First pick
Saratoga Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
13 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Huron-Kinloss · parks, protected land & trails
8 beaches lie within 5 km of Huron-Kinloss
Within 10 km of the town, 0% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. For a provincial park, Inverhuron Provincial Park lies 16 km off. 2 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Inverhuron Provincial Park
Beaches
8
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Huron-Kinloss stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Huron-Kinloss’ best card is its beaches. What it lacks is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Each figure for Huron-Kinloss, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches8Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Huron-Kinloss is last of 40 towns its size for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,329 to 8,560 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
Huron-Kinloss0%
Towns its size2.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Huron-Kinloss0
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Huron-Kinloss0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Huron-Kinloss lags towns its size: 38 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Wildfield ON | 9.1% | 14% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 16 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 19 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Deer Lake BC | 2.9% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| 22 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Rocky Ridge AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Douro-Dummer ON | 2.3% | 1.4% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Prairie View SK | 2.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | St. John's MB | 0.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 32 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Marlborough Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 37 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Garneau AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Huron-Kinloss
The town’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 Huron-Kinloss: 7 named parks and woods
Saratoga Park is the largest, at 5.2 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 17 ha in all
Parks & gardens 17 ha
The bulk, 65%, is Ripley Community Centre and Saratoga Park.
Legion Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
3.0 ha
13 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Huronville Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.3 km of path
13 km north-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
Most of Huron-Kinloss is more than a short walk from 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Huron-Kinloss0%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 8,400 residents live further than 400 m from one. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Huron-Kinloss has 2 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Huron-Kinloss0%
Within 10 km0%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
16 km to Inverhuron Provincial 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
Inverhuron Provincial Park
16 km north2.9 km²since 1967
For a national park, people in Huron-Kinloss travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
8 km of paths in and around Huron-Kinloss
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
8.1 km
in and around the town (575 km²)
Woodland
11%
about 63.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Huron-KinlossTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Huron-KinlossTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland11%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 54% of Canadian towns. For path density, 97% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Huron-Kinloss
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 Huron-Kinloss: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Mount Forest, 67 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
Daytime highs run from -1 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. Most rain and snow falls in June, 100 mm; March sees 68 mm. The climate in Huron-Kinloss →
Beaches
Beaches near Huron-Kinloss
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Bruce Beachin town
DirectionsPoint Clark Beachsand · in town
DirectionsPoplar Beachin town
DirectionsAmberley Beach0.7 km from town
DirectionsStation Beachsand · 2.1 km from town
Directions3 further beaches go unnamed. OpenStreetMap marks 2 as sandy. 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
12 things to do outdoors near Huron-Kinloss
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 7 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Plus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Huron-Kinloss
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 19–28 km from Huron-Kinloss.
KincardineAshfield-Colborne-WawanoshWinghamHuron-Kinloss
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huron-Kinloss | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Kincardine 19 km | 1% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh 24 km | 0.4% | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Wingham 28 km | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Kincardine has at least twice the protected share around it. For walking routes, Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh leads the area with 5.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Huron-Kinloss
How much land around Huron-Kinloss is protected?
Protected areas cover 0% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest beach to Huron-Kinloss?
Try Bruce Beach, in town, first of several.
Is Huron-Kinloss near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Huron-Kinloss.
When should you visit Huron-Kinloss for the outdoors?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Huron-Kinloss?
Inverhuron Provincial Park, 16 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Huron-Kinloss’ 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.
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).