Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Chatsworth is 14 km from Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park
Within 10 km are 45 protected areas. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Bruce Trail - Sydenham section. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
Chatsworth 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.
Chatsworth has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,627 to 7,920 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Chatsworth sits near the top of its size group: 8 of 39 have more. For protected land nearby, though, 35 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kenora, Unorganized ON | 12% | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| 3 | Baie-Saint-Paul QC | 11% | 0.1% | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 4 | Dryden ON | 11% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Donnacona QC | 9.6% | 0.1% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Minden Hills ON | 8.1% | 5.9% | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Cypress County AB | 7.9% | 5.9% | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Mountview ON | 7% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | La Broquerie MB | 6.6% | 5.1% | 73 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Landsdale ON | 4.7% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Coteau-du-Lac QC | 4.4% | 0.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Dufferin Hill ON | 4.4% | 1.6% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | La Perle AB | 4.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bienville QC | 4.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Calixte QC | 3.6% | 0.4% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Shefford QC | 3.1% | 1.6% | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Lakeview SK | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Windsor Park AB | 2.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Whitewater Region ON | 2.5% | 1.3% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Nanaimo BC | 2.4% | 3.8% | 39 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | Playter Estates-Danforth ON | 2.3% | 1.5% | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 22 | Altadore AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Valley Ridge AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Stoneybrook ON | 1.8% | 21% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Cornwall PE | 1.7% | 0% | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 26 | Pulberry MB | 1.5% | 7.7% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley BC | 1.3% | 3.1% | 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Bostwick ON | 1.3% | 0.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Central St. Boniface MB | 1.3% | 2.9% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | Silver Heights MB | 1.2% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 31 | Brazeau County AB | 1% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Ambleside AB | 1% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Newell County AB | 0.9% | 1% | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 34 | Fruitland ON | 0.9% | 4.9% | 25 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | Augusta ON | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Chatsworth ON | 0.6% | 0.7% | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Callingwood South AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Chesley ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | River East MB | 0.2% | 5.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The green map of Chatsworth
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town.
About 1 in 10 of Chatsworth’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.
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 7,000 people more than a short walk away.
45 protected areas lie within 10 km of Chatsworth
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
19 of the 45 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Fawcett leads for size with 37 ha. The figures include 24 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
6 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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.
Georgian Bay Islands National Park is 77 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.
Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 14 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Chatsworth and its edge hold 48 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 has fewer paths per km² than 90% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 78% 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.
Chatsworth has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
The best months for walking in Chatsworth: May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Wiarton (44 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 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 111 | 77 | 66 | 84 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 83 | 99 | 110 | 110 | 104 |
January is the wettest month (111 mm) and March the driest (66 mm). From -2 °C in January to 24 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 385 cm. The climate in Chatsworth →
A beach within 5 km of Chatsworth
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Outdoors around Chatsworth: 8 places to go
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, 5 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Chatsworth
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 21–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Chatsworth.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatsworth | 0.6% | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| Owen Sound 21 km | 1.3% | 33 | 2 | 12 |
| Chesley 24 km | 0.3% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| Durham 24 km | 0.3% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Meaford 27 km | 1.1% | 70 | 4 | 21 |
| Georgian Bluffs 27 km | 1.1% | 67 | 4 | 17 |
For walking routes, Meaford leads the area with 4. For protected land, Owen Sound has twice as much or more.
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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Chatsworth
What is the nearest provincial park to Chatsworth?
It is Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park, 14 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Chatsworth?
Fawcett: 37 ha, a protected area.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Chatsworth?
On the normals, May to August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is Chatsworth from a national park?
It is Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 77 km off.
Where can you swim near Chatsworth?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Are there hiking trails near Chatsworth?
The Bruce Trail - Sydenham section, mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Chatsworth is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources for this page on Chatsworth
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).