First pick
Turner Park
Park or garden
38 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
4.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Barnstown · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Barnstown is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away
Of the country within 10 km, 4.9% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 89 km separate the town from Rouge National Urban Park, its nearest national park. The largest is Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, 9.7 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
4.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
89 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Barnstown 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km4.9%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 areas3Areas 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, Barnstown ranks 16th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,490 to 6,715 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
Barnstown4.9%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Barnstown3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Barnstown0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Barnstown does best for protected land nearby: 14 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | Old Ottawa South ON | 12% | 5.4% | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Charlemagne QC | 11% | 1.4% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde QC | 6.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Southern Gulf Islands BC | 6.2% | 26% | 115 | 0 | 83 |
| 12 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC | 5.7% | 21% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Bramalea Woods ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Anniedale BC | 4.5% | 7.9% | 155 | 8 | 3 |
| 18 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Weston MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | Industrial ON | 1.2% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 31 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 32 | Oliver Paipoonge ON | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Spruce Cliff AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS | 0.5% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 35 | Griesbach AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Renfrew AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Brintnell AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Bonnie Doon AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Barnstown
The neighbourhood’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 Barnstown: 6 named parks and woods
Largest first: Turner Park leads with 38 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 73 ha in all
Parks & gardens 73 ha
Turner Park plus William Connell City-Wide Park account for 83% of the green.
William Connell City-Wide Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
22 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
1.7 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dr William Bethune Park
Park or garden
4.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Crerar Neighbourhood Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
4.2 ha
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Elmar Park
Park or garden
3.2 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Barnstown
Directionsto a point inside
Kernighan Neighbourhood Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 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
All of Barnstown is within a short walk of 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Barnstown100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
4.9% of the country within 10 km of Barnstown 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 Barnstown0%
Within 10 km4.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 16 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Windermere Basin Park leads for size with 39 ha. Another 13 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 9.7 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 89 km away
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
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
24 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
89 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 24 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Barnstown and its edge hold 16 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
16 km
in and around the town (10.5 km²)
Woodland
1.6%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BarnstownTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BarnstownTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.6%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 77% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 51% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Barnstown
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the neighbourhood is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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 Barnstown: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (6.1 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 53 | 69 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 98 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
The wettest month is the warmest, July (98 mm); February has 53 mm. The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-1 °C). The climate in Barnstown →
Things to do
Near Barnstown: 63 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 62 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Barnstown: Royal Botanical Gardens, 9.2 km off
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 9.2 km from town
Its pageA National Historic Site is among them.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Barnstown
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ButlerCrerarJeromeRushdaleEleanorSheldonBarnstown
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
More routes are mapped around Sheldon (3). For protected land, no neighbour of Barnstown doubles its share.
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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Barnstown
Is Barnstown near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 89 km from the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Barnstown?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Barnstown?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
How much land around Barnstown is protected?
Protected areas cover 4.9% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Barnstown?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Barnstown
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).