First pick
Madoc Fair Grounds
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
18 ha
5.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Art Anderson · CC BY-SA 3.02.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Centre Hastings · parks, protected land & trails
The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) runs by Centre Hastings
10 km from town is Stoco Fen Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Within 10 km are 30 protected areas. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
2.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
30
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
73 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
10 km
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Centre Hastings 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 km2.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.4%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 routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Centre Hastings comes 19th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,100 to 5,249 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
Centre Hastings2.5%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Centre Hastings0
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Centre Hastings2
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For walking routes, Centre Hastings sits near the top of its size group: 8 of 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Bay-Westfield NB | 29% | 1% | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Cowichan Valley BC | 23% | 0.9% | 58 | 4 | 24 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D, Peace River BC | 19% | 18% | 56 | 3 | 123 |
| 4 | Metchosin BC | 18% | 9.6% | 31 | 2 | 22 |
| 5 | Lake Echo NS | 16% | 33% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Montréal-Ouest QC | 16% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Inverness NS | 13% | 5.1% | 141 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Upper Tantallon NS | 13% | 19% | 157 | 3 | 12 |
| 9 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac QC | 11% | 1% | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 10 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton QC | 9.4% | 1.6% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Starlight Village NB | 9.2% | 3.1% | 23 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Montréal-Est QC | 7.7% | 0.4% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Antigonish NS | 7.6% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Trumpeter Area AB | 5.4% | 1.6% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay BC | 4.5% | 7.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Heritage SK | 4% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Rushdale ON | 3.9% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Crown Point East ON | 3.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| 19 | Centre Hastings ON | 2.5% | 1.4% | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Coverdale NB | 1.9% | 4.4% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Big Lakes County AB | 1.8% | 1.9% | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| 22 | Mt. Hope Huron Park ON | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Earl Grey MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Lord Roberts MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | West Alexander MB | 1.4% | 0% | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Kneehill County AB | 1.3% | 1.1% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Shaughnessy Park MB | 1.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Marystown NL | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Bannerman AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Bearspaw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Ogilvie Ridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Twin Brooks AB | 0.3% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover QC | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Edmonton Energy And Technology Park AB | 0.1% | 0.8% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Queen Alexandra AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Ritchie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Tweddle Place AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Carstairs AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Didsbury AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Rundle Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Centre Hastings
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
5 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Centre Hastings
Madoc Fair Grounds is the largest, at 18 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 33 ha in all
Parks & gardens 30 haWoods 2.4 ha
Add Madoc Fair Grounds to Whytock Park and you have 85% of it.
Whytock Park
Park or garden
9.7 ha0.3 km of path
5.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lakeview Protestant Cemetery
Park or garden
2.3 ha
4.2 km northfrom 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
3 in 10 people in Centre Hastings live near 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 (31%)Further (69%)
Centre Hastings31%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 3,600 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
2.5% of the land around Centre Hastings 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 Centre Hastings1.4%
Within 10 km2.5%
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
73 km to Thousand Islands 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
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
10 km east3.5 km²since 1985
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
73 km east24 km²since 1904
A provincial park is closer: Stoco Fen Provincial Park, at 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Centre Hastings has 46 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
46 km
in and around the town (312 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 166.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Centre HastingsTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Centre HastingsTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 85% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 81% 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
Trails around Centre Hastings
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalLocal
The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)239.5 km
Stirling Rail Trail11.8 km
The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) is 240 km long on the map, and 16.7 km of it lies within 2 km of town.
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 Centre Hastings: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Trenton (40 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 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| 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 |
Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -2 °C in January. Most rain and snow falls in September, 92 mm; February sees 60 mm. Snow totals about 155 cm a year. The climate in Centre Hastings →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Centre Hastings
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
Near Centre Hastings: 8 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: picnic sites (3).
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 3
Memorial Picnicin town
DirectionsWhytock Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Kiwanis Club of Madoc Boat Launchin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Centre Hastings
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
MadocTweedMarmoraCentre Hastings
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Madoc, Tweed and Marmora have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Centre Hastings
What walking routes are near Centre Hastings?
The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) and Stirling Rail Trail, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there a beach near Centre Hastings?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is Centre Hastings near a national park?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, 73 km off.
How much land around Centre Hastings is protected?
Yes: 2.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Centre Hastings?
It is Stoco Fen Provincial Park, 10 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Centre Hastings?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Centre Hastings’ 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).