First pick
Governor's Road Conservation area
Wood or forest
212 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
4.5 km south-westfrom the centre
Weir's Lane access trailMcCormack trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.06.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Colborne · parks, protected land & trails
3 named trails run within 2 km of Colborne
The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 15 km away. Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.
Protected land
6.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
31
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
83 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Colborne stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Walking routes3 named routes within 2 kmProtected land all round6.1% of the land within 10 km, more than 75% of Canadian towns
Colborne’s best card is its choice of walking routes, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Colborne 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km6.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.7%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 routes3Named 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
Colborne comes 9th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,299 to 7,597 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
Colborne6.1%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Colborne3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Colborne3
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Colborne beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 8 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digby NS | 27% | 33% | 43 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac QC | 20% | 1.1% | 33 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Trent Lakes ON | 14% | 12% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Hampstead QC | 12% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lochdale BC | 7.2% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 71 |
| 6 | Parry Sound ON | 7.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Saint-Jude QC | 7.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Louiseville QC | 6.9% | 0.9% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Colborne ON | 6.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | Chandler QC | 5.8% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 11 | N-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Teston ON | 5.1% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Portage la Prairie MB | 4.7% | 7% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Gibson ON | 4.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Coronation Park SK | 4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Campbellton NB | 3.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Cathedral Village SK | 2.8% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Westlock County AB | 2.6% | 3.4% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Blake-Jones ON | 2.3% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 20 | University ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| 21 | Slave Lake AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Currie Barracks AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Whyte Ridge MB | 1.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Eastview SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Wainfleet ON | 1.4% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Bonnyville AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Kentville NS | 1.1% | 17% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Betsworth MB | 0.8% | 1.5% | 12 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Blairmore Suburban Centre SK | 0.8% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ranchlands AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Sage Creek MB | 0.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Forest Lawn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Ermineskin AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Cavanagh AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Fairview ON | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Brentwood AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Clarenville NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Val-des-Sources QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Hamptons AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Colborne
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
Walk in Colborne: 7 named parks and woods
The biggest is Governor's Road Conservation area, 212 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 227 ha in all
Parks & gardens 15 haWoods 212 ha
Add Governor's Road Conservation area to Dundas Driving Park and you have 97% of it.
Dundas Driving Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
9.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Edwards Memorial Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
1.1 ha
1.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cascades Park
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Chegwin Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.4 ha
2.1 km southfrom the centre
Chegwin Park Path
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
A park is within a short walk for 4 in 10 in Colborne
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 (39%)Further (61%)
Colborne39%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. Around 4,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Around Colborne, protected areas make up 6.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Colborne5.7%
Within 10 km6.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 3 of the 31. The others are private conservation land. At 27 ha, Burlington Easement is the largest. 28 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Burlington EasementNature reserve · 27 ha · 6.2 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
83 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
15 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
83 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 15 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
90 km of paths in and around Colborne
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
90 km
in and around the town (115.5 km²)
Woodland
20%
about 23.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ColborneTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ColborneTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 68% 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
Where to walk from Colborne
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalOther waymarked
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section124.0 km
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail32.1 km
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails10.7 km
Among local routes, the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is longest at 124.0 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 Colborne: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 13 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 | 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 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -1 °C. Expect 98 mm in July, warm and wet, and 53 mm in February. The climate in Colborne →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Colborne, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Colborne has 15 viewpoints and 5 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
37 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 15
Dundas Peakin town
DirectionsSydenham Lookoutin town
DirectionsView of Tew's Fallsin town
DirectionsGeorge North Lookout1.7 km from town
Directionsviewing platfrom1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 10 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 5
Borer's Fallsin town
DirectionsRomar Fallsin town
DirectionsSydenham Fallsin town
DirectionsTew's Fallsin town
DirectionsWebster's Fallsin town
DirectionsNature reserves 7
Spencer Gorge Conservation Areain town
DirectionsRBG Berry Tract Grasslands0.2 km from town
DirectionsRoyal Botanical Gardens Berry Tract0.2 km from town
DirectionsGovernor's Road Conservation Area0.5 km from town
DirectionsCartwright Nature Sanctuary0.6 km from town
DirectionsNicholson Resource Management Area0.6 km from town
DirectionsSpring Creek Conservation Area1.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 7
Plus 7 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 37
Basketball Nets0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Borer's Falls Dog Park0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Colborne: Royal Botanical Gardens, 3.5 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 · 3.5 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 Colborne
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Golf CourseYork RoadCentral Business DisTurnballAinslie Wood WestAinslie Wood EastColborne
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colborne | 6.1% | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| Golf Course 2.4 km | 7.3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| York Road 2.4 km | 6.1% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| Central Business Dis 2.5 km | 6.9% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| Turnball 3.1 km | 6.1% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Ainslie Wood West 3.9 km | 7.5% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| Ainslie Wood East 4.6 km | 7.4% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
No place nearby has double Colborne’s share of protected land.
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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Colborne
When should you visit Colborne for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Colborne?
Burlington Easement: 27 ha, a nature reserve.
Is Colborne near a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 83 km away.
Are there protected areas near Colborne?
Within 10 km, 6.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Colborne?
The closest is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 15 km.
Is there a beach near Colborne?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Where can you walk near Colborne?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail and Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails close by, with others.
Sources
Where Colborne’s outdoors figures come from
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).