First pick
Sons of Scotland Park
Park or garden
8.6 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Dutton
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Dutton · parks, protected land & trails
A provincial park at Dutton’s edge: John E. Pearce Provincial Park
Of the country within 10 km, 0.2% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. CPCAD lists 6 protected areas within 10 km. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
John E. Pearce Provincial Park
Character
The outdoors in Dutton, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgeJohn E. Pearce Provincial Park reaches the townLittle protected land0.2% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Dutton is strongest on a provincial park at its edge. Where it falls short is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
How Dutton 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0.2%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Dutton is 9th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,582 to 4,784 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
Dutton0.2%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Dutton1
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Dutton0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Dutton is weakest for protected land nearby: 31 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 20 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Dutton 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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Dutton
Sons of Scotland Park is the largest, at 8.6 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 19 ha in all
Parks & gardens 19 ha
Add Wallacetown Fairgrounds to Sons of Scotland Park and you have 91% of it.
Wallacetown Fairgrounds
Park or garden
8.8 ha
4.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dutton/Dunwich Conservation Area
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
10 km north-westfrom 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
1 in 10 people in Dutton 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 (12%)Further (88%)
Dutton12%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. Around 4,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
John E. Pearce Provincial Park touches Dutton
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Dutton0.2%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 6 are on public land. Another 5 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
John E. Pearce Provincial ParkProvincial park · 68 ha · reaches Dutton
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
From the edge of Dutton, John E. Pearce Provincial Park begins
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
John E. Pearce Provincial Park
At the edge0.7 km²since 1957
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Dutton, so the parks here are provincial.
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: 9 km in and around Dutton
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
8.6 km
in and around the town (409.5 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 72.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DuttonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DuttonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 65% of Canadian towns. 96% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Dutton
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
The best months for walking in Dutton: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (New Glasgow, 21 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 56 | 66 | 89 | 90 | 79 | 86 | 73 | 80 | 84 | 83 | 72 |
Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. May is the wettest month (90 mm) and February the driest (56 mm). Snow totals about 91 cm a year. The climate in Dutton →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Dutton
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 6 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Dutton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
West LorneSouthwoldDutton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutton | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lorne 14 km | 0.6% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Southwold 17 km | 0.1% | 5 | 4 | 5 |
More routes are mapped around Southwold (4). Around Dutton, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Dutton
Which is the biggest protected area near Dutton?
John E. Pearce Provincial Park, a provincial park of 68 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Dutton?
None within 100 km of Dutton.
Are there protected areas near Dutton?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Dutton?
Pearce Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Dutton?
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
Where Dutton’s outdoors figures come from
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).