First pick
Riverside Park
Park or garden
29 ha0.3 km of path
3.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Kiwanis Way
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Padraic · CC BY-SA 2.02.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Laurentian Valley · parks, protected land & trails
Laurentian Valley touches Deacon Escarpment Conservation Reserve
4.1 km from town is Foy Property Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
2.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
21
within 10 km, 14 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
4.1 km
Foy Property Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Laurentian Valley 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.9%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas14Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches 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, Laurentian Valley ranks 17th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,526 to 9,926 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
Laurentian Valley2.4%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Laurentian Valley14
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Laurentian Valley0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Laurentian Valley beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 7 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 7 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lakelands Village ON | 5.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Silverado AB | 4.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Qualicum Beach BC | 4.4% | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Charlesbourg QC | 3.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Northeast SK | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | Richmond ON | 2.5% | 0.2% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | North London ON | 1.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Daniel McIntyre MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 25 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 26 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies QC | 1.2% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Rustic ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Aspen Woods AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Plympton-Wyoming ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 38 | Saint-Rémi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Coaldale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Olds AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Laurentian Valley
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Laurentian Valley
The biggest is Riverside Park, 29 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Pembroke Waterfront Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
8.3 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
4.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Kiwanis Way
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 Laurentian Valley 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%)
Laurentian Valley0%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 9,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.4% of the land near Laurentian Valley
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Laurentian Valley0.9%
Within 10 km2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
14 of the 21 are on public land. Biggest of the named areas: Algonquin Provincial Park, 264,674 ha. 7 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Deacon Escarpment Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 2,246 ha · reaches Laurentian Valley
Mud Lake/Creek Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 158 ha · reaches Laurentian Valley
Baie O'Brien (N.O. du Lac aux Allum Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 119 ha · reaches Laurentian Valley
Rapides-Des-Allumettes (Île Morrison) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 76 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Snake River Marsh Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 213 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Foy Property Provincial ParkProvincial park · 147 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Petawawa Terrace Provincial ParkProvincial park · 201 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Westmeath Provincial ParkProvincial park · 610 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Algonquin Provincial ParkProvincial park · 264,674 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Barron River Provincial ParkProvincial park · 539 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
4 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Foy Property Provincial Park, 4.1 km off
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
Foy Property Provincial Park
4.1 km south-west1.5 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park
4.6 km north-west2.0 km²since 2006
Provincial park
Westmeath Provincial Park
4.6 km east6.1 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Algonquin Provincial Park
5.1 km west2,647 km²since 1893
Provincial park
Barron River Provincial Park
6.5 km west5.4 km²since 2006
Provincial park
Bonnechere Provincial Park
8.6 km south-west1.6 km²since 1971
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Laurentian Valley, so the parks here are provincial. Within 10 km are 7 provincial parks.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Laurentian Valley has 124 km of footpaths in and around it
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
124 km
in and around the town (733.3 km²)
Woodland
65%
about 479.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Laurentian ValleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Laurentian ValleyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland65%
0%50%100%
79% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover more of it than in 90% 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
No named walking route passes Laurentian Valley on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Laurentian Valley is best on foot in May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Petawawa (20 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 68 | 51 | 58 | 79 | 85 | 96 | 89 | 90 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 72 |
The yearly snowfall is near 199 cm. From -6 °C in January to 26 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. Rain and snow peak in June (96 mm) and ease in February (51 mm). The climate in Laurentian Valley →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of Laurentian Valley, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Laurentian Valley has 7 viewpoints and 1 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Hills and peaks lead the count with 46.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 46
Big Hardwood Mountainin town
DirectionsBig Oak Mountainin town
DirectionsBluff Rock Mountainin town
DirectionsCherry Hill Mountainin town
DirectionsChicot Mountainin town
DirectionsCowies Hillin town
DirectionsFoley Lake Ridgein town
DirectionsFrench Hillin town
DirectionsPlus 38 hills and peaks more.
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Plus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Muskrat River Boat Launch1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Laurentian Valley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PembrokePetawawaL'Isle-aux-AllumettesLaurentian Valley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurentian Valley | 2.4% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| Pembroke 4.1 km | 1% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Petawawa 13 km | 1.9% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| L'Isle-aux-Allumettes 13 km | 2.1% | 20 | 0 | 12 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Laurentian Valley’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Laurentian Valley
How much land around Laurentian Valley is protected?
Protected areas cover 2.4% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Laurentian Valley?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Laurentian Valley?
The closest is Foy Property Provincial Park, at 4.1 km.
When should you visit Laurentian Valley for the outdoors?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Laurentian Valley near a national park?
None within 100 km of Laurentian Valley.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Laurentian Valley?
It is Algonquin Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 264,674 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Laurentian Valley’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.
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).