First pick
Vansittart Woods
Wood or forest
284 ha6 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6 km of path
12 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.00.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Plattsville · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land is scarce around Plattsville: 0.4% within 10 km
The closest provincial park is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 12 km from the edge of town. 19 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. OpenStreetMap shows 2 walking routes nearby, including the Chesney Conservation Area and F.H. Montgomery Sanctuary.
Protected land
0.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
19
within 10 km, 16 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
12 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Plattsville 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km0.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas16Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named 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
Among 40 towns its size, Plattsville is 11th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,135 to 8,375 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
Plattsville0.4%
Towns its size1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Plattsville16
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Plattsville2
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Plattsville beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 9 of 39 do better. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Malbaie QC | 27% | 0.5% | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB | 27% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Argyle NS | 21% | 22% | 136 | 0 | 22 |
| 4 | Elmvale - Canterbury ON | 14% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Rigaud QC | 7.1% | 1.5% | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Secord AB | 6.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Kirkland Lake ON | 5% | 9.5% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | G-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Walden AB | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 15 | Rocky Mountain House AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | Langstaff ON | 2.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Torbay NL | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 19 | South Pointe MB | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Alnwick/Haldimand ON | 1.1% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | South Terwillegar AB | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Lawson Heights SK | 0.7% | 8.1% | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | St. Norbert MB | 0.6% | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Silverwood Heights SK | 0.6% | 1.6% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 26 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 27 | Vermilion River County AB | 0.5% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Southdale MB | 0.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Plattsville ON | 0.4% | 0.1% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 32 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Allard AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Kildare-Redonda MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | St. Marys ON | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | Charlesworth AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Strathcona AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ponoka AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Plattsville
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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Plattsville
Vansittart Woods is the largest, at 284 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Princeton Park
Park or garden
7.0 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
8.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
FH Montgomery Wildlife Sanctuary
Wood or forest · 80 m outside town
14 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
12 km north-westfrom the centre
F.H. Montgomery
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 1 in 10 of Plattsville’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 (5.6%)Further (94%)
Plattsville5.6%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 7,800 residents live further than 400 m from one. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
19 protected areas lie within 10 km of Plattsville
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Plattsville0.1%
Within 10 km0.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 19, 16 are public and the remainder private. The largest named one is Huron Natural Area, at 96 ha. 3 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Barker's Bush/Lion's ParkNature reserve · 80 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Brigadoon Woods-Strasburg CreekNature reserve · 34 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Huron Natural AreaNature reserve · 96 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Doon South CreekNature reserve · 54 ha · 5.8 km from the edge of town
Tilt's BushNature reserve · 39 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Burford Lions Art Cadman ParkNature reserve · 26 ha · 6.4 km from the edge of town
Borden WetlandsNature reserve · 16 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
Laurentian WetlandNature reserve · 17 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Topper WoodsNature reserve · 23 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
Steckle WoodsNature reserve · 30 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
6 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 12 km off
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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
12 km south-west0.1 km²since 1969
For a national park, people in Plattsville 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
Plattsville and its edge hold 57 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
57 km
in and around the town (497.7 km²)
Woodland
19%
about 93.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PlattsvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlattsvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
For path density, 84% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 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
Plattsville has 2 named walking routes
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Chesney Conservation Area2.7 km
F.H. Montgomery Sanctuary1.1 km
2 of them are under 3 km, good for a short outing.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Plattsville is best on foot in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Kitchener/Waterloo (29 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 66 | 46 | 57 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 96 | 67 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 55 |
Expect 96 mm in July, warm and wet, and 46 mm in February. Summer highs reach 27 °C in July; in January they stay near -2 °C. The climate in Plattsville →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Plattsville, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
29 things to do outdoors near Plattsville
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
20 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Chesney Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 20
Plus 20 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
NDCC Dog Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 3
Camp Impeesain town
DirectionsPark Haven Lake Family Campgroundin town
DirectionsInnerkip Quarry - Trout Lake0.5 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Plattsville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
AyrParisRosenbergHuron SouthWoodstockDoon SouthPlattsville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plattsville | 0.4% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Ayr 13 km | 2.4% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| Paris 16 km | 0.4% | 26 | 7 | 3 |
| Rosenberg 18 km | 2.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Huron South 18 km | 2.1% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| Woodstock 18 km | 0.4% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Doon South 19 km | 2.3% | 22 | 2 | 0 |
For protected land, Ayr, Rosenberg and Huron South have twice as much or more. Ayr has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 8.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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 Plattsville
When should you visit Plattsville for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Plattsville?
Huron Natural Area, a nature reserve of 96 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Plattsville?
The closest is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, at 12 km.
Is Plattsville near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Plattsville.
Is there protected land near Plattsville?
Yes: 0.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you walk near Plattsville?
OpenStreetMap maps the Chesney Conservation Area and F.H. Montgomery Sanctuary close by, with others.
What is the nearest beach to Plattsville?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Sources
The sources behind Plattsville’s outdoors figures
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).