First pick
Scenic Drive Park
Park or garden
11 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mountview · parks, protected land & trails
From Mountview, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (21 km)
7% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.
Protected land
7%
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
87 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
21 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mountview 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km7%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 routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Mountview has the 9th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,606 to 7,899 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
Mountview7%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mountview3
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mountview2
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Mountview beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 8 of 39 do better. It trails them for public protected areas, where 25 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackburn Hamlet ON | 15% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kenora, Unorganized ON | 12% | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Baie-Saint-Paul QC | 11% | 0.1% | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 5 | Dryden ON | 11% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Donnacona QC | 9.6% | 0.1% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Minden Hills ON | 8.1% | 5.9% | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Cypress County AB | 7.9% | 5.9% | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Mountview ON | 7% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | La Broquerie MB | 6.6% | 5.1% | 73 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Landsdale ON | 4.7% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Coteau-du-Lac QC | 4.4% | 0.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | La Perle AB | 4.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bienville QC | 4.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-Calixte QC | 3.6% | 0.4% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Shefford QC | 3.1% | 1.6% | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Lakeview SK | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Windsor Park AB | 2.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Whitewater Region ON | 2.5% | 1.3% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
| 20 | Electoral Area A, Nanaimo BC | 2.4% | 3.8% | 39 | 2 | 7 |
| 21 | Playter Estates-Danforth ON | 2.3% | 1.5% | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 22 | Altadore AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Valley Ridge AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Stoneybrook ON | 1.8% | 21% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Pulberry MB | 1.5% | 7.7% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley BC | 1.3% | 3.1% | 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Bostwick ON | 1.3% | 0.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Central St. Boniface MB | 1.3% | 2.9% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Silver Heights MB | 1.2% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 30 | Brazeau County AB | 1% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Ambleside AB | 1% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Newell County AB | 0.9% | 1% | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 33 | Fruitland ON | 0.9% | 4.9% | 25 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | Augusta ON | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Chatsworth ON | 0.6% | 0.7% | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Callingwood South AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Chesley ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | Fort Frances ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | River East MB | 0.2% | 5.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Mountview
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
7 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Mountview
Scenic Drive Park is the largest, at 11 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 22 ha in all
Parks & gardens 22 ha
Most of it sits in Scenic Drive Park and Mountview Park: 70% together.
Mountview Park
Park or garden
4.5 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mountview
Directionsto a point inside
Scenic Woods Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
3.2 ha
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cliffview Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
1.4 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lions Gate Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km south-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
In Mountview, nearly every home is close to 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 (96%)Further (4.2%)
Mountview96%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%. For about 300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Around Mountview, protected areas make up 7%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mountview0%
Within 10 km7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 3 of the 21. Farmer covers 15 ha, the most of any named area. 18 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 7.4 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
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
21 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
87 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 21 km.
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: 32 km in and around Mountview
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
32 km
in and around the town (12 km²)
Woodland
13%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MountviewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MountviewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 67% of Canadian towns have fewer. For woods, it beats 58% 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
Mountview has 2 named walking routes
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
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail32.1 km
The longest of the rest is the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, 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
Walking season in Mountview: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (7.6 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) | -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 |
January brings highs of -1 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 98 mm; February sees 53 mm. The climate in Mountview →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Mountview, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Mountview: 2 and 15
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
58 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 15
Mountview Fallsin town
DirectionsUpper Princess Fallsin town
DirectionsUpper Sanatorium Fallsin town
DirectionsCliffview Falls0.0 km from town
DirectionsLower Princess Falls0.0 km from town
DirectionsLower Sanatorium Cascade0.0 km from town
DirectionsLower Cliffview Falls0.1 km from town
DirectionsLower Westcliffe Falls0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 7 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 58
Fonthill Park Playground0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 57 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Corporal Nathan Cirillo Leashfree Dog Park1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 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, 5.8 km from Mountview, 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 · 5.8 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 Mountview
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
FessendenWestcliffe EastGilbertGurnettAinslie Wood EastGilksonMountview
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountview | 7% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| Fessenden 0.8 km | 7.3% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Westcliffe East 1.2 km | 7.1% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Gilbert 1.4 km | 7.2% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Gurnett 1.6 km | 7.3% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| Ainslie Wood East 2.0 km | 7.4% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| Gilkson 2.0 km | 7.1% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Mountview’s protected share.
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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Mountview
When is the best time for walking in Mountview?
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 Mountview?
Farmer, a protected area of 15 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Mountview?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 87 km away.
Are there protected areas near Mountview?
Protected areas cover 7% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you walk near Mountview?
Try the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail; more are on the map.
Is there a beach near Mountview?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Mountview?
The closest is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 21 km.
Sources
Where Mountview’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).