First pick
Lake Avenue Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
25 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: RichardBH from Hamilton, Canada · CC BY 2.01.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Battlefield · parks, protected land & trails
4 named trails run within 2 km of Battlefield
Swimmers have 8 beaches within 5 km, Crescent Beach the nearest. A provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, lies 19 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 1.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
1.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
13
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
81 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
4
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
8
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Battlefield, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Out of doors, Battlefield leads with its choice of walking routes, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Battlefield 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 km1.4%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 routes4Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches8Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Battlefield has the 16th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,431 to 6,627 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
Battlefield1.4%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Battlefield3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Battlefield4
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Battlefield lags towns its size: 24 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | South Surrey BC | 22% | 28% | 130 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Fisher Heights ON | 11% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Port-Cartier QC | 5% | 1% | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 29 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 31 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 32 | Oliver Paipoonge ON | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS | 0.5% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 36 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 37 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Hollick-Kenyon AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Battlefield
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Battlefield
Lake Avenue Park is the largest, at 25 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 57 ha in all
Parks & gardens 57 ha
62% of the area is in just two places: Lake Avenue Park and Green Acres Park.
Green Acres Park
Park or garden
10 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Battlefield
Directionsto a point inside
Sisters of St. Joseph Park
Park or garden
7.1 ha
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sam Manson Park
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
6.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.4 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hopkins Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Battlefield
Directionsto a point inside
Glendale Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
2.2 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km 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
Every resident of Battlefield lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Battlefield100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Around Battlefield, protected areas make up 1.4%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Battlefield0%
Within 10 km1.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 13, 3 are public land; the others are privately held. Windermere Basin Park leads for size with 39 ha. Another 10 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 5.0 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 81 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
19 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
81 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 19 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
Paths to walk: 18 km in and around Battlefield
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
18 km
in and around the town (12.4 km²)
Woodland
13%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BattlefieldTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BattlefieldTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
For path density, 52% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 58% 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
Walks near Battlefield
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalLocalOther waymarked
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section124.0 km
Dofasco 2000 Trail9.7 km
Heritage Green Community Trust (HGCT) Trail1.1 km
Devil's Punchbowl Side Trail1.0 km
At 124.0 km, the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is the longest local route. 2 of them are under 3 km, good for a short outing.
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 Battlefield: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (15 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) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 53 | 69 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 98 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
July is warm and wet, 98 mm; the driest month, February, has 53 mm. January brings highs of 0 °C, July highs of 26 °C. About 141 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Battlefield →
Beaches
Beaches near Battlefield: 8 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Crescent Beachpebbles · 2.4 km from town
DirectionsCommunity Beach3.0 km from town
DirectionsVan Wagners Beachsand · 3.4 km from town
DirectionsCherry Beach3.8 km from town
Directions4 further beaches go unnamed. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Battlefield has 2 viewpoints and 8 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 45 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Devil's Punchbowl lookout0.2 km from town
DirectionsFelker's Falls Viewpoint2.0 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 8
Lower Punchbowl Falls0.2 km from town
DirectionsDevil's Punchbowl Falls0.3 km from town
DirectionsCentennial Falls0.4 km from town
DirectionsGlover's Falls0.5 km from town
DirectionsBilly Green Falls0.6 km from town
DirectionsLittle Davis Falls1.7 km from town
DirectionsTaro Falls1.7 km from town
DirectionsFelker's Falls2.0 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Saltfleet Conservation Area1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 45
Plus 45 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Battlefield
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Confederation Beach ParkGarden or park · 3.7 km from town
DirectionsRoyal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 11 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 Battlefield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Stoney CreekCormanRiverdale WestKentleyVincentRiverdale EastBattlefield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield | 1.4% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| Stoney Creek 0.9 km | 1.5% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| Corman 1.2 km | 1.3% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| Riverdale West 1.5 km | 1.6% | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| Kentley 1.5 km | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| Vincent 1.7 km | 1.3% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| Riverdale East 1.9 km | 1.6% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
Battlefield 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
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Battlefield
How far is the nearest provincial park from Battlefield?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 19 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Battlefield?
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 largest protected area near Battlefield?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
Where can you swim near Battlefield?
The nearest is Crescent Beach, 2.4 km from town.
What walking routes are near Battlefield?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, Heritage Green Community Trust (HGCT) Trail and Devil's Punchbowl Side Trail close by, with others.
How much land around Battlefield is protected?
Yes: 1.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is Battlefield from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 81 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Battlefield’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.
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).