First pick
Wallace Cummings Park
Park or garden
11 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
14 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Drayton · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Drayton is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 35 km away
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Kissing Bridge Trail. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
99 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
35 km
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Drayton 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Drayton has the 2nd least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (11,315 to 11,716 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
Drayton0%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Drayton0
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Drayton1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Drayton trails its peers is public protected areas; 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banff AB | 100% | 100% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot QC | 34% | 0.6% | 50 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Montmagny QC | 26% | 0.1% | 51 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Chapel Hill North ON | 14% | 1.2% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Williams Lake BC | 14% | 8.3% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Cardinal Creek ON | 11% | 0% | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ramara ON | 8.6% | 0.5% | 37 | 2 | 10 |
| 8 | Sechelt BC | 7.5% | 2% | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Milton-Parc QC | 7.5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | New Kleinburg ON | 7.5% | 12% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Katimavik-Hazeldean ON | 6.8% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Ebenezer West ON | 6.8% | 11% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Estevan SK | 6.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Coldstream BC | 6.2% | 0.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Hochelaga QC | 5.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Provinceton BC | 5.3% | 5.9% | 160 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | Pont-Rouge QC | 5.1% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Arnprior ON | 3.9% | 1.3% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Hawkesbury ON | 3.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Casa Loma ON | 2.3% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | North Riverdale ON | 2.2% | 0% | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 22 | René-Goupil QC | 2.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Selkirk MB | 1.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Fort Richmond MB | 1.6% | 2.3% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Bridgwater Trails MB | 1.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Pelmo Park-Humberlea ON | 1.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | William Whyte MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Bowness AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Millbrook ON | 0.6% | 0.1% | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Keelesdale-Eglinton West ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Long Branch ON | 0.3% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 32 | New Toronto ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 33 | Jefferson MB | 0.3% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | West Springs AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Farnham QC | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Fontainebleau ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Dundalk ON | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Morden MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Drayton ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Beddington Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Drayton
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
Walk in Drayton: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Wallace Cummings Park, 11 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
ABC Park
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Drayton
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
About 1 in 10 of Drayton’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.
Within 400 m (11%)Further (89%)
Drayton11%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). For about 10,300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Drayton has 1 protected area within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Drayton0%
Within 10 km0%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It belongs to a private owner or a land trust, so the page leaves its name out.
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
Rouge National Urban Park, 99 km off
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
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
35 km east2.9 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
99 km east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, at 35 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Drayton has 13 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
13 km
in and around the town (656 km²)
Woodland
10%
about 68.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DraytonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DraytonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 54% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 96% 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
1 walking route near Drayton
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Kissing Bridge Trail46.8 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Drayton is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mount Forest (26 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
Precipitation runs from 68 mm in March to 100 mm in June. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -3 °C. The climate in Drayton →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Drayton
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
25 things to do outdoors near Drayton
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 15 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
The Ashin town
DirectionsThe Covein town
DirectionsThe Maplesin town
DirectionsThe Oaksin town
DirectionsSlipways 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 Drayton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Drayton with figures are 20–25 km away.
Mount ForestFergusListowelPalmerstonElmiraDrayton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mount Forest 20 km | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Fergus 23 km | 0% | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Listowel 24 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Palmerston 24 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elmira 25 km | 0.8% | 27 | 10 | 1 |
Elmira has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 10. Drayton holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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 Drayton
Is there a beach near Drayton?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What walking routes are near Drayton?
OpenStreetMap maps the Kissing Bridge Trail close by.
How far is Drayton from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 99 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Drayton?
Protected areas cover 0% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Drayton?
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 35 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Drayton?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Drayton’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).