First pick
Joel Stone Heritage Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.03.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Gananoque · parks, protected land & trails
Thousand Islands National Park lies 0.4 km beyond Gananoque’s edge
Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Joel Stone Beach the nearest. The nearest provincial park, Charleston Lake Provincial Park, is 18 km away. Within 10 km are 11 protected areas.
Protected land
3.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
0.4 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Charleston Lake Provincial Park
Beaches
7
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Gananoque stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Out of doors, Gananoque leads with Thousand Islands National Park within easy reach, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Gananoque 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km3.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches7Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Gananoque has the 13th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,457 to 5,678 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
Gananoque3.3%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Gananoque2
Towns its size2
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Gananoque0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Gananoque sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudson QC | 20% | 1.1% | 52 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON | 12% | 2.9% | 35 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Greenboro West ON | 9.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Armstrong BC | 8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lampman ON | 6.9% | 13% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Chertsey QC | 6.5% | 7.2% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Havelock ON | 5.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Smithers BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC | 5.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Espanola ON | 4.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Countryside ON | 4.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Carp ON | 3.8% | 2.9% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Gananoque ON | 3.3% | 1.5% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Creditview ON | 3% | 24% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Oakridge AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | New Glasgow PE | 2.2% | 3% | 20 | 12 | 17 |
| 17 | Huron South ON | 2.1% | 2.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Memramcook NB | 2% | 0% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Carlton AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | The Pas MB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Montcalm MB | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Stirling ON | 1.3% | 1.5% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Burrows Central MB | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Meadow Lake SK | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | West Lorne ON | 0.6% | 0.6% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Bankview AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Wolfville NS | 0.5% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Cookshire-Eaton QC | 0.4% | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Charleswood AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Coral Springs AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Belgravia AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 33 | Hillview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Larkspur AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Southwold ON | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 36 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault NB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Crystallina Nera East AB | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Evansdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kilkenny AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Riverdale AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Gananoque
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
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 Gananoque
Largest first: Joel Stone Heritage Park leads with 1.5 ha. Numbers match the map.
Kinsmen Community Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Gananoque
Directionsto a point inside
Gananoque Confederation Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Gananoque
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
8 in 10 people in Gananoque 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 (80%)Further (20%)
Gananoque80%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,100 people more than a short walk away. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
3.3% of the country within 10 km of Gananoque 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 Gananoque1.5%
Within 10 km3.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 2 of the 11, and private owners the rest. Thousand Islands National Park leads for size with 2,364 ha. The figures include 9 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Judith Scott McLean Memorial ForestNature reserve · 14 ha · reaches Gananoque
Thousand Islands National ParkNational park · 2,364 ha · 0.4 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
Big parks near Gananoque
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
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
0.4 km south24 km²since 1904
Provincial park
Charleston Lake Provincial Park
18 km north-east29 km²since 1976
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
14 km of paths in and around Gananoque
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
14 km
in and around the town (22.3 km²)
Woodland
36%
about 8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GananoqueTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GananoqueTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland36%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 63% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 77% 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
No named walking route passes Gananoque on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 Gananoque: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Brockville (47 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) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 84 | 64 | 68 | 89 | 80 | 96 | 99 | 82 | 96 | 94 | 81 | 85 |
July is warm and wet, 99 mm; the driest month, February, has 64 mm. From -3 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 180 cm. The climate in Gananoque →
Beaches
Beaches near Gananoque: 7 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Joel Stone Beachin town
DirectionsRotary Beachin town
DirectionsCanoe Beach4.1 km from town
DirectionsMurphy's Beach4.3 km from town
Directions3 more are mapped without a name. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A viewpoint near Gananoque
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (7).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Little Blue Mountain1.1 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Plus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Gananoquein town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Gananoque
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Gananoque has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–34 km out.
Leeds and the Thousand IslandsFrontenac IslandsKingstonFront of YongeSouth FrontenacGananoque
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque | 3.3% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands 12 km | 5.8% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| Frontenac Islands 20 km | 1.7% | 17 | 0 | 10 |
| Kingston 30 km | 5% | 54 | 2 | 5 |
| Front of Yonge 33 km | 4.9% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| South Frontenac 34 km | 9.4% | 89 | 18 | 5 |
More routes are mapped around South Frontenac (18). Around South Frontenac the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Gananoque
When should you visit Gananoque for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is Gananoque from a national park?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, 0.4 km off.
Is there protected land near Gananoque?
Protected areas cover 3.3% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Gananoque?
Try Joel Stone Beach, in town, first of several.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Gananoque?
It is Charleston Lake Provincial Park, 18 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Gananoque?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, a national park covering 2,364 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Gananoque
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).