First pick
Bruleville Nature Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
2.5 ha
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
5.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Greeningdon · parks, protected land & trails
From Greeningdon, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (22 km)
Of the country within 10 km, 5.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. A drive of 87 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
5.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
87 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
22 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Greeningdon, 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. 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 km5.4%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, Greeningdon ranks 13th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,247 to 3,346 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
Greeningdon5.4%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Greeningdon3
Towns its size2
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Greeningdon1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Greeningdon’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 12 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 5 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast BC | 16% | 11% | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Hill Park ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Pilot Butte SK | 3.8% | 0% | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Normanhurst ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hazeldean AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Hay River NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 36 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 37 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Greeningdon
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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Greeningdon
Largest first: Bruleville Nature Park leads with 2.5 ha. Numbers match the map.
Norwood Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
1.6 ha
Centralin the middle of Greeningdon
Directionsto a point inside
Richwill Park
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom 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
3 in 10 people in Greeningdon live 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 (33%)Further (67%)
Greeningdon33%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. Around 2,200 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Around Greeningdon, protected areas make up 5.4%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Greeningdon0%
Within 10 km5.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 17 are on public land. At 39 ha, Windermere Basin Park is the largest. 14 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 3.9 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 9.0 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
87 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
22 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
87 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 22 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
12 km of paths in and around Greeningdon
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
12 km
in and around the town (8.3 km²)
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GreeningdonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GreeningdonTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
53% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². For woods, 77% 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
One mapped route to walk from Greeningdon
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 Greeningdon: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (8.0 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 | 13.4 | 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 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (98 mm), while February is driest at 53 mm. Daytime highs run from -1 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. The climate in Greeningdon →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Greeningdon
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 68 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Greeningdon: Royal Botanical Gardens, 7.1 km off
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 · 7.1 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 Greeningdon
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BalfourHill ParkJeromeBrulevilleRolstonCrerarGreeningdon
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Its neighbours have no more than twice Greeningdon’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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 Greeningdon
Are there hiking trails near Greeningdon?
The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, mapped within 2 km.
Are there protected areas near Greeningdon?
Within 10 km, 5.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Greeningdon?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Greeningdon?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 22 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Greeningdon for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Greeningdon from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 87 km.
Sources
Where Greeningdon’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).