First pick
Rail Trail Park
Wood or forest · 320 m outside town
61 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
3.2 km eastfrom the centre
Escarpment Rail TrailWentworth Stairs
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.05.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Centremount · parks, protected land & trails
From Centremount, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (19 km)
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5.6% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
5.6%
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
85 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Centremount, set against 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km5.6%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
Centremount has the 8th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,987 to 4,120 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
Centremount5.6%
Towns its size1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Centremount4
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Centremount1
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Centremount’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 7 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistissini QC | 26% | 1.4% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges QC | 12% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen BC | 12% | 12% | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Okanagan Falls BC | 9.1% | 18% | 34 | 0 | 30 |
| 5 | Oakes ON | 7.4% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 6.3% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | East Lawrencetown NS | 5.9% | 2.4% | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 8 | Centremount ON | 5.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Alexander MB | 4.9% | 1.3% | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Lake of Bays ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Woodlands MB | 4.8% | 6.6% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Inch Park ON | 4.8% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | North Norfolk MB | 4.5% | 0.5% | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré QC | 3% | 0.2% | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| 15 | Callander ON | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Haut-Madawaska NB | 2.2% | 7.7% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC | 2% | 2.9% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Elbow Park AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Kentley ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | Kirkfield MB | 1% | 0.3% | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 21 | Northern Lights County AB | 0.9% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 67 |
| 22 | Haddow AB | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Smoky Lake County AB | 0.7% | 0.5% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | University Heights AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Perth South ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Templeton-Sinclair MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Tuxedo Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Leger AB | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Meyokumin AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Saint-Prosper QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Matt Berry AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lac-Etchemin QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Morris-Turnberry ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Swan River MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Crossfield AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Balwin AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Forest Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | McCauley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Parkdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | York AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Centremount
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
9 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Centremount
Rail Trail Park is the largest, at 61 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
9 named parks and woods, 87 ha in all
Parks & gardens 26 haWoods 61 ha
Most of it sits in Rail Trail Park and Sam Lawrence Park: 79% together.
Sam Lawrence Park
Park or garden
7.8 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bruce Trail Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
6.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bruce Park
Park or garden
3.7 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Centremount
Directionsto a point inside
Corktown Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
2.0 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Escarpment Rail Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Southam Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Centremount
Southam Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Woolverton Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Rail Trail ParkWood or forest · 61 ha · 4.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSam Lawrence ParkPark or garden · 7.8 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsBruce Trail ParkPark or garden · 6.0 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBruce ParkPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsAuchmar EstatePark or garden · 3.9 ha
DirectionsCorktown ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSoutham ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsWoolverton ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsT. Melville Bailey ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsSource: 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 Centremount, 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%)
Centremount100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Around Centremount, protected areas make up 5.6%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Centremount0%
Within 10 km5.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 22, 4 are public and the remainder private. Windermere Basin Park is the biggest, 39 ha. 18 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.8 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 9.1 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
85 km to Rouge National Urban 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
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
19 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
85 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is 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: 30 km in and around Centremount
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
30 km
in and around the town (9 km²)
Woodland
3.5%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CentremountTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CentremountTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.5%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 67% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 75% 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 Centremount
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
Walking season in Centremount: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (9.6 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 |
Rain peaks with the heat: 98 mm in July, against 53 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. The climate in Centremount →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Centremount
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Centremount has 5 viewpoints and 1 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 70 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Plus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Chedoke Falls1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 70
Plus 70 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 5.2 km from Centremount, is the garden to visit
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 · 5.2 km from town
Its pageOne carries a national designation.
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 Centremount
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CorktownInch ParkBalfourHill ParkDurandStinsonCentremount
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No place nearby has double Centremount’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
- 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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Centremount
What is the nearest national park to Centremount?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 85 km.
Is there protected land near Centremount?
Within 10 km, 5.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Centremount?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
Where can you walk near Centremount?
Try the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section.
Where can you swim near Centremount?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
When is the best time for walking in Centremount?
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.
Is there a provincial park near Centremount?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 19 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Centremount’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).