First pick
Optimist Harbourview Park
Park or garden
13 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Georgian TrailBoardwalk TrailBirch Street Trail+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.03.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Collingwood · parks, protected land & trails
Collingwood is 45 km from Georgian Bay Islands National Park
2.7 km from town is Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Sunset Point Beach. The 10 km around town hold 15 protected areas.
Protected land
3.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
45 km
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.7 km
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Collingwood 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km3.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Among 40 towns its size, Collingwood ranks 17th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (27,155 to 29,669 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
Collingwood3.9%
Towns its size3.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Collingwood9
Towns its size8
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Collingwood0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squamish BC | 30% | 21% | 20 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Du Plateau QC | 22% | 25% | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Marpole BC | 17% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Bedford NS | 15% | 2.3% | 29 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Austinville NS | 11% | 0% | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 7 | René-Lévesque QC | 8.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Montagne QC | 7.7% | 42% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay ON | 5% | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Marie-Victorin QC | 4.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Alloa ON | 4.2% | 8.7% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | King ON | 4.1% | 2.7% | 94 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Collingwood ON | 3.9% | 0.2% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Vieux-Rosemont QC | 3.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Grandview-Woodland BC | 3.5% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 51 |
| 21 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wasaga Beach ON | 3% | 21% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 23 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | York University Heights ON | 2.7% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | West Hill ON | 2.4% | 15% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Harbourfront-CityPlace ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 29 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Wexford/Maryvale ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Parc-Extension QC | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 34 | South Riverdale ON | 1.5% | 16% | 12 | 9 | 49 |
| 35 | Argyle ON | 1.5% | 0.3% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Beamsville ON | 1.2% | 1.3% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| 38 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Collingwood
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
17 named parks and woods to walk in near Collingwood
Optimist Harbourview Park is the largest, at 13 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
17 named parks and woods, 64 ha in all
Parks & gardens 64 ha
Fisher Fields and Optimist Harbourview Park together hold 42% of it.
Fisher Fields
Park or garden
14 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sunset Point Beach Park
Park or garden
9.2 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
1.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Sunset Point Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Arboretum
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Boardwalk Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Millenium Overlook Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Old Village (Legion) Park
Park or garden
2.9 ha
2.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 17 named parks and green spaces
Optimist Harbourview ParkPark or garden · 13 ha · 3.1 km of path
DirectionsFisher FieldsPark or garden · 14 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsSunset Point Beach ParkPark or garden · 9.2 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsCentral ParkPark or garden · 7.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsCentennial ParkPark or garden · 4.4 ha
DirectionsArboretumPark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsMillenium Overlook ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsOld Village (Legion) ParkPark or garden · 2.9 ha
DirectionsMountaincroft ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsEnviro ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsWhite's Bay ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJ. J. Cooper ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsHarbourlands ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsMair Mills Community ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsMorbay ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsFriendship GardensPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsBlack Ash ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
5 in 10 people in Collingwood 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 (46%)Further (54%)
Collingwood46%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. About 15,000 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 3.9% of the land near Collingwood
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Collingwood0.2%
Within 10 km3.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 15, 9 are public land; the others are privately held. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park covers 1,844 ha, the most of any named area. Another 6 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Collingwood HarbourProtected area · 235 ha · reaches Collingwood
Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,844 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Craigleith Provincial ParkProvincial park · 67 ha · 3.4 km from the edge of town
Pretty River Valley Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,099 ha · 3.9 km from the edge of town
SkeltonProtected area · 19 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
WoodProtected area · 8.7 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Wilson, D.Protected area · 26 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial ParkProvincial park · 130 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
SlyProtected area · 38 ha · 7.6 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 Collingwood
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
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
2.7 km east18 km²since 1959
Provincial park
Craigleith Provincial Park
3.4 km north-west0.7 km²since 1967
Provincial park
Pretty River Valley Provincial Park
3.9 km south-west11 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial Park
6.6 km south1.3 km²since 1994
National park
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
45 km north-east14 km²since 1930
A provincial park is closer: Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, at 2.7 km. 4 provincial parks lie 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
Paths to walk: 82 km in and around Collingwood
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
82 km
in and around the town (78.2 km²)
Woodland
13%
about 10.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CollingwoodTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CollingwoodTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 58% of Canadian towns. For path density, 58% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Collingwood
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Collingwood in May, July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Egbert, 46 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 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. For dry weather, February is best (45 mm); June gets 83 mm. Snow totals about 174 cm a year. The climate in Collingwood →
Beaches
Collingwood has 3 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sunset Point Beachmixed · in town
DirectionsBeach Area 6sand · 4.0 km from town
DirectionsThere is also one beach without a name. No 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
2 viewpoints near Collingwood
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 19 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Plus 2 dog parks without a name on the map.
Slipways 4
Plus 4 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Collingwood
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StaynerWasaga BeachThornburyCollingwood
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 3.9% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Stayner 13 km | 5% | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| Wasaga Beach 14 km | 3% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Thornbury 17 km | 2.2% | 63 | 5 | 8 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Collingwood’s protected share. For walking routes, Thornbury leads the area with 5.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Collingwood
What is the biggest park or reserve near Collingwood?
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, a provincial park of 1,844 ha.
Is Collingwood near a national park?
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 45 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Collingwood?
The nearest is Sunset Point Beach, in town.
Is there protected land near Collingwood?
Yes: 3.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Collingwood?
May, July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Collingwood?
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, 2.7 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Collingwood
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).