First pick
Smileys Provincial Park
Park or garden
44 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
12 km eastfrom the centre
Crowell Stroll Hiking TrailHiking LoopField Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 4.05.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Windsor · parks, protected land & trails
143 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Windsor
For a swim, Aberdeen Beach is the nearest of 14 beaches within 5 km. For a provincial park, Card Lake Provincial Park lies 4.3 km off. Protected areas cover 5.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
5.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
153
within 10 km, 143 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
76 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
4.3 km
Card Lake Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
14
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Windsor stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Windsor is strongest on the number of public protected areas close by, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Windsor 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km5.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas143Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches14Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Windsor has the 15th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (19,802 to 20,872 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
Windsor5.7%
Towns its size4.3%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Windsor143
Towns its size6
Towns in Nova Scotia24
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Windsor1
Towns its size0
Towns in Nova Scotia2
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Windsor tops all 39 other towns its size.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-du-Loup QC | 36% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Overbrook ON | 14% | 1.1% | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Wismer Commons ON | 11% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Édouard-Montpetit QC | 8.3% | 0.7% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Baie-Comeau QC | 7.4% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Corner Brook NL | 6.3% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Purpleville ON | 6.2% | 13% | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Kanata Lakes ON | 6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Evergreen AB | 5.9% | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Maisonneuve QC | 5.2% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 18 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures QC | 5% | 0.5% | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Bridgenorth ON | 4.7% | 0.3% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Riverside South - Leitrim ON | 4.3% | 3.2% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lorimier QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Tuscany AB | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Pelham ON | 2.7% | 2.5% | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Thorncliffe Park ON | 2.5% | 16% | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Mitchell MB | 2.3% | 0% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 29 | Highland ON | 2.2% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Gabriel-Sagard QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Thornlea ON | 1.9% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON | 1.9% | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Henry Farm ON | 1.9% | 3.8% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 36 | Oakwood Village ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 37 | Centre (Montréal-Nord) QC | 1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Camrose AB | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 40 | Roseland ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Windsor
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
8 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Windsor
The biggest is Smileys Provincial Park, 44 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 80 ha in all
Parks & gardens 80 ha
Between them, Smileys Provincial Park and Clifton Museum Park cover 69%.
Fort Edward National Historic Site
Park or garden
8.5 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hantsport Memorial Community Centre
Park or garden
6.9 ha
9.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Falls Lake Provincial Park
Park or garden
5.4 ha
19 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Falmouth Mini Park and Causeway Trail
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.3 km of path
1.9 km westfrom 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
About 1 in 10 of Windsor’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 (12%)Further (88%)
Windsor12%
Towns in Nova Scotia18%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 18,000 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Windsor, 5.7% 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 Windsor2.2%
Within 10 km5.7%
Towns in Nova Scotia8.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 153, 143 are public land; the others are privately held. South Panuke Wilderness Area covers 6,843 ha, the most of any named area. 2 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
South Panuke Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 6,843 ha · reaches Windsor
Petite Bog Nature ReserveNature reserve · 799 ha · reaches Windsor
South Panuke Wilderness AreaNature reserve · 349 ha · reaches Windsor
Eagles Nest Nature ReserveNature reserve · 188 ha · reaches Windsor
Panuke Lake Nature ReserveNature reserve · 148 ha · reaches Windsor
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 22 ha · reaches Windsor
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 17 ha · reaches Windsor
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 16 ha · reaches Windsor
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 16 ha · reaches Windsor
Old Growth Forest LandsNature reserve · 15 ha · reaches Windsor
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
76 km to Fundy National Park
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
Card Lake Provincial Park
4.3 km south1.0 km²since 1976
National park
Fundy National Park
76 km north-west206 km²since 1948
Card Lake Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 4.3 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
132 km of paths in and around Windsor
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
132 km
in and around the town (1,534 km²)
Woodland
70%
about 1,074.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
WindsorTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
WindsorTowns in Nova ScotiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland70%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 91% of Canadian towns. For path density, 88% 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
1 walking route near Windsor
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Wetlands Loop3.7 km
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 Windsor: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Waterville Cambridge, 42 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 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 113 | 91 | 97 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 79 | 86 | 107 | 120 | 125 | 134 |
Snowfall averages 232 cm a year. The wettest month, December, brings 134 mm, against 79 mm in July. Daytime highs run from -1 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. The climate in Windsor →
Beaches
Beaches near Windsor: 14 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Aberdeen Beachin town
DirectionsCauseway Beachin town
DirectionsHiawatha Beachin town
DirectionsKipps Beachin town
DirectionsShad Barin town
DirectionsCambridge Flats0.6 km from town
DirectionsBlue Beachgravel · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsCambridge Flats1.6 km from town
DirectionsPenny Beach1.9 km from town
DirectionsAdd 5 unnamed beaches to the count. OpenStreetMap maps 125 km of coastline within 5 km. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Windsor has 4 viewpoints and 3 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Hills and peaks lead the count with 13.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Avon River View-offin town
DirectionsChapelin town
DirectionsHoly Wellin town
DirectionsTidal Bore viewing at Mantua Bridgein town
DirectionsHills and peaks 13
Ardoise Hillin town
DirectionsCheverie Mountainin town
DirectionsColpitt Hillin town
DirectionsFroth Hole Hillin town
DirectionsGrey Mountainin town
DirectionsHemlock Hillin town
DirectionsMartock Mountainin town
DirectionsMoses Mountainin town
DirectionsPlus 5 hills and peaks more.
Waterfalls 3
Nature reserves 2
Meander River Conservation Landsin town
DirectionsPanuke Lake Nature Reservein town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Hantsport Memorial Community Centre Playgroundin town
DirectionsPanuke Road Recreation Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Falmouth Boat Launchin town
DirectionsPanuke Lake Boat Launchin town
DirectionsPlus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Windsor
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Windsor has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–30 km out.
Kings County, Subdivision DWolfvilleKings County, Subdivision CKings County, Subdivision BWindsor
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor | 5.7% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| Kings County, Subdivision D 18 km | 0.5% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| Wolfville 21 km | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| Kings County, Subdivision C 29 km | 0.6% | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| Kings County, Subdivision B 30 km | 1.7% | 19 | 2 | 9 |
No place nearby has double Windsor’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Windsor
Is there protected land near Windsor?
Yes: 5.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Windsor near a national park?
The nearest is Fundy National Park, 76 km away.
Where can you walk near Windsor?
OpenStreetMap maps the Wetlands Loop close by.
What is the nearest beach to Windsor?
The nearest is Aberdeen Beach, in town.
Which is the biggest protected area near Windsor?
South Panuke Wilderness Area, a nature reserve of 6,843 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Windsor?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Windsor?
The closest is Card Lake Provincial Park, at 4.3 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Windsor
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).