Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Noisy River Provincial Park is 0.6 km from Melancthon
For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Bruce Trail - Dufferin Hi-Land section side trails and Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section. For a swim, Bob's Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km. 70 km separate the town from Georgian Bay Islands National Park, its nearest national park.
How Melancthon 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Melancthon is 16th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,536 to 3,634 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For protected land nearby, Melancthon lags towns its size: 24 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pemberton BC | 41% | 34% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Colebrook BC | 28% | 14% | 145 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary BC | 17% | 21% | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ON | 12% | 12% | 58 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Fessenden ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Collectivité Nouvelle QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Zone Aéroportuaire QC | 6.5% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Guybourg QC | 6.4% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Burkholme ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Lac du Bonnet MB | 4.2% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Des Vallées QC | 3.9% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Prince Albert No. 461 SK | 3.8% | 3.8% | 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola BC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Quinndale ON | 2.9% | 0% | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Ramsay AB | 2.4% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Horton ON | 2.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Hudson AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Buckland No. 491 SK | 2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Opportunity No. 17 AB | 2% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| 21 | Victoria Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Kingston NB | 1.7% | 0.8% | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| 23 | Thorncliff AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | McMillan MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | Melancthon ON | 1.3% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | WestLake-Gladstone MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby QC | 1.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Glendale MB | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | South Tuxedo MB | 1.2% | 50% | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| 30 | Lawson Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.7% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Mactaggart AB | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Two Hills County No. 21 AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Eaglemere MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | East Elmwood MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dunham QC | 0.4% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Isidore QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Ste. Anne MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Morris MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carman MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Beausejour MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Parks, woods and paths around Melancthon
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Walk in Melancthon: 2 named parks and woods
The biggest is Melancthon Tract, 53 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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.
In Melancthon, parks are rarely a short walk away
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.
Around 3,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
1.3% of the country within 10 km of Melancthon is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
7 of the 21 are on public land. Mono Cliffs Provincial Park is the biggest, 732 ha. Another 14 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
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.
70 km to Georgian Bay Islands National Park
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.
Noisy River Provincial Park
Boyne Valley Provincial Park
Mono Cliffs Provincial Park
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
A provincial park is closer: Noisy River Provincial Park, at 0.6 km. 3 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Melancthon and its edge hold 24 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
For woods, it beats 71% of Canadian towns. 91% 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.
2 mapped routes to walk from Melancthon
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
For a longer outing, the Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section runs 68.2 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Melancthon: May, July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Egbert, 42 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
Some 174 cm of snow falls each winter. Most rain and snow falls in June, 83 mm; February sees 45 mm. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -1 °C. The climate in Melancthon →
The beach near Melancthon: Bob's Beach, 3.4 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
One more is mapped without a name. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Melancthon has a waterfall 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 28 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Melancthon
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Around Shelburne the protected share is at least double.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Melancthon
What is the nearest provincial park to Melancthon?
Noisy River Provincial Park, 0.6 km away.
Is there protected land near Melancthon?
Within 10 km, 1.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest beach to Melancthon?
The nearest is Bob's Beach, 3.4 km from town.
Are there hiking trails near Melancthon?
The Bruce Trail - Dufferin Hi-Land section side trails and Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Melancthon?
It is Mono Cliffs Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 732 ha.
How far is Melancthon from a national park?
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 70 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Melancthon for the outdoors?
May, July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Where Melancthon’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).