Places to visit around Box Grove, from Toronto Zoo
Box Grove’s list takes in 4 museums, 2 zoos and 2 theme parks. No place to visit is mapped inside Box Grove’s neighbourhood outline; 13 are within 5 km of its edge. Of the places on our list, one is looked after by Parks Canada. CN Tower is worth a day, 27 km from the centre.
The names to know near Box Grove
The rest of the best known are 2 museums, a national park and a garden.
ZooToronto Zoo3.5 km outside town, to the southeast
National park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park400 m outside town, to the northeast
GardenMilliken Park1.4 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumMarkham Museum3 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumFrederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery4.6 km outside town, to the west
Theme parkSplash Island3.3 km outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
The outermost point is Camel Ride, at 6.2 km.
The dashed line is Box Grove’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The types of place
There are more zoos, ski hills, theme parks or other days out (5) than anything else, then museums or galleries (4).
Green: inside Box Grove. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Run by Parks Canada: Rouge National Urban Park.
The complete list
Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery
Art museum in Ontario, Canada.
Splash Island
Educational water park at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
7Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Box Grove → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Box Grove →
Day trips
Big drawAttractionCN Tower27 km south · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum25 km south · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario26 km south · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland25 km west · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum17 km south
Historic houseCasa Loma25 km southwest
MuseumBata Shoe Museum25 km south
GardenHigh Park30 km southwest
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral25 km southArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant27 km south · 130K visitors a year
MuseumDesign Exchange26 km south · 225K visitors a year
GardenQueen's Park25 km southPlaces well known beyond Box Grove (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.
Common questions about Box Grove
What is there to see near Box Grove?
Look just beyond Box Grove: within 5 km are Milliken Park, Markham Museum and Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery, though none is inside it.
Does Box Grove have a museum?
Look at Burkholder House and Islamic Museum, in Box Grove or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Box Grove?
Yes: within 5 km of Box Grove, the places run by Parks Canada are named in the By kind chart.
What are the best-known days out near Box Grove?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (25 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (26 km), Canada's Wonderland (25 km), The Aga Khan Museum (17 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 (18)
- Toronto Zoo: Maelwys at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Rouge National Urban Park: Paul Gierszewski ( Gierszep ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Milliken Park: Jason Zhang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Markham Museum: Zhangj1079, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Splash Island: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario: oaktree_brian_1976 from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- CN Tower: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Ontario Museum: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Ontario: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Michael's Cathedral: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Design Exchange: nodomain.cc, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's Park: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, 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).