First pick
Hamilton AAA Grounds
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
3.0 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Durand
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Nhl4hamilton · Public domain6.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Durand · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Durand is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away
The protected share within 10 km is 6.3%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is the one mapped walking route close by. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
6.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
24
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
84 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
Durand 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km6.3%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
Durand comes 9th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,090 to 13,596 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
Durand6.3%
Towns its size3.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Durand4
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Durand1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Durand sits near the top of its size group: 8 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Deerfield ON | 5.2% | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 24 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 27 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 28 | Rawdon QC | 1.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Durand
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 Durand: 10 named parks and woods
The biggest is Hamilton AAA Grounds, 3.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 10 ha in all
Parks & gardens 9.8 ha
The bulk, 48%, is Hamilton AAA Grounds and Highland Gardens Park.
Southam Park
Park or garden · 100 m outside town
1.2 ha0.4 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Southam Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Highland Gardens Park
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
1.7 ha
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Gore Park
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Durand Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Durand
Directionsto a point inside
Woolverton Park
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
T. Melville Bailey Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
0.6 ha
1.3 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
John Rebecca Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.6 ha
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Hamilton AAA GroundsPark or garden · 3.0 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSoutham ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHighland Gardens ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · just outside town
DirectionsGore ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsDurand ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.2 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 · just outside town
DirectionsJohn Rebecca ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsWhitehernPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsBeulah ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
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 Durand, 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%)
Durand100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
Around Durand, protected areas make up 6.3%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Durand0%
Within 10 km6.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 4 of the 24. Windermere Basin Park leads for size with 39 ha. The figures include 20 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 8.2 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 84 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 north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
84 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 18 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Durand has 41 km of footpaths in and around it
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
41 km
in and around the town (11 km²)
Woodland
5.4%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
DurandTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.7
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DurandTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland5.4%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 60% of Canadian towns. For path density, it beats 81% 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
Durand has 1 named walking route
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
The best months for walking in Durand: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 11 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) | 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 |
The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (0 °C). Summer brings the most rain: 98 mm in July; February gets 53 mm. The climate in Durand →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Durand, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Durand has 9 viewpoints and 7 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 80 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 9
view of the bay/harbour1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 8 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 7
Chedoke Falls0.6 km from town
DirectionsCliffview Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsLower Cliffview Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsLower Westcliffe Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsUpper Sanatorium Falls1.6 km from town
DirectionsLower Sanatorium Cascade1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 80
Tom Street Park Playground1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 79 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 3.6 km from Durand, 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 · 3.6 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 Durand
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CorktownKirkendall NorthCentralStrathconaCentremountBeasleyDurand
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | 6.3% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Corktown 0.9 km | 5.6% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Kirkendall North 1.0 km | 7.2% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| Central 1.2 km | 5.6% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Strathcona 1.3 km | 6% | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| Centremount 1.4 km | 5.6% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Beasley 1.6 km | 5.1% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Durand has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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 Durand
What is the nearest beach to Durand?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there hiking trails near Durand?
The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, mapped within 2 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Durand?
It is Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve covering 39 ha.
Are there protected areas near Durand?
Yes: 6.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Durand near a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 84 km off.
What is the nearest provincial park to Durand?
It is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Durand?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Durand’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).