First pick
Gage Park
Park or garden
31 ha6.5 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Blakeley
Directionsto a point inside
4.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Blakeley · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Blakeley is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away
For walks, the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section runs within 2 km. 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. The protected share within 10 km is 4.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
4.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
83 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Blakeley 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. 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 km4.1%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 areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Blakeley has the 19th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,110 to 3,198 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
Blakeley4.1%
Towns its size4.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Blakeley4
Towns its size9
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Blakeley1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Blakeley is weakest for public protected areas: 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Pistoles QC | 44% | 0.9% | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine BC | 21% | 17% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
| 4 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 5 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 6 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 14 | Beaumont QC | 7.7% | 0.1% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 17 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 20 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 21 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Cedar Hill ON | 1.9% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Blakeley
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Blakeley
Largest first: Gage Park leads with 31 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 102 ha in all
Parks & gardens 41 haWoods 61 ha
Two places, Rail Trail Park and Gage Park, make up 90% of the total.
Rail Trail Park
Wood or forest
61 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Blakeley
Escarpment Rail TrailWentworth Stairs
Directionsto a point inside
Bruce Trail Park
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
6.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mountain Drive Park
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Concession / Upper Sherman
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
0.5 ha
1.1 km south-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
In Blakeley, a park is close to every home
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%)
Blakeley100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 4.1% of the land near Blakeley
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Blakeley0%
Within 10 km4.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 22, 4 are public land; the others are privately held. Windermere Basin Park is the biggest, 39 ha. The figures include 18 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 9.4 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
The nearest big park: Rouge National Urban Park, 83 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
18 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
83 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 18 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
Blakeley and its edge hold 22 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
22 km
in and around the town (7.6 km²)
Woodland
9.6%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BlakeleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BlakeleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.6%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 71% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 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
1 walking route near Blakeley
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section124.0 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Blakeley in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (12 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 | 10.4 | 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 |
Expect 98 mm in July, warm and wet, and 53 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. The climate in Blakeley →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Blakeley, none named
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
Near Blakeley: 6 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (61).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 6
Plus 6 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 61
Peace Memorial playground0.4 km from town
DirectionsFay Park Playground2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 59 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Birch Avenue Dog Park1.5 km from town
DirectionsCorktown Dog Park1.6 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Blakeley: Royal Botanical Gardens, 5.8 km away
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 · 5.8 km from town
Its pageOne is a National Historic Site.
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 Blakeley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StipeleySt. ClairCrown Point WestGibsonRaleighDelta EastBlakeley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakeley | 4.1% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Stipeley 0.8 km | 4.3% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| St. Clair 1.1 km | 4.5% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| Crown Point West 1.1 km | 4.1% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| Gibson 1.2 km | 4.6% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Raleigh 1.2 km | 4% | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| Delta East 1.5 km | 3.7% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Blakeley.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Blakeley
How far is the nearest provincial park from Blakeley?
It is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away.
What walking routes are near Blakeley?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section close by.
What is the nearest beach to Blakeley?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is there protected land near Blakeley?
Within 10 km, 4.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Blakeley?
It is Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve covering 39 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Blakeley?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 83 km off.
When should you visit Blakeley 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.
Sources
The sources behind Blakeley’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).