east1.1 km²since 1977
National park
Prince Edward Island National Park
93 km north27 km²since 1937
Powells Point Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 7.3 km. There are 3 provincial parks within 10 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: 11 km in and around New Glasgow
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
11 km
in and around the town (27.6 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 9.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
New GlasgowTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
New GlasgowTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 76% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 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
Where to walk from New Glasgow
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
Smelt Brook Trail3.6 km
The Smelt Brook Trail (4 km) keeps within 2 km of town for 3.1 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
New Glasgow is best on foot in June to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Tatamagouche, 46 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 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 75 | 81 | 79 | 81 | 103 | 70 | 90 | 115 | 119 | 118 | 111 |
From -2 °C in February to 23 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. Precipitation runs from 70 mm in July to 119 mm in October. The yearly snowfall is near 187 cm. The climate in New Glasgow →
Things to do
Near New Glasgow: 4 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 3 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Frasers Mountain1.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to New Glasgow
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
TrentonStellartonWestvillePictou County, Subdivision CPictou County, Subdivision BPictouNew Glasgow
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glasgow | 9.2% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Trenton 2.7 km | 18% | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Stellarton 3.7 km | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Westville 6.6 km | 4.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Pictou County, Subdivision C 6.6 km | 10% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| Pictou County, Subdivision B 10 km | 4.8% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| Pictou 11 km | 24% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
For walking routes, Pictou County, Subdivision C leads the area with 7. Around Pictou the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in New Glasgow
Is there a provincial park near New Glasgow?
Powells Point Provincial Park, 7.3 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in New Glasgow?
June to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the largest protected area near New Glasgow?
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 24), a nature reserve of 209,496 ha.
How much land around New Glasgow is protected?
Protected areas cover 9.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is New Glasgow from a national park?
Prince Edward Island National Park, 93 km from the edge of town.
Where can you walk near New Glasgow?
The Smelt Brook Trail, mapped within 2 km.
Sources
Where New Glasgow’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).