Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wolf Island Provincial Park is 0.1 km from Bridgenorth
For a swim, Sandy Lake Beach is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. A drive of 69 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. Protected areas cover 4.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Bridgenorth 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Bridgenorth has the 20th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (20,071 to 21,170 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Bridgenorth trails its peers is public protected areas; 27 of 39 have more.
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 | Pitt Meadows BC | 28% | 18% | 127 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Dorval QC | 20% | 0.2% | 38 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Dunbar-Southlands BC | 17% | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 5 | Woodlawn NS | 15% | 3.3% | 27 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Upper Lachine QC | 12% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wismer Commons ON | 11% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Édouard-Montpetit QC | 8.3% | 0.7% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Baie-Comeau QC | 7.4% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Corner Brook NL | 6.3% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Maisonneuve QC | 5.2% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 19 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures QC | 5% | 0.5% | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Bridgenorth ON | 4.7% | 0.3% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | West Rouge ON | 3.4% | 2.2% | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | Thorncliffe Park ON | 2.5% | 16% | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 24 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 25 | Gabriel-Sagard QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Chameran/Montpellier QC | 1.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Thornlea ON | 1.9% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON | 1.9% | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 31 | Huron Heights ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | White Oaks ON | 1.4% | 0.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Salmon Arm BC | 1.3% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Oakwood Village ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | Centre (Montréal-Nord) QC | 1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Camrose AB | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Sturgeon County AB | 0.8% | 0.7% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 38 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | East Windsor ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Roseland ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Parks, woods and paths around Bridgenorth
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
26 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Bridgenorth
Skyline Park is the largest, at 20 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Spread across many places, the largest holding 16%.
Jacob Island
Ennismore Robert E. Young Recreation Complex
Lakefield College School Forest
Big Island
Millage Island
All 26 named parks and green spaces
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.
In Bridgenorth, parks are rarely a short walk away
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.
That leaves about 20,000 people more than a short walk away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
4.7% of the country within 10 km of Bridgenorth is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
4 of the 21 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park covers 37,587 ha, the most of any named area. The figures include 17 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
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.
69 km to Rouge National Urban 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.
Wolf Island Provincial Park
Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park
Emily Provincial Park
Mark S. Burnham Provincial Park
Rouge National Urban Park
Closer to home, Wolf Island Provincial Park is 0.1 km away. Within 10 km are 4 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Bridgenorth and its edge hold 90 km of footpath
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It is more wooded than 75% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 79% 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.
No mapped walking route near Bridgenorth
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Bridgenorth: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Peterborough, 20 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 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 42 | 54 | 73 | 79 | 88 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 64 |
Expect around 158 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -3 °C. The wettest month, June, brings 88 mm, against 42 mm in February. The climate in Bridgenorth →
The beach near Bridgenorth: Sandy Lake Beach, 2.8 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
5 further beaches go unnamed. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Bridgenorth has 5 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (67).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Picnic sites 7
Plus 7 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 67
Plus 67 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 37
Plus 34 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 10
Plus 10 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Bridgenorth
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgenorth | 4.7% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| Curve Lake First Nation 35 7.5 km | 2.9% | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| Peterborough 12 km | 0.6% | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Douro-Dummer 16 km | 2.3% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
Douro-Dummer has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 2. None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Bridgenorth.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Bridgenorth
How far is the nearest provincial park from Bridgenorth?
It is Wolf Island Provincial Park, 0.1 km away.
When should you visit Bridgenorth for the outdoors?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the largest protected area near Bridgenorth?
Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park: 37,587 ha, a provincial park.
Is there a beach near Bridgenorth?
Try Sandy Lake Beach, 2.8 km from town, first of several.
Is there protected land near Bridgenorth?
Within 10 km, 4.7% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is Bridgenorth near a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 69 km off.
The sources behind Bridgenorth’s outdoors figures
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).