First pick
Hunter Estates Park
Park or garden
5.9 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guernsey
Directionsto a point inside
1.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Guernsey · parks, protected land & trails
6 beaches lie within 5 km of Guernsey
For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails. The closest provincial park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 20 km from the edge of town. A drive of 79 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
1.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
79 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
20 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Guernsey 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. 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 km1.6%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 routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Guernsey sits 18th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,733 to 3,885 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
Guernsey1.6%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Guernsey4
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Guernsey2
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
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 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Guernsey
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
Walk in Guernsey: 5 named parks and woods
The biggest is Hunter Estates Park, 5.9 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 14 ha in all
Parks & gardens 14 ha
The bulk, 66%, is Hunter Estates Park and Ferris Park.
Ferris Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
3.6 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dewitt Park
Park or garden · 150 m outside town
2.2 ha0.5 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Valerie Park
Park or garden · 190 m outside town
2.3 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
King Street Parkette
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
0.3 ha
1.3 km 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
All of Guernsey 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%)
Guernsey100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
1.6% of the land around Guernsey is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Guernsey0%
Within 10 km1.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
4 of the 16 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Biggest of the named areas: Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha. Another 12 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 9.1 km from the edge of town
DopkoProtected area · 3.2 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 79 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
20 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
79 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 20 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
6 km of paths in and around Guernsey
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
6.1 km
in and around the town (8 km²)
Woodland
3.8%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GuernseyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GuernseyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.8%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 61% of Canadian towns. 66% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
2 mapped routes to walk from Guernsey
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
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails10.7 km
The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section is the big one locally: 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
The best months for walking in Guernsey: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 19 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 | 13.4 | 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 |
Snow totals about 141 cm a year. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to 0 °C in January. Rain peaks with the heat: 98 mm in July, against 53 mm in February. The climate in Guernsey →
Beaches
Where to swim near Guernsey
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Cherry Beach1.3 km from town
DirectionsCommunity Beach2.1 km from town
DirectionsCrescent Beachpebbles · 2.8 km from town
DirectionsUnnamed on the map: 3 more. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Guernsey: one waterfall on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 17 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Dewitt Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 17
Plus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 15 km from Guernsey, 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 · 15 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 Guernsey
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WestmeriaPoplar ParkHighway ValleyLakeshoreEastdaleRiverdale EastGuernsey
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guernsey | 1.6% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| Westmeria 0.7 km | 1.6% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| Poplar Park 1.2 km | 1.6% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| Highway Valley 1.4 km | 1.6% | 18 | 5 | 6 |
| Lakeshore 1.8 km | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Eastdale 1.8 km | 1.6% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| Riverdale East 2.5 km | 1.6% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
Around Guernsey, nobody nearby has double its protected land. More routes are mapped around Highway Valley (5).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- 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 Guernsey
What is the largest protected area near Guernsey?
It is Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve covering 39 ha.
How far is Guernsey from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 79 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Guernsey?
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.
Where can you walk near Guernsey?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section side trails close by, with others.
What is the nearest beach to Guernsey?
Cherry Beach, 1.3 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest provincial park to Guernsey?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 20 km away.
How much land around Guernsey is protected?
Within 10 km, 1.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Guernsey’s outdoors figures
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).