Trips from Highland West, starting with THEMUSEUM
16 of the 19 places to visit in and around Highland West are museums or galleries. None of them is inside Highland West itself. Further out, Doon Heritage Village is 9.7 km away.
Where to start near Highland West
MuseumTHEMUSEUM3.6 km outside town, to the northeast
Art galleryCanadian Clay and Glass Gallery2.9 km outside town, to the northGardenGardenWaterloo Park2.8 km outside town, to the north
MuseumJoseph Schneider Haus2.9 km outside town, to the northeastAttractionAttractionGrist Mill2.9 km outside town, to the northMuseumMuseumEarth Sciences Museum3.2 km outside town, to the northEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
Furthest from the centre is Steckle Heritage Homestead, 6.4 km away.
The dashed line is Highland West’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The list by type
Green: inside Highland West. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of it
8Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Highland West → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Highland West →
The wider area
MuseumDoon Heritage Village9.7 km east · 80K visitors a year
MuseumFashion History Museum20 km east
Ski hillChicopee Ski Club10 km east
ZooAfrican Lion Safari32 km east
National historic site · Parks CanadaWaterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower11 km east
MuseumCastle Kilbride11 km southwest
MuseumHomer Watson House11 km east
MuseumWoodside6.3 km northeast
National historic siteMcCrae House28 km northeast
MuseumWellington County House of Industry and Refuge32 km north
MuseumOld Woodstock Town Hall39 km south
National historic siteAdelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead31 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Highland West (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Highland West, answered
What is there to see near Highland West?
No attraction is mapped inside Highland West itself. Within 5 km of it are Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo Park and Joseph Schneider Haus.
Does Highland West have a museum?
Yes, Earth Sciences Museum, Yoni Mudra Art Gallery and Brubacher House, all in Highland West or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Highland West?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower (Parks Canada), 11 km east.
What are the best-known days out near Highland West?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Fashion History Museum (20 km), Chicopee Ski Club (10 km), African Lion Safari (32 km), Castle Kilbride (11 km).
How is this list made?
Places come from four open sources (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF, the federal and Québec heritage registers), each site once. A building counts as a place to visit only with opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article; hotels, restaurants and tour firms are dropped. The town’s 2021 outline and 5 km around it set the reach.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (16)
- THEMUSEUM: Illustratedjc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Schneider Haus: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Brubacher House: Julius177, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Doon Heritage Village: Pcorb, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fashion History Museum: Jean1183, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chicopee Ski Club: Beowulf cam at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- African Lion Safari: Hitesh reddy allu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower: Original photograph: Sarah Pidcock; derivative work: Mindmatrix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Kilbride: Tudor Costache, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Homer Watson House: Matt Deres, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodside: Carole Moran from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McCrae House: TheGiantVermin, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge: Tudor Costache, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Old Woodstock Town Hall: Balcer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Adelaide Hunter Hoodless Homestead: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).