First pick
Billy Sherring Park
Park or garden
9.9 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
3.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Eleanor · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Eleanor is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away
For walks, the Chippawa Trail (hiking) runs within 2 km. A drive of 88 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 9.0 km away.
Protected land
3.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
88 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Eleanor 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km3.1%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 areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Eleanor ranks 18th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,731 to 3,881 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
Eleanor3.1%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Eleanor3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Eleanor1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Eleanor beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 16 of 39 do better. It trails them for public protected areas, where 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick NB | 32% | 7.8% | 62 | 0 | 53 |
| 2 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgian Bay ON | 13% | 19% | 52 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Roberts Creek BC | 11% | 17% | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 5 | Salisbury NB | 11% | 12% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Trend-Arlington ON | 10% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Saint-Maurice QC | 9.2% | 0.5% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 13 | Westville NS | 4.1% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Berrisfield ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | East Hawkesbury ON | 3.3% | 6.2% | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Maniwaki QC | 3.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George BC | 3.1% | 3.3% | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 18 | Eleanor ON | 3.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Lake Cowichan BC | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Mulmur ON | 2.1% | 2.9% | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Grand River North ON | 1.8% | 3.6% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Meadowgreen SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Guernsey ON | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC | 1.5% | 1.1% | 60 | 6 | 47 |
| 25 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | City Park SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Pacific Heights SK | 1% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Corkery ON | 0.9% | 2.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Jamieson Place AB | 0.8% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Rosscarrock AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Leila-McPhillips Triangle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Eau Claire AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Meadows MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cartier MB | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Penhold AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Dixie ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 38 | Clareview Town Centre AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Cardston AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Eleanor
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 Eleanor: 5 named parks and woods
Billy Sherring Park is the largest, at 9.9 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 21 ha in all
Parks & gardens 21 ha
Two places, Billy Sherring Park and Templemead Park, make up 68% of the total.
Templemead Park
Park or garden · 400 m outside town
4.1 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Eleanor Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Eleanor
Directionsto a point inside
Lions Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
2.8 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Broughton West Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
1.3 ha
1.0 km southfrom 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
All of Eleanor is within a short walk of 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%)
Eleanor100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 3.1% of the land near Eleanor
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Eleanor0%
Within 10 km3.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 14 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Windermere Basin Park is the biggest, 39 ha. 11 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 9.7 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
88 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
24 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
88 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 24 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
13 km of paths in and around Eleanor
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
13 km
in and around the town (8 km²)
Woodland
0.9%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
EleanorTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
EleanorTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.9%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 50% of Canadian towns have fewer. For woods, 83% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Eleanor
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Chippawa Trail (hiking)15.7 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 Eleanor: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (7.3 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 | 13.3 | 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 |
The wettest month is the warmest, July (98 mm); February has 53 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -1 °C. The climate in Eleanor →
Things to do
Near Eleanor: 57 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
56 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 56
Baby Swings0.5 km from town
DirectionsSwings0.5 km from town
DirectionsSplash Pad0.5 km from town
DirectionsJerome Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 52 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 10 km from Eleanor, 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 · 10 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 Eleanor
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
TemplemeadButlerRushdaleQuinndaleBarnstownLawfieldEleanor
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Eleanor. Quinndale has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 3.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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. 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 Eleanor
What is the best season to get outdoors in Eleanor?
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.
How far is Eleanor from a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 88 km away.
Are there hiking trails near Eleanor?
The Chippawa Trail (hiking), mapped within 2 km.
Is there protected land near Eleanor?
Yes: 3.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is there a provincial park near Eleanor?
The closest is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 24 km.
What is the largest protected area near Eleanor?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
Sources
Sources for this page on Eleanor
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).