First pick
Fuller Heights Park
Park or garden
6.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.01.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Bradford · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 28 km from Bradford
A provincial park, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, lies 4.0 km away. Named trails close by number 5, the Kingfisher Loop Trail and Chickadee Loop Trail among them. Biggest among them: Northwest Quadrant Woodlot, 60 ha, 4.3 km off.
Protected land
1.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
28
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
28 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
4.0 km
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
Walking routes
5
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Bradford, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes5Named 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
Bradford sits 15th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (43,555 to 59,664 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
Bradford1.1%
Towns its size3.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Bradford2
Towns its size9
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Bradford5
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Bradford’s strong point is walking routes, where 8 of 39 top it. For public protected areas, though, 30 of 39 are ahead.
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 | Vaudreuil-Dorion QC | 20% | 0.7% | 73 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Châteauguay QC | 19% | 0.8% | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Mission BC | 19% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | Newton BC | 15% | 7.3% | 174 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Sault-Saint-Louis QC | 11% | 10% | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Saint-Eustache QC | 9.9% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Pointe-aux-Trembles QC | 9.5% | 7.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Rimouski QC | 8.8% | 3.6% | 43 | 10 | 48 |
| 12 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC | 8.8% | 1.9% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | West Vancouver BC | 8.6% | 21% | 56 | 10 | 132 |
| 14 | Vernon BC | 8.4% | 1.9% | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Whalley BC | 8.2% | 1% | 125 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | Hagerman's Corners ON | 6.4% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Stouffville ON | 5.9% | 0.5% | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Fabreville QC | 5.8% | 3% | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Mascouche QC | 4% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Port-Maurice QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Spruce Grove AB | 3.1% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Timmins ON | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 23 | Alliston ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Charlottetown PE | 2% | 2% | 15 | 25 | 13 |
| 25 | Quinte West ON | 1.4% | 0.6% | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | Bradford ON | 1.1% | 1.3% | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Brandon MB | 1.1% | 0.9% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Keswick ON | 0.7% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 29 | Roseborough ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Hurontario ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rocky View County AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 20 | 9 | 19 |
| 32 | Paris ON | 0.4% | 0.2% | 26 | 7 | 3 |
| 33 | Woodstock ON | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Lakeshore ON | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Churchill Meadows ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | St. Thomas ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Cornwall ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Bradford
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
7 named parks and woods to walk in near Bradford
Largest first: Fuller Heights Park leads with 6.5 ha. Numbers match the map.
7 named parks and woods, 23 ha in all
Parks & gardens 23 ha
Add Fuller Heights Park to Discovery Play Garden and you have 51% of it.
Alan Kuzmich Memorial Park
Park or garden
4.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Sutherland Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Discovery Play Garden
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.4 km of path
4.8 km northfrom the centre
Kingfisher LoopSugar Maple LoopChicadee / Kingfisher / Sugar Maple
Directionsto a point inside
Lions Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.4 km of path
2.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Taylor Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Taylor Park 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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Bradford
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 (78%)Further (22%)
Bradford78%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 11,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
Around Bradford, protected areas make up 1.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Bradford1.3%
Within 10 km1.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 2 of the 28; land trusts and private owners hold the others. The largest named one is Northwest Quadrant Woodlot, at 60 ha. 26 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial ParkProvincial park · 34 ha · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Northwest Quadrant WoodlotNature reserve · 60 ha · 4.3 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
Parks around Bradford
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
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
4.0 km east0.3 km²since 1994
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
28 km south-east46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park is 4.0 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: 79 km in and around Bradford
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
79 km
in and around the town (281.2 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 39.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BradfordTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BradfordTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 73% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 60% 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
Bradford has 5 named walking routes
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking)12.4 km
Kingfisher Loop Trail3.3 km
Chickadee Loop Trail2.8 km
Evergreen Trail2.1 km
Sugar Maple Loop Trail1.9 km
The longest of the rest is the Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking), 12.4 km. 3 of them are under 3 km, good for a short outing.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Bradford is best on foot in May, July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Egbert (21 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 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
About 174 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -3 °C, July highs of 26 °C. Rain and snow peak in June (83 mm) and ease in February (45 mm). The climate in Bradford →
Beaches
The beach near Bradford: Crestwood Beach, 4.4 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Crestwood Beach4.4 km from town
DirectionsNo open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A viewpoint near Bradford
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 56 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 4
Hodgson Tractin town
DirectionsScanlon Creek Conservation Areain town
DirectionsSinclair Tractin town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve more.
Playgrounds 56
Ashford Playgroundin town
DirectionsDiscovery Play Gardenin town
DirectionsPlus 54 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Scanlon Creek Bark Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Jellystone Park Camp-Resortin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Bradford
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
NewmarketEast GwillimburyAuroraAllistonKingBradford
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.1% | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| Newmarket 11 km | 1.3% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| East Gwillimbury 12 km | 0.8% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Aurora 15 km | 2.2% | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| Alliston 18 km | 2.1% | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| King 18 km | 4.1% | 94 | 6 | 1 |
Around Aurora and King the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Bradford
Is Bradford near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 28 km.
When is the best time for walking in Bradford?
On the normals, May, July and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Bradford?
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, 4.0 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Bradford?
It is Northwest Quadrant Woodlot, a nature reserve covering 60 ha.
Where can you walk near Bradford?
Try the Kingfisher Loop Trail, Chickadee Loop Trail and Evergreen Trail; more are on the map.
What is the nearest beach to Bradford?
Try Crestwood Beach, 4.4 km from town.
Is there protected land near Bradford?
Within 10 km, 1.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
Sources for this page on Bradford
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).