First pick
Rail Trail Park
Wood or forest · 60 m outside town
61 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
2.0 km eastfrom the centre
Escarpment Rail TrailWentworth Stairs
Directionsto a point inside
4.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Inch Park · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Inch Park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 19 km away
One named trail is close: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. Protected areas cover 4.8% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
4.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
21
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
85 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Inch Park 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km4.8%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
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
Among 40 towns its size, Inch Park ranks 11th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,007 to 4,125 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
Inch Park4.8%
Towns its size1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Inch Park3
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Inch Park1
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Inch Park beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 8 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistissini QC | 26% | 1.4% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges QC | 12% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C, Okanagan-Similkameen BC | 12% | 12% | 52 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Oakes ON | 7.4% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 6.3% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | East Lawrencetown NS | 5.9% | 2.4% | 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 | Centremount ON | 5.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Alexander MB | 4.9% | 1.3% | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Lake of Bays ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 12 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Woodlands MB | 4.8% | 6.6% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Inch Park ON | 4.8% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | North Norfolk MB | 4.5% | 0.5% | 10 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré QC | 3% | 0.2% | 14 | 7 | 8 |
| 14 | Callander ON | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Pioneer Tower West ON | 2.3% | 3.9% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Haut-Madawaska NB | 2.2% | 7.7% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs QC | 2% | 2.9% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Elbow Park AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Kentley ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | Kirkfield MB | 1% | 0.3% | 14 | 1 | 37 |
| 21 | Northern Lights County AB | 0.9% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 67 |
| 22 | Haddow AB | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Smoky Lake County AB | 0.7% | 0.5% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | University Heights AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Beaumaris AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Perth South ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Tuxedo Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Leger AB | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Meyokumin AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 | Saint-Prosper QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Matt Berry AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lac-Etchemin QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 33 | Morris-Turnberry ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Swan River MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Crossfield AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Balwin AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Forest Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | McCauley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Parkdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | York AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Inch Park
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 Inch Park: 8 named parks and woods
The biggest is Rail Trail Park, 61 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 87 ha in all
Parks & gardens 26 haWoods 61 ha
Between them, Rail Trail Park and Sam Lawrence Park cover 79%.
Sam Lawrence Park
Park or garden
7.8 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bruce Trail Park
Park or garden
6.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Inch Park
Directionsto a point inside
Inch Park
Park or garden
5.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Inch Park
Directionsto a point inside
Bruce Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
3.7 ha0.3 km of path
1.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Corktown Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
2.0 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.1 km northfrom the centre
Escarpment Rail Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Carter Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lifesavers Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
0.3 ha
1.0 km north-eastfrom 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 Inch Park 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%)
Inch Park100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
4.8% of the country within 10 km of Inch Park 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 Inch Park0%
Within 10 km4.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 3 of the 21; land trusts and private owners hold the others. At 39 ha, Windermere Basin Park is the largest. 18 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 · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 9.1 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
85 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
19 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
85 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 19 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 22 km in and around Inch Park
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
22 km
in and around the town (8.7 km²)
Woodland
3.8%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Inch ParkTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Inch ParkTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.8%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 66% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 64% of Canadian towns have fewer.
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 Inch Park
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 Inch Park: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (10 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 | 10.4 | 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 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 98 mm; February sees 53 mm. Daytime highs run from 0 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. The climate in Inch Park →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Inch Park
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Inch Park: 5 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 74.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Plus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 74
Peace Memorial playground1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 73 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Corktown Dog Park0.3 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Inch Park: Royal Botanical Gardens, 5.3 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 · 5.3 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 Inch Park
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
EastmountStinsonSt. ClairCentremountHill ParkCorktownInch Park
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Inch Park.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Inch Park
When should you visit Inch Park for the outdoors?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Inch Park?
The closest is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 19 km.
Is there protected land near Inch Park?
Within 10 km, 4.8% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is Inch Park from a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 85 km away.
Are there hiking trails near Inch Park?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section close by.
Is there a beach near Inch Park?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What is the largest protected area near Inch Park?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
Sources
Where Inch Park’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).