First pick
Carrick Tract Trail System
Park or garden
49 ha7 km of path
1 h 35 minto walk all 7 km of path
13 km south-eastfrom the centre
Sleepy Hollow 🟦Ortman's Way ⚪Johnny's Swamp of Doom 🟢+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Mildmay · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Mildmay is Inverhuron Provincial Park, 29 km away
0% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The 10 km around town hold 2 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Inverhuron Provincial Park
Against other towns
Mildmay beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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.
Protected within 10 km0%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Mildmay
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,132 to 6,361 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
Mildmay0%
Towns its size2.7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mildmay0
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mildmay0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Mildmay trails its peers is public protected areas; 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC | 6.9% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Cumberland ON | 6.7% | 2.9% | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | Tay Valley ON | 5.8% | 3.9% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC | 5.4% | 6% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Crown Point West ON | 4.1% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| 19 | Delta East ON | 3.7% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Barrhead County No. 11 AB | 3.4% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Rosemount ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Glenora AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Saint-Césaire QC | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Capitol Hill AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Vegreville AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Mildmay
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
Walk in Mildmay: one named park or wood
Carrick Tract Trail System is the largest, at 49 ha; the rest follow by size, 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.
Close to home
1 in 10 people in Mildmay 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 (10%)Further (90%)
Mildmay10%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. Around 5,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
2 protected areas lie within 10 km of Mildmay
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mildmay0%
Within 10 km0%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
Inverhuron Provincial Park is 29 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
Inverhuron Provincial Park
29 km north-west2.9 km²since 1967
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Mildmay, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 28 km in and around Mildmay
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
28 km
in and around the town (615 km²)
Woodland
19%
about 116.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MildmayTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MildmayTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
93% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover more of it than in 66% 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
No named walking route passes Mildmay on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Mildmay: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mount Forest (36 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
June is the wettest month (100 mm) and March the driest (68 mm). Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. The climate in Mildmay →
Things to do
Near Mildmay: 5 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: campsites (3).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Plus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mildmay
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WalkertonHanoverMildmay
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Mildmay holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Mildmay
What is the nearest provincial park to Mildmay?
It is Inverhuron Provincial Park, 29 km away.
Are there protected areas near Mildmay?
Protected areas cover 0% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Mildmay from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Mildmay.
When should you visit Mildmay for the outdoors?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Mildmay
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).