First pick
Guindon Park
Park or garden
196 ha21.3 km of path
4 h 45 minto walk all 21.3 km of path
9.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
GreenYellowRed+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.02.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Long Sault · parks, protected land & trails
Long Sault has 9 beaches within 5 km
The nearest provincial park, Dupont Provincial Park, is 7.3 km away. 67 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park. 14 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
2.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
67 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
7.3 km
Dupont Provincial Park
Beaches
9
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Long Sault compares with 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km2.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches9Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Long Sault comes 16th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (14,347 to 14,870 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
Long Sault2.6%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Long Sault1
Towns its size8
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Long Sault0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Long Sault is weakest for public protected areas: 32 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gravenhurst ON | 18% | 24% | 27 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Bayshore ON | 11% | 0% | 23 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | La Crète AB | 11% | 7.9% | 9 | 0 | 112 |
| 4 | Mont-Laurier QC | 9.7% | 4.6% | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Vieux-Montréal QC | 8% | 0% | 28 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Maricourt QC | 6.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Vieux-Bourg QC | 6.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis QC | 6.1% | 0.1% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Peace Village ON | 5.7% | 0.6% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Maizerets QC | 5.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Vieux-Limoilou QC | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy QC | 4.8% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Guildford BC | 4.5% | 4% | 125 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Val-des-Monts QC | 4.4% | 2.6% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Bourg-Royal QC | 4.1% | 0.5% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Long Sault ON | 2.6% | 2.5% | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Orsainville QC | 2.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 18 | Southcrest ON | 2.5% | 7.8% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | South Glengarry ON | 2.3% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Hyde Park ON | 2.2% | 0.6% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Harbour Landing SK | 2.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | South London ON | 2% | 1.2% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Forest Heights ON | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lawrence Park North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Des Châtels QC | 1.3% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | Pont-Viau QC | 1.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Roncesvalles ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 28 | Briar Hill-Belgravia ON | 1% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Chappelle AB | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Carleton Place ON | 0.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Rockwood ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 27 | 15 | 5 |
| 32 | Lacombe AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Durham ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Martindale AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Truro NS | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Mount Forest ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Mountain View County AB | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Cooksville NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Grand Falls-Windsor NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Portage la Prairie MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Long Sault
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
9 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Long Sault
Largest first: Guindon Park leads with 196 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 391 ha in all
Parks & gardens 364 haWoods 27 ha
Add Guindon Park to Long Sault Parkway and you have 88% of it.
Avonmore Beach
Park or garden
10 ha0.4 km of path
6.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Newington Fairgrounds
Park or garden
6.7 ha
9.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Guindon ParkPark or garden · 196 ha · 21.3 km of path
DirectionsLong Sault ParkwayPark or garden · 148 ha
DirectionsAvonmore BeachPark or garden · 10 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsNewington FairgroundsPark or garden · 6.7 ha
DirectionsDickinson IslandWood or forest · 21 ha
DirectionsLost Villages MuseumPark or garden · 2.2 ha
DirectionsWales IslandWood or forest · 5.9 ha
DirectionsNorthfield ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsHenry DeRooy Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.4 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
About 1 in 10 of Long Sault’s residents are 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 (12%)Further (88%)
Long Sault12%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 12,800 residents are further than 400 m from a park. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Long Sault, 2.6% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Long Sault2.5%
Within 10 km2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 14 are on public land. 13 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Dupont Provincial ParkProvincial park · 614 ha · 7.3 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: Thousand Islands National Park, 67 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
Dupont Provincial Park
7.3 km south-west6.1 km²since 2011
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
67 km south-west24 km²since 1904
A provincial park is closer: Dupont Provincial Park, at 7.3 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Long Sault and its edge hold 49 km of footpath
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
49 km
in and around the town (592 km²)
Woodland
43%
about 251.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Long SaultTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Long SaultTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland43%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 80% of Canadian towns. 88% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 mapped walking route near Long Sault
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Get out in Long Sault in May, June and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Cornwall (15 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 80 | 63 | 64 | 83 | 85 | 95 | 97 | 83 | 99 | 100 | 82 | 75 |
Expect around 198 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -4 °C. For dry weather, February is best (63 mm); October gets 100 mm. The climate in Long Sault →
Beaches
Beaches near Long Sault
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Woodlands Beachsand · in town
DirectionsMille Roches Beachsand · in town
DirectionsCrysler Beach2.5 km from town
DirectionsThere are also 6 beaches without a name. 2 are mapped as sand. Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Long Sault 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.
The map shows 34 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 3
Upper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuaryin town
DirectionsWhipperwill Forestin town
DirectionsChallies Pond Recreation Area1.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 17
Woodlands Picnic Areain town
DirectionsTrillium Drive Picnic Area0.4 km from town
DirectionsFloral Drive Picnic Area0.6 km from town
DirectionsPoplar Grove Picnic Area0.6 km from town
DirectionsBarnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 12 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 34
Plus 34 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
McLaren Campgroundin town
DirectionsMille Roches Campgroundin town
DirectionsUpper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary Campgroundin town
DirectionsUpper Canada Migratory Bird Sanctuary Campground - Group Sitein town
DirectionsWoodlands Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 8
Plus 8 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Long Sault
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CornwallAkwesasne (Part) 59Long Sault
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Sault | 2.6% | 14 | 0 | 9 |
| Cornwall 16 km | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Akwesasne (Part) 59 17 km | 1.7% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Long Sault’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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Long Sault
When should you visit Long Sault for the outdoors?
May, June and August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Long Sault?
It is Dupont Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 614 ha.
Is Long Sault near a national park?
Thousand Islands National Park, 67 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Long Sault?
Protected areas cover 2.6% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Long Sault?
Woodlands Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest provincial park to Long Sault?
Dupont Provincial Park, 7.3 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Long Sault
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).