First pick
Waldemar Park
Park or garden
9.3 ha
13 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Boxcarphilly · CC BY 3.02.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Amaranth · parks, protected land & trails
Amaranth is 2.2 km from Boyne Valley Provincial Park
The My Trail Orangeville is the one mapped walking route close by. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Rouge National Urban Park, at 71 km. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
2.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
27
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
71 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
2.2 km
Boyne Valley Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Amaranth 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 km2.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches 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, Amaranth ranks 18th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,705 to 4,908 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
Amaranth2.3%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Amaranth8
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Amaranth1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Amaranth beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 11 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 9 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 18 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 25 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Amaranth
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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Amaranth
Waldemar Park is the largest, at 9.3 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Fendley Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
2.9 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
11 km south-eastfrom the centre
Mill Creek Trail
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 Amaranth’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 (14%)Further (86%)
Amaranth14%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. About 4,100 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
2.3% of the land around Amaranth is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Amaranth0.2%
Within 10 km2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 27, 8 are public and the remainder private. Biggest of the named areas: Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, 732 ha. 19 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Amaranth North and South TractsNature reserve · 22 ha · reaches Amaranth
Boyne Valley Provincial ParkProvincial park · 431 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Hockley TractNature reserve · 21 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
Hockley Valley Provincial ParkProvincial park · 422 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Mono Cliffs Provincial ParkProvincial park · 732 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Levitt TractNature reserve · 4.4 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Imperial Oak (Rock Hill Corner)Protected area · 10 ha · 8.1 km from the edge of town
RusselProtected area · 11 ha · 8.3 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 71 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
Boyne Valley Provincial Park
2.2 km north-east4.3 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Hockley Valley Provincial Park
5.2 km east4.2 km²since 1989
Provincial park
Mono Cliffs Provincial Park
5.5 km north-east7.3 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
71 km east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Boyne Valley Provincial Park, a provincial park 2.2 km away. Within 10 km are 3 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Amaranth has 66 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
66 km
in and around the town (349.7 km²)
Woodland
20%
about 69.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AmaranthTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AmaranthTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
For path density, 78% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 67% 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
One mapped route to walk from Amaranth
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
My Trail Orangeville8.9 km
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 Amaranth: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mount Forest (43 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 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
A typical year sees 174 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 25 °C; in January, -3 °C. June is the wettest month (100 mm) and March the driest (68 mm). The climate in Amaranth →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Amaranth
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
57 things to do outdoors near Amaranth
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
50 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 50
Rotary Splash Pad0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 49 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Rainbow Ridge0.2 km from town
DirectionsGrand Valley Lions Club Campground0.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Amaranth
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ShelburneOrangevilleMonoGrand ValleyEast GarafraxaMelancthonAmaranth
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranth | 2.3% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| Shelburne 10 km | 2.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Orangeville 11 km | 4.2% | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono 12 km | 3.7% | 56 | 7 | 1 |
| Grand Valley 14 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| East Garafraxa 15 km | 1.1% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Melancthon 19 km | 1.3% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
Mono has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 7. Next door, protected shares stay within twice Amaranth’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Amaranth
Where can you swim near Amaranth?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Where can you walk near Amaranth?
OpenStreetMap maps the My Trail Orangeville close by.
Is there protected land near Amaranth?
Yes: 2.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Amaranth?
Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, a provincial park of 732 ha.
Is Amaranth near a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 71 km away.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Amaranth?
The closest is Boyne Valley Provincial Park, at 2.2 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Amaranth?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Amaranth
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).