First pick
Governor's Road Conservation area
Wood or forest
213 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
2.6 km westfrom the centre
Weir's Lane access trailMcCormack trail
Directionsto a point inside
6.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Turnball · parks, protected land & trails
39% of the ground inside Turnball is protected
Walkers have 3 mapped routes close by, starting with the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section and Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail. Of the country within 10 km, 6.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. A provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, lies 21 km away.
Protected land
6.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
20
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
89 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
21 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Turnball, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land in town39% of Turnball itself lies in protected areasProtected land all round6.1% of the land within 10 km, more than 75% of Canadian townsWalking routes3 named routes within 2 km
Turnball is strongest on protected land inside its own boundary, with protected land around it close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Turnball, 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. 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 km6.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town39%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Turnball comes 12th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,213 to 6,419 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
Turnball6.1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Turnball2
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Turnball3
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Turnball’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 11 of 39 top it. On public protected areas it is behind: 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 20 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Turnball on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 Turnball: 8 named parks and woods
Governor's Road Conservation area is the largest, at 213 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 231 ha in all
Parks & gardens 19 haWoods 213 ha
Governor's Road Conservation area plus Warren Park account for 94% of the green.
Warren Park
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.5 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the centre
Spring Creek Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Veterans Memorial Park
Park or garden · 180 m outside town
5.2 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Turnball
Directionsto a point inside
Sanctuary Park
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Spring Creek Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Leslie B. Couldry Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Turnball
Directionsto a point inside
Chegwin Park
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
1.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Chegwin Park Path
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 Turnball 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 (65%)Further (35%)
Turnball65%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. For about 2,200 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Around Turnball, protected areas make up 6.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Turnball39%
Within 10 km6.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 2 of the 20; land trusts and private owners hold the others. Farmer leads for size with 15 ha. 18 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 1.1 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 89 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
21 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
89 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 21 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: 67 km in and around Turnball
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
67 km
in and around the town (25.5 km²)
Woodland
42%
about 10.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
TurnballTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.6
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TurnballTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 80% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 66% 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
3 walking routes near Turnball
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalLocal
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section124.0 km
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail32.1 km
Arteban Road Side Trail3.2 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
The best months for walking in Turnball: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 10 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 | 10.4 | 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 brings the most rain: 98 mm in July; February gets 53 mm. The climate in Turnball →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Turnball
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
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Turnball: 12 and 19
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 31 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 12
Deer run0.7 km from town
DirectionsCanterbury Falls1.4 km from town
DirectionsDundas Peak1.6 km from town
DirectionsSydenham Lookout1.8 km from town
DirectionsView of Tew's Falls2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 19
Lower Little Falls0.9 km from town
DirectionsOld Dundas Road Falls1.0 km from town
DirectionsLittle Falls1.0 km from town
DirectionsAncaster Heights Falls1.0 km from town
DirectionsSherman Falls1.1 km from town
DirectionsCanterbury Falls1.3 km from town
DirectionsLittle Canterbury Falls1.3 km from town
DirectionsTiffany Falls1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 11 waterfalls more.
Nature reserves 3
Governor's Road Conservation Areain town
DirectionsSpring Creek Conservation Areain town
DirectionsSpencer Gorge Conservation Area1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 31
Basketball Nets1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 30 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 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, 7.3 km from Turnball, 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 · 7.3 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 Turnball
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Golf CourseCentral Business DisSulphur SpringsColborneAinslie Wood WestYork RoadTurnball
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnball | 6.1% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Golf Course 0.8 km | 7.3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Central Business Dis 2.7 km | 6.9% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| Sulphur Springs 2.9 km | 5.1% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| Colborne 3.1 km | 6.1% | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| Ainslie Wood West 3.5 km | 7.5% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| York Road 4.3 km | 6.1% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Turnball has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Turnball
Is there protected land near Turnball?
Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Turnball?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What walking routes are near Turnball?
The Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section, Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail and Arteban Road Side Trail, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there a provincial park near Turnball?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 21 km from the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Turnball?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Turnball from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 89 km.
What is the largest protected area near Turnball?
Farmer: 15 ha, a protected area.
Sources
Sources for this page on Turnball
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).