First pick
Zwick's Island Park
Park or garden
42 ha5.4 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.4 km of path
3.6 km southfrom the centre
Gunpo TrailJack Ellis TrailZwick’s Recreational Trail+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.01.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Belleville · parks, protected land & trails
Belleville is 57 km from Thousand Islands National Park
14 km from town is Stoco Fen Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 18 protected areas lie within 10 km. The Stirling Rail Trail is the one mapped walking route close by.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
57 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
14 km
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Belleville 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. 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 km1.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Belleville sits 14th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (49,863 to 79,371 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
Belleville1.2%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Belleville0
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Belleville1
Towns its size2
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Belleville is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux QC | 27% | 3.7% | 40 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Langford BC | 27% | 18% | 41 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Shawinigan QC | 24% | 61% | 40 | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Châteauguay QC | 19% | 0.8% | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Newton BC | 15% | 7.3% | 174 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Port Coquitlam BC | 15% | 5.6% | 125 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Saint John NB | 14% | 11% | 63 | 3 | 97 |
| 8 | Pointe-aux-Trembles QC | 9.5% | 7.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Rimouski QC | 8.8% | 3.6% | 43 | 10 | 48 |
| 10 | Whalley BC | 8.2% | 1% | 125 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | Fleetwood BC | 7.8% | 7.9% | 162 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | North Vancouver BC | 7.5% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 66 |
| 13 | North Bay ON | 7.4% | 5.6% | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 14 | Mirabel QC | 5.9% | 0.3% | 76 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Stouffville ON | 5.9% | 0.5% | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Fredericton NB | 4.3% | 0% | 26 | 2 | 16 |
| 17 | Mascouche QC | 4% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | St. Albert AB | 3.4% | 2.1% | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 19 | Welland ON | 3.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Granby QC | 2.5% | 3.6% | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Simcoe ON | 2.3% | 4.7% | 102 | 5 | 36 |
| 22 | Aurora ON | 2.2% | 0.6% | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Alliston ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Georgetown ON | 1.8% | 3.5% | 38 | 6 | 2 |
| 25 | Grande Prairie AB | 1.7% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 26 | Quinte West ON | 1.4% | 0.6% | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Belleville ON | 1.2% | 1.8% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Blainville QC | 1.1% | 0% | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Bradford ON | 1.1% | 1.3% | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Brandon MB | 1.1% | 0.9% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Saint-Hyacinthe QC | 0.7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Keswick ON | 0.7% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 33 | Roseborough ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Rocky View County AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 20 | 9 | 19 |
| 35 | Woodstock ON | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Innisfil ON | 0.3% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 37 | Victoriaville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Caledonia ON | 0.2% | 0.4% | 17 | 4 | 7 |
| 39 | Cornwall ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Medicine Hat AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Belleville
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
30 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Belleville
Zwick's Island Park is the largest, at 42 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
30 named parks and woods, 203 ha in all
Parks & gardens 203 ha
Spread across many places, the largest holding 21%.
Riverside Park West
Park or garden
22 ha5.1 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.1 km of path
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Riverside Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Kiwanis East Bayshore Park
Park or garden
13 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
3.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Waterfront TrailMemory Lane
Directionsto a point inside
Exhibition Park
Park or garden
14 ha0.4 km of path
3.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
M.A. Sills Park
Park or garden
11 ha0.4 km of path
4.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Pirate Ship Park
Park or garden
8.8 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the centre
Riverside Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks and green spaces
Zwick's Island ParkPark or garden · 42 ha · 5.4 km of path
DirectionsRiverside Park WestPark or garden · 22 ha · 5.1 km of path
DirectionsKiwanis East Bayshore ParkPark or garden · 13 ha · 2.4 km of path
DirectionsExhibition ParkPark or garden · 14 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsThurlow ParkPark or garden · 13 ha
DirectionsM.A. Sills ParkPark or garden · 11 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPirate Ship ParkPark or garden · 8.8 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsStanley ParkPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsCanniff Mills ParkPark or garden · 6.3 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsRotary ParkPark or garden · 7.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsCliff Belch ParkPark or garden · 5.1 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJane Forrester ParkPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsTownship ParkPark or garden · 5.1 ha
DirectionsBoyd ParkPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsLions ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsBird ParkPark or garden · 3.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsCascade ParkPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsWerner Dietz ParkPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsRiverside Park EastPark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsCanada Flag ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParkdale Veterans ParkPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsCanniff ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLloyd Syer Summit Gardens ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsMemorial GardensPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsWhitney ParkPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsVictoria ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha
DirectionsJackson Woods ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsWest Hill Green SpacePark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSir MacKenzie Bowell ParkettePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsRobin Jeffrey ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSource: 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 6 in 10 of Belleville’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 (64%)Further (36%)
Belleville64%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 23,000 people more than a short walk away. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1.2% of the land near Belleville
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Belleville1.8%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
Big parks near Belleville
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
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
14 km north3.5 km²since 1985
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
57 km south-east24 km²since 1904
Closer to home, Stoco Fen Provincial Park is 14 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
Paths to walk: 105 km in and around Belleville
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
105 km
in and around the town (340.9 km²)
Woodland
26%
about 90.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BellevilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BellevilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland26%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 72% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 72% 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
1 walking route near Belleville
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Stirling Rail Trail11.8 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Belleville is best on foot in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Trenton, 14 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 78 | 60 | 64 | 84 | 81 | 83 | 75 | 70 | 92 | 91 | 84 | 77 |
Rain and snow peak in September (92 mm) and ease in February (60 mm). Daytime highs run from -2 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. Snowfall averages 155 cm a year. The climate in Belleville →
Things to do
4 viewpoints near Belleville
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, 40 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 4
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
North Potter's Creek Conservation Area0.3 km from town
DirectionsMassasauga Point Conservation Area0.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 40
Canniff Mills Playgroundin town
DirectionsEast Hill Playgroundin town
DirectionsRick Meagher Medigas Play Parkin town
DirectionsSelma Bochnek Splash Padin town
DirectionsPlus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
James Moore Quinte Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Belleville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Quinte WestTyendinaga Mohawk TerritoryBelleville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleville | 1.2% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Quinte West 16 km | 1.4% | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 18 km | 0.1% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
For walking routes, Quinte West leads the area with 3. For protected land, no neighbour of Belleville doubles its share.
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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Belleville
What is the nearest national park to Belleville?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, 57 km off.
What walking routes are near Belleville?
The Stirling Rail Trail, mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Belleville is protected?
Within 10 km, 1.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Belleville?
It is Stoco Fen Provincial Park, 14 km away.
When should you visit Belleville for the outdoors?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Where Belleville’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).