First pick
Nairn Optimist Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha
11 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ainuvas · CC BY-SA 4.01.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Parkhill · parks, protected land & trails
3 mapped walking routes pass Parkhill
3.1 km from town is Pinery Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 11 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name.
Protected land
1.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
3.1 km
Pinery Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Parkhill against 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.3%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 routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Parkhill has the 16th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,704 to 7,022 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
Parkhill1.4%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Parkhill1
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Parkhill3
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Parkhill trails its peers is public protected areas; 28 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON | 18% | 18% | 136 | 6 | 347 |
| 2 | Hawthorn Meadows - Sheffield Glen ON | 14% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Old Ottawa South ON | 12% | 5.4% | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Springhill NS | 11% | 9% | 79 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Harrietsfield NS | 11% | 19% | 33 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 10% | 91 | 4 | 228 |
| 7 | Lowertown East ON | 11% | 0% | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Beaverbrook ON | 7.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek ON | 7.1% | 6.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Douglas NB | 6.4% | 9.4% | 54 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Saint-Honoré QC | 5.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Perth ON | 5.4% | 0.7% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Barrington NS | 5.2% | 6.8% | 91 | 0 | 45 |
| 14 | Hope ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Anniedale BC | 4.5% | 7.9% | 155 | 8 | 3 |
| 16 | Millrise AB | 4.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Edgeley ON | 3.9% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Canyon Meadows AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Willow Park AB | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Midnapore AB | 3.3% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 21 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A NS | 3.1% | 1.6% | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Hillsdale SK | 2.4% | 40% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay BC | 2.3% | 1.5% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Riverdale West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Parkhill ON | 1.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | Meadowood MB | 1.3% | 1.8% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Old Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 29 |
| 28 | Devon AB | 1.1% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | Garden City MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Applewood Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Bridgeland/Riverside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Stephenville NL | 0.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| 33 | Kiniski Gardens AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Tamarack AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Lucan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 36 | Gimli MB | 0.1% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| 37 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Rhineland MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Wainwright AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Klarvatten AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Parkhill
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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Parkhill
Nairn Optimist Park is the largest, at 3.0 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Coronation Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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
A park is within a short walk for 1 in 10 in Parkhill
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 (7.5%)Further (93%)
Parkhill7.5%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 6,300 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Parkhill, 1.4% 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 Parkhill0.3%
Within 10 km1.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 11, 1 are public and the remainder private. 10 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Pinery Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,532 ha · 3.1 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
3.1 km to Pinery Provincial 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.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Pinery Provincial Park
3.1 km north-west25 km²since 1957
For a national park, people in Parkhill travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Parkhill has 62 km of footpaths in and around it
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
62 km
in and around the town (741.8 km²)
Woodland
15%
about 111.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ParkhillTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ParkhillTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
For path density, 88% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 61% 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
Where to walk from Parkhill
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Ausable River Trail13.8 km
Rock Glen CA2.4 km
Martens Trail2.1 km
For a longer outing, the Ausable River Trail runs 13.8 km. For a short stroll, 2 are under 3 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Parkhill: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Strathroy-Mullifarry (23 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 62 | 66 | 88 | 84 | 86 | 78 | 81 | 88 | 84 | 90 | 79 |
Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -2 °C in January. The wettest month, November, brings 90 mm, against 62 mm in February. Snow totals about 152 cm a year. The climate in Parkhill →
Beaches
2 unnamed beaches near Parkhill
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Parkhill: 1 viewpoints, 1 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 7.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Scenic Lookout Parkhil Damin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Mystery Fallsin town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Lucan Conservation Areain town
DirectionsRock Glenn Conservation Area0.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Parkhill
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 15–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Parkhill.
ForestAdelaide-MetcalfeExeterLucanStrathroyParkhill
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill | 1.4% | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| Forest 15 km | 1.7% | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Adelaide-Metcalfe 23 km | 0.3% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter 23 km | 1.5% | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| Lucan 23 km | 0.1% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Strathroy 23 km | 0.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Parkhill’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Parkhill
When is the best time for walking in Parkhill?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Parkhill from a national park?
None within 100 km of Parkhill.
How much land around Parkhill is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.4% of the land within 10 km.
What walking routes are near Parkhill?
The Ausable River Trail, Rock Glen CA and Martens Trail, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
What is the nearest beach to Parkhill?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is there a provincial park near Parkhill?
The closest is Pinery Provincial Park, at 3.1 km.
What is the largest protected area near Parkhill?
Pinery Provincial Park, a provincial park of 2,532 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Parkhill
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).