First pick
Courthouse Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
0.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cindy Funk · CC BY 2.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Goderich · parks, protected land & trails
4 named trails run within 2 km of Goderich
The nearest provincial park, Morris Tract Provincial Park, is 3.0 km away. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
3.0 km
Morris Tract Provincial Park
Walking routes
4
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Goderich against 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 km1.5%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes4Named 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
Goderich sits 16th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,302 to 8,523 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
Goderich1.5%
Towns its size2.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Goderich2
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Goderich4
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Goderich trails its peers is public protected areas; 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Wildfield ON | 9.1% | 14% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 17 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 18 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Deer Lake BC | 2.9% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| 21 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Rocky Ridge AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Douro-Dummer ON | 2.3% | 1.4% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Prairie View SK | 2.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | St. John's MB | 0.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 31 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 32 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 34 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marlborough Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | Garneau AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Goderich
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
Walk in Goderich: 4 named parks and woods
Courthouse Park is the largest, at 1.6 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 5 ha in all
Parks & gardens 5.1 ha
Add Lions Harbour Park to Courthouse Park and you have 71% of it.
Judith Gooderham Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Christopher's Beach
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the centre
Goderich Waterfront Boardwalk
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
9 in 10 people in Goderich 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 (88%)Further (12%)
Goderich88%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%. Around 1,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Goderich 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 Goderich0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 2 of the 10. The others are private conservation land. At 308 ha, Point Farms Provincial Park is the largest. 8 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Morris Tract Provincial ParkProvincial park · 59 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
Point Farms Provincial ParkProvincial park · 308 ha · 5.1 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
3.0 km to Morris Tract Provincial 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
Morris Tract Provincial Park
3.0 km east0.6 km²since 1997
Provincial park
Point Farms Provincial Park
5.1 km north3.1 km²since 1970
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Goderich, so the parks here are provincial. 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
Goderich and its edge hold 20 km of footpath
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
20 km
in and around the town (25.5 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 3.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GoderichTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GoderichTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 60% of Canadian towns. 61% 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
Trails around Goderich
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
LocalOther waymarked
Maitland Trail52.5 km
Goderich to Auburn Rail Trail (hiking)20.0 km
Goderich Millenium Trail3.9 km
Sifto Loop1.6 km
At 52.5 km, the Maitland Trail is the longest local route.
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 Goderich: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Mount Forest, 81 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -1 °C. The wettest month, June, brings 100 mm, against 68 mm in March. The climate in Goderich →
Beaches
2 unnamed beaches near Goderich
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Goderich: 11 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 7.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Plus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Goderich
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Ashfield-Colborne-WawanoshClintonGoderich
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goderich | 1.5% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 13 km | 0.4% | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Clinton 15 km | 0.4% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Goderich’s protected share. Clinton has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 13.
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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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 Goderich
When should you visit Goderich for the outdoors?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Which is the biggest protected area near Goderich?
It is Point Farms Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 308 ha.
Is Goderich near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Goderich.
Are there protected areas near Goderich?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest beach to Goderich?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
What walking routes are near Goderich?
OpenStreetMap maps the Maitland Trail, Goderich to Auburn Rail Trail (hiking) and Goderich Millenium Trail close by, with others.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Goderich?
The closest is Morris Tract Provincial Park, at 3.0 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Goderich
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).