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Merrickville Blockhouse
Attractions in Merrickville

Merrickville’s draw is Merrickville Blockhouse

Museums or galleries make up 4 of the 7 places on the list. Only one place to visit is inside Merrickville’s municipal boundary, but 6 more are within 5 km of its edge. At 35 km, Battle of the Windmill is worth the journey.

Photo: Merrickville Blockhouse, Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)
In Merrickville
1
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
6
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
4
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
2
in or near town
Best known

Top of the list in Merrickville

FortMerrickville Blockhousein townMuseumSmiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)2.3 km outside town, to the westAttractionAttractionBlitzen Estate Christmas Tree Farm4.4 km outside town, to the southwestHistoric siteHistoric siteDefensible Lockmaster's House1.4 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumHeritage House Museum200 m outside town, to the westArt galleryArt galleryOrganic Conceptions1.4 km outside town, to the west

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Mapped around Merrickville

The 6 outside town cluster to the west.

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The dashed line is Merrickville’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What you can see

Museums & galleries 3 museums · 1 art gallery0 in town · 4 nearby
Forts & historic sites 1 fort · 1 historic site1 in town · 1 nearby
Other attractions 1 attraction0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Merrickville. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

The places, one by one

After the one in town come 6 more within 5 km of its edge.

The one inside Merrickville comes first, then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Merrickville → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Merrickville →

Big names nearby

Out of town

Battlefield · Parks CanadaBattle of the Windmill35 km eastMuseumMatheson House31 km westMuseumFort Wellington34 km eastNational historic site · Parks CanadaWindmill Tower35 km eastMuseumMcMartin House31 km westMuseumFulford Place35 km southeast

Places well known beyond Merrickville (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.

Planning a visit to Merrickville

Does Merrickville have a museum?

The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Merrickville include Heritage House Museum, Organic Conceptions and Rideau Canal Visitor Information Centre.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Merrickville?

Not within 5 km. The closest Parks Canada property on our list is the one named above, 35 km east.

What are the best-known days out near Merrickville?

Within 40 km: Matheson House (31 km), Fort Wellington (34 km), Windmill Tower (35 km), McMartin House (31 km).

How is this list made?

Four open sources feed it (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers), merged so each place appears once. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches stay only with a sign they are open to visitors, and businesses such as hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Every place is tied to the town by its 2021 outline, or by lying within 5 km of it.

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 (8)

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).