First pick
Rotary Centennial Park
Park or garden
3.7 ha
3.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 2.02.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Colborne · parks, protected land & trails
Presqu'Ile Provincial Park is 2.4 km from Colborne
OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Oak Ridges Trail. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. For a national park, Thousand Islands National Park is 94 km away.
Protected land
2.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
28
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
94 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.4 km
Presqu'Ile Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Colborne compares with other 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km2.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Colborne ranks 16th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,088 to 7,342 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
Colborne2.2%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Colborne3
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Colborne1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Colborne does best for protected land nearby: 15 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hope BC | 15% | 4.1% | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Vanier South ON | 12% | 1.1% | 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Les Cèdres QC | 11% | 0.1% | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Peace River AB | 8.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Kent BC | 8.3% | 8.2% | 16 | 2 | 42 |
| 6 | Chandler QC | 5.8% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Carlisle ON | 4% | 0% | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Raleigh ON | 4% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Coronation Park SK | 4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Haysboro AB | 3.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Concord ON | 3.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Cathedral Village SK | 2.8% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | Saint-Paul QC | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Athabasca County AB | 2.4% | 3.2% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Twin Lakes SK | 2.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Colborne ON | 2.2% | 0.3% | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Fairwinds BC | 2.2% | 4.7% | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| 18 | Slave Lake AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Currie Barracks AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brown's Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Whyte Ridge MB | 1.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Lymburn AB | 1.7% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | North River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Sherbrooke AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Wainfleet ON | 1.4% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | King Edward MB | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Inglewood AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Shannon QC | 0.9% | 3.9% | 21 | 1 | 14 |
| 29 | Merritt BC | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Chibougamau QC | 0.8% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | Cougar Ridge AB | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Yarmouth NS | 0.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Erin Woods AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 34 | La Sarre QC | 0.5% | 0.1% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Brighton SK | 0.5% | 0.1% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Cavanagh AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Val-des-Sources QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Niverville MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Hamptons AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Kincora AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Colborne on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Colborne
Rotary Centennial Park is the largest, at 3.7 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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 2 in 10 in Colborne
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 (25%)Further (75%)
Colborne25%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 5,400 residents are further than 400 m from a park. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
2.2% of the country within 10 km of Colborne 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 Colborne0.3%
Within 10 km2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 3 of the 28. The others are private conservation land. Presqu'Ile Provincial Park covers 982 ha, the most of any named area. Another 25 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Presqu'Ile Provincial ParkProvincial park · 982 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Peter's Woods Provincial ParkProvincial park · 349 ha · 3.4 km from the edge of town
Northumberland County ForestNature reserve · 440 ha · 3.8 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
94 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
Presqu'Ile Provincial Park
2.4 km east9.8 km²since 1922
Provincial park
Peter's Woods Provincial Park
3.4 km north-west3.5 km²since 1976
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
94 km east24 km²since 1904
Nearer still is Presqu'Ile Provincial Park, a provincial park 2.4 km away. There are 2 provincial parks within 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
Colborne has 43 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
43 km
in and around the town (277.9 km²)
Woodland
32%
about 90.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ColborneTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ColborneTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 75% of Canadian towns. 80% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Colborne
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Oak Ridges Trail272.4 km
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 Colborne: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Trenton, 29 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 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 78 | 60 | 64 | 84 | 81 | 83 | 75 | 70 | 92 | 91 | 84 | 77 |
Winter brings about 155 cm of snow. Most rain and snow falls in September, 92 mm; February sees 60 mm. The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-1 °C). The climate in Colborne →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Colborne, none named
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
8 things to do outdoors near Colborne
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 3 campsites, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area0.1 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Plus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Colborne
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BrightonAlnwick/HaldimandColborne
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 2.2% | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| Brighton 12 km | 1.3% | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Alnwick/Haldimand 16 km | 1.1% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Colborne’s protected share.
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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Colborne
How far is the nearest provincial park from Colborne?
Presqu'Ile Provincial Park, 2.4 km away.
What is the nearest beach to Colborne?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Where can you walk near Colborne?
The Oak Ridges Trail, mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Colborne is protected?
Within 10 km, 2.2% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Colborne?
It is Presqu'Ile Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 982 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Colborne?
Thousand Islands National Park, 94 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Colborne 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
Sources for this page on Colborne
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).