First pick
Riverside Park
Park or garden
28 ha0.3 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Kiwanis Way
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Tier2Cell245 · CC BY 4.01%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Pembroke · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park, Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park, is 7.8 km from Pembroke
Within 5 km lie 3 beaches, unnamed on the map. No national park lies within 100 km. Within 10 km of the town, 1% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
7.8 km
Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Pembroke 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1%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 areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Pembroke has the 10th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (15,181 to 15,792 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
Pembroke1%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Pembroke5
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Pembroke0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Pembroke is weakest for protected land nearby: 30 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pincourt QC | 33% | 0.6% | 38 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Lachine-Ouest QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Beauharnois QC | 17% | 2.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gaspé QC | 13% | 21% | 41 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont ON | 12% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Severn ON | 9.6% | 1.1% | 52 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant ON | 8.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pointe-Saint-Charles QC | 7.7% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Vieux-Longueuil QC | 6.4% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Lougheed BC | 5.6% | 0% | 53 | 2 | 49 |
| 11 | Saint-François QC | 5.4% | 1% | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lairet QC | 5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sainte-Adèle QC | 4.8% | 8% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Jésuites QC | 4.6% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Parksville BC | 4.4% | 13% | 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Vallée-de-la-Lièvre QC | 4.3% | 16% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Downtown ON | 3.6% | 2.8% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Lachute QC | 3.5% | 0.9% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | François-Perrault QC | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Vanier ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 22 | Byron ON | 2.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Pleasant View ON | 1.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Little Portugal ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 25 | East Willowdale ON | 1.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hamilton Road ON | 1.7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Stonebridge SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Parc-Jarry QC | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Loretteville QC | 1.1% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Pembroke ON | 1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Dorchester ON | 0.6% | 1% | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | High River AB | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Thorncliffe AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Central Elgin ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 36 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley ON | 0.2% | 2.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 37 | Laurel AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Sheridan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | East Riverside ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Edgemont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Pembroke
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
8 named parks and woods to walk in near Pembroke
Largest first: Riverside Park leads with 28 ha. Numbers match the map.
8 named parks and woods, 45 ha in all
Parks & gardens 45 ha
Riverside Park plus Pembroke Waterfront Park account for 83% of the green.
Pembroke Waterfront Park
Park or garden
8.4 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
0.6 km northfrom the centre
Kiwanis Way
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
About 8 in 10 of Pembroke’s residents are a short walk from 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 (76%)Further (24%)
Pembroke76%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. About 3,700 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1% of the land near Pembroke
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Pembroke0%
Within 10 km1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 6, 5 are public and the remainder private. Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park covers 201 ha, the most of any named area. One further area is privately owned conservation land; it counts in the figures but isn’t named, as a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Baie O'Brien (N.O. du Lac aux Allum Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 119 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
Rapides-Des-Allumettes (Île Morrison) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 76 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Petawawa Terrace Provincial ParkProvincial park · 201 ha · 7.8 km from the edge of town
Mud Lake/Creek Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 158 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
Sud de l'Île Henri Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 74 ha · 9.0 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
The nearest big park: Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park, 7.8 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
Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park
7.8 km north-west2.0 km²since 2006
For a national park, people in Pembroke 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
Pembroke 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
24 km
in and around the town (42 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 5.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PembrokeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PembrokeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 59% of Canadian towns. For path density, 65% of Canadian towns do better.
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 mapped walking route near Pembroke
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Pembroke in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Petawawa, 21 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 68 | 51 | 58 | 79 | 85 | 96 | 89 | 90 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 72 |
Winter brings about 199 cm of snow. For dry weather, February is best (51 mm); June gets 96 mm. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). The climate in Pembroke →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Pembroke
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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.
Things to do
Near Pembroke: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 8 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds 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 Pembroke
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Laurentian ValleyL'Isle-aux-AllumettesPetawawaPembroke
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pembroke | 1% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Laurentian Valley 4.1 km | 2.4% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| L'Isle-aux-Allumettes 9.9 km | 2.1% | 20 | 0 | 12 |
| Petawawa 14 km | 1.9% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
Around Laurentian Valley and L'Isle-aux-Allumettes the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Pembroke
Which is the biggest protected area near Pembroke?
It is Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 201 ha.
Is Pembroke near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Pembroke.
Is there a beach near Pembroke?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there protected areas near Pembroke?
Yes: 1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Pembroke?
Petawawa Terrace Provincial Park, 7.8 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Pembroke?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Sources for this page on Pembroke
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).