First pick
Kiwanis Park - Central South
Park or garden
45 ha4.5 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.5 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Thames Valley Parkway
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Argyle · parks, protected land & trails
Argyle touches Pottersburg Central South Esa
The closest provincial park is Komoka Provincial Park, 15 km from the edge of town. For walks, the Thames Valley Trail runs within 2 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
13
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Komoka Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Argyle 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Argyle is 6th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (27,031 to 29,234 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
Argyle1.5%
Towns its size3.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Argyle3
Towns its size8
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Argyle1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Argyle lags towns its size: 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squamish BC | 30% | 21% | 20 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Du Plateau QC | 22% | 25% | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Marpole BC | 17% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Bedford NS | 15% | 2.3% | 29 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Austinville NS | 11% | 0% | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 7 | René-Lévesque QC | 8.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Montagne QC | 7.7% | 42% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ebenezer East ON | 7.5% | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay ON | 5% | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Marie-Victorin QC | 4.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | King ON | 4.1% | 2.7% | 94 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Collingwood ON | 3.9% | 0.2% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 | Vieux-Rosemont QC | 3.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Grandview-Woodland BC | 3.5% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 51 |
| 21 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wasaga Beach ON | 3% | 21% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 23 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 24 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | York University Heights ON | 2.7% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | West Hill ON | 2.4% | 15% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Harbourfront-CityPlace ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 29 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Wexford/Maryvale ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Parc-Extension QC | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 34 | South Riverdale ON | 1.5% | 16% | 12 | 9 | 49 |
| 35 | Argyle ON | 1.5% | 0.3% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Beamsville ON | 1.2% | 1.3% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| 38 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The map
The green map of Argyle
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
24 named parks and woods to walk in near Argyle
The biggest is Kiwanis Park - Central South, 45 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
24 named parks and woods, 197 ha in all
Parks & gardens 151 haWoods 46 ha
Kilally Woods plus Kiwanis Park - Central South account for 46% of the green.
Kiwanis Park - North
Park or garden
17 ha3.1 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.1 km of path
2.2 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kiwanis Park - Central North
Park or garden
19 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
3M Anniversary Park
Park or garden
20 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
3.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kilally Woods
Wood or forest · 330 m outside town
46 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
5.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
McCormick Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
9.5 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
3.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Forest View Park
Park or garden
6.7 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ted Early Sports Complex
Park or garden
6.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
4.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 24 named parks and green spaces
Kiwanis Park - Central SouthPark or garden · 45 ha · 4.5 km of path
DirectionsKiwanis Park - NorthPark or garden · 17 ha · 3.1 km of path
DirectionsKiwanis Park - Central NorthPark or garden · 19 ha · 2.2 km of path
Directions3M Anniversary ParkPark or garden · 20 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsKilally WoodsWood or forest · 46 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMcCormick ParkPark or garden · 9.5 ha · 1.8 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsForest View ParkPark or garden · 6.7 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsTed Early Sports ComplexPark or garden · 6.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsEast Lions ParkPark or garden · 4.9 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsTalltree ParkPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsBonaventure Meadows ParkPark or garden · 3.8 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsCulver ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsNelson ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJubilee ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsAdmiral ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsThird Street ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsVimy Ridge ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCayuga ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsFlanders ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMildred Barons ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsGrampian WoodsPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsGlass Avenue ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsOakland Avenue ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHerbert ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
8 in 10 people in Argyle 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 (80%)Further (20%)
Argyle80%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 6,000 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land near Argyle
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Argyle0.3%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 3 of the 13, and private owners the rest. Meadowlily Woods Esa covers 60 ha, the most of any named area. Not named: 10 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
Pottersburg Central South EsaNature reserve · 15 ha · reaches Argyle
Meadowlily Woods EsaNature reserve · 60 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
The Coves EsaNature reserve · 48 ha · 5.7 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: Komoka Provincial Park, 15 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
Komoka Provincial Park
15 km west3.2 km²since 1989
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Argyle has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
64 km of paths in and around Argyle
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
64 km
in and around the town (70.2 km²)
Woodland
7.1%
about 5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ArgyleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ArgyleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.1%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 59% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 54% 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
Argyle has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Thames Valley Trail141.3 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 Argyle in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from London (4.0 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 79 | 63 | 67 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 81 | 67 | 93 | 83 | 88 | 79 |
Expect 93 mm in September, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February. January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 27 °C. About 152 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Argyle →
Things to do
Argyle has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
77 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 77
Plus 77 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Pottersburg Park Dog Park1.5 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Fanshawe Conservation Area Campground0.7 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Argyle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Hamilton RoadEast LondonJacksonHuron HeightsGlen CairnCarlingArgyle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 1.5% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Hamilton Road 2.9 km | 1.7% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| East London 3.7 km | 1.8% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson 4.2 km | 1.6% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Huron Heights 4.6 km | 1.6% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Cairn 5.0 km | 1.6% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Carling 5.6 km | 1.7% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Argyle’s protected share.
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.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Argyle
How much land around Argyle is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you walk near Argyle?
OpenStreetMap maps the Thames Valley Trail close by.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Argyle?
Meadowlily Woods Esa: 60 ha, a nature reserve.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Argyle?
The closest is Komoka Provincial Park, at 15 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Argyle?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest national park to Argyle?
None within 100 km of Argyle.
Sources
Where Argyle’s 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).