First pick
Heritage Green Sports Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
28 ha3.2 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
1.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Felker · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Felker is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 23 km away
For walks, the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section runs within 2 km. For a national park, Rouge National Urban Park is 85 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
1.5%
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
85 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Felker compares with 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. 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 km1.5%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
Felker has the 14th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,456 to 4,609 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
Felker1.5%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Felker3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Felker1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Felker is weakest for protected land nearby: 26 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona BC | 49% | 64% | 34 | 11 | 8 |
| 2 | Shelburne NS | 27% | 28% | 194 | 0 | 80 |
| 3 | Sparwood BC | 23% | 3.4% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gaetz Brook NS | 15% | 4.2% | 55 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Douglas BC | 13% | 3.2% | 82 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Queenswood - Chatelaine ON | 12% | 0% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola BC | 11% | 8.3% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Bowen Island BC | 7.2% | 17% | 60 | 0 | 173 |
| 11 | Neuville QC | 7.1% | 1.3% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Melville SK | 5.2% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Eastmount ON | 4.3% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Wainwright No. 61 AB | 3.7% | 3.1% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Crossroads ON | 3.5% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Warner County No. 5 AB | 3.2% | 4.7% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Cowichan Valley BC | 2.8% | 3.6% | 42 | 3 | 2 |
| 20 | Country Hills ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Red Hill ON | 2.1% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 | Caraquet NB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 23 | Fairfield Park MB | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Oxford AB | 1.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Highway Valley ON | 1.6% | 1.7% | 18 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | Minnetonka MB | 1.6% | 1.7% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Felker ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Centennial MB | 1.5% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Rockwood MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Casselman ON | 1.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 33 | Parkridge SK | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Vulcan County AB | 0.3% | 0.4% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Montgomery AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Blue Quill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Vanderhoof BC | 0.2% | 3.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Saint-Anselme QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Howick ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Felker
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Felker
Heritage Green Sports Park is the largest, at 28 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 60 ha in all
Parks & gardens 60 ha
Between them, Heritage Green Sports Park and Valley Park cover 77%.
Valley Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
18 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Maplewood Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
6.4 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Eringate Park
Park or garden · 350 m outside town
2.2 ha0.9 km of path
15 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cline Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
2.6 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Maplewood Green Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Felker
Directionsto a point inside
Felker Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Felker
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
Every resident of Felker lives near 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%)
Felker100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Protected areas
Around Felker, protected areas make up 1.5%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Felker0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 14 are on public land. At 39 ha, Windermere Basin Park is the largest. Another 11 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 3.4 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 7.7 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
The nearest big park: Rouge National Urban Park, 85 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
23 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
85 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 23 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Felker has 27 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
27 km
in and around the town (9.9 km²)
Woodland
3.4%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
FelkerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FelkerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.4%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 67% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 68% 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
One mapped route to walk from Felker
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 Felker in 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 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 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. Rain peaks with the heat: 98 mm in July, against 53 mm in February. Expect around 141 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Felker →
Things to do
Near Felker: 1 viewpoints, 5 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 24 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Felker's Falls Viewpoint1.0 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 5
Felker's Falls1.0 km from town
DirectionsTaro Falls1.2 km from town
DirectionsLittle Davis Falls1.4 km from town
DirectionsBilly Green Falls1.9 km from town
DirectionsGlover's Falls1.9 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Eramosa Karst Conservation Area1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 24
Plus 24 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
A garden to visit near Felker: Royal Botanical Gardens, 13 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 · 13 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 Felker
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
HighlandAlbionValley ParkVincentTrinityRed HillFelker
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No place nearby has double Felker’s share of protected land. Albion has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 5.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Felker
How far is the nearest provincial park from Felker?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 23 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Felker?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the largest protected area near Felker?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
How far is Felker from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 85 km from the edge of town.
Where can you walk near Felker?
The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Felker is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Felker
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).