First pick
Gage Park
Park or garden
31 ha6.5 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.5 km of path
1.2 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jim Charlton · CC BY-SA 4.04.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stipeley · parks, protected land & trails
From Stipeley, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (17 km)
5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Hamilton Beach. One named trail is close: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 4.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
4.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
82 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Stipeley, 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 km4.3%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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches5Beaches 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, Stipeley ranks 17th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,462 to 6,685 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
Stipeley4.3%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stipeley4
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stipeley1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Stipeley’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 16 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 6 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde QC | 6.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC | 5.7% | 21% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Bramalea Woods ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Weston MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 30 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 31 | Oliver Paipoonge ON | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS | 0.5% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 34 | Griesbach AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Renfrew AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Brintnell AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Stipeley
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Stipeley
Largest first: Gage Park leads with 31 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 34 ha in all
Parks & gardens 34 ha
Most of it sits in Gage Park and Powell Park: 94% together.
Powell Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
1.2 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Belview Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Birch Avenue Dog Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.7 ha
1.2 km northfrom 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
7 in 10 people in Stipeley 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 (67%)Further (33%)
Stipeley67%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 2,200 residents live further than 400 m from one. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Stipeley, 4.3% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stipeley0%
Within 10 km4.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 23, 4 are public land; the others are privately held. Windermere Basin Park covers 39 ha, the most of any named area. 19 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 3.4 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 8.8 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, 82 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
17 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
82 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 17 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
20 km of paths in and around Stipeley
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
20 km
in and around the town (9 km²)
Woodland
6.4%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
StipeleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StipeleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland6.4%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 56% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 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
One mapped route to walk from Stipeley
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 Stipeley in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (12 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 highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near 0 °C. Expect 98 mm in July, warm and wet, and 53 mm in February. The climate in Stipeley →
Beaches
The beach near Stipeley: Hamilton Beach, 4.5 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Hamilton Beachsand · 4.5 km from town
DirectionsAdd 4 unnamed beaches to the count. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Stipeley: 3 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.
Count 47 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 47
Peace Memorial playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 46 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Birch Avenue Dog Park0.4 km from town
DirectionsCorktown Dog Park1.7 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
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Stipeley
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Confederation Beach ParkGarden or park · 4.7 km from town
DirectionsRoyal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 5.0 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 Stipeley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
GibsonBlakeleyCrown Point WestSt. ClairIndustrial Sector A and KeithLandsdaleStipeley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stipeley | 4.3% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| Gibson 0.7 km | 4.6% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Blakeley 0.8 km | 4.1% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| Crown Point West 1.0 km | 4.1% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| St. Clair 1.2 km | 4.5% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| Industrial Sector A and Keith 1.3 km | 3.5% | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| Landsdale 1.6 km | 4.7% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
Stipeley is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
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.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Stipeley
How much land around Stipeley is protected?
Within 10 km, 4.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Stipeley?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 17 km from the edge of town.
What walking routes are near Stipeley?
Try the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section.
Is there a beach near Stipeley?
The nearest is Hamilton Beach, 4.5 km from town.
What is the nearest national park to Stipeley?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 82 km.
What is the largest protected area near Stipeley?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Stipeley?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Stipeley’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).