First pick
Port Hope Agricultural Park
Park or garden
8.1 ha
2.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Onasill ~ Bill - Be Safe & Happy · Public domain0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Port Hope · parks, protected land & trails
Within 54 km of Port Hope: Rouge National Urban Park
Count 5 protected areas within 10 km of town. For a provincial park, Serpent Mounds Provincial Park lies 17 km off. 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Ganaraska Trail and Oak Ridges Trail.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
54 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Serpent Mounds Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Port Hope 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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 areas0Areas 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
Port Hope has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (17,851 to 19,050 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
Port Hope0.3%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Port Hope0
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Port Hope2
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For walking routes, Port Hope sits near the top of its size group: 8 of 39 have more. It trails them for public protected areas, where 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève QC | 29% | 40% | 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Summerside PE | 25% | 0.5% | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Deux-Montagnes QC | 14% | 2.1% | 33 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Central Saanich BC | 9.2% | 3.3% | 35 | 2 | 29 |
| 5 | Desmarchais-Crawford QC | 8.8% | 1.4% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Schmidtville NS | 5.9% | 0% | 16 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Bracebridge ON | 5.4% | 3.4% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Oak Bay BC | 5.4% | 3.4% | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Iberville QC | 5.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Woodbridge ON | 5.1% | 0.5% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dewdney East SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Royal Oak BC | 4.1% | 0% | 27 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | L'Ancienne-Lorette QC | 3.9% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Centre ON | 3.8% | 12% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Parc-Laurier QC | 3.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Auburn Bay AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 17 | North St.James Town ON | 2.4% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| 18 | Downtown Yonge East ON | 2.3% | 0% | 11 | 10 | 39 |
| 19 | O'Connor-Parkview ON | 2.3% | 19% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 20 | Medway ON | 2.3% | 4.4% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Kensington-Chinatown ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 22 | Credit Valley ON | 2.2% | 5.5% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fletchers West ON | 2.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Thornhill ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Greater Napanee ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Port Elgin ON | 1.6% | 6.2% | 8 | 0 | 25 |
| 27 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 1.5% | 2.1% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Downsview ON | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Collingwood BC | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| 30 | Edmundston NB | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Swift Current SK | 0.6% | 0.2% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Listowel ON | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sylvan Lake AB | 0.5% | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Eringate-Centennial-West Deane ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Weston ON | 0.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Port Hope ON | 0.3% | 0.1% | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Mimico-Queensway ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 38 | DT Fairview ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Taradale AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Wîhkwêntôwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Port Hope on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 Port Hope: 16 named parks and woods
The biggest is Port Hope Agricultural Park, 8.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
16 named parks and woods, 28 ha in all
Parks & gardens 28 ha
Two places, Port Hope Agricultural Park and Alex Carruthers Memorial Park, make up 48% of the total.
Alex Carruthers Memorial Park
Park or garden
5.3 ha
12 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Optimist Park
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.1 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sweetheart Estates Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Port Hope
Directionsto a point inside
All 16 named parks and green spaces
Port Hope Agricultural ParkPark or garden · 8.1 ha
DirectionsAlex Carruthers Memorial ParkPark or garden · 5.3 ha
DirectionsWladyka ParkPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOptimist ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSweetheart Estates ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsLakeview ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsEastview ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsPort Hope Fish LadderPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsPort Hope Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsRiverside ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRotary ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsCaroline Street RinkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsEast BeachPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsChalmers ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsBob's ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsHewson ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: 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 7 in 10 in Port Hope
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 (68%)Further (32%)
Port Hope68%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 5,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
5 protected areas lie within 10 km of Port Hope
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Port Hope0.1%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
They belong to private owners or land trusts, so the page leaves their names out.
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
Parks around Port Hope
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
Serpent Mounds Provincial Park
17 km north-east1.4 km²since 1957
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
54 km west46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Serpent Mounds Provincial Park is 17 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Port Hope and its edge hold 107 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
107 km
in and around the town (366.2 km²)
Woodland
31%
about 114.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Port HopeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Port HopeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland31%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 75% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 72% 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
Port Hope 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.
Regional
Oak Ridges Trail272.4 km
Ganaraska Trail243.6 km
For a longer outing, the Oak Ridges Trail runs 272.4 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 Port Hope: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Peterborough, 30 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 42 | 54 | 73 | 79 | 88 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 64 |
In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -1 °C. Most rain and snow falls in June, 88 mm; February sees 42 mm. A typical year sees 158 cm of snow. The climate in Port Hope →
Beaches
2 unnamed beaches near Port Hope
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
Port Hope has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (14).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 10
Bell's Hillin town
DirectionsDean's Hillin town
DirectionsJamieson's Hillin town
DirectionsMcBurney's Hillin town
DirectionsMonkey Mountainin town
DirectionsParson's Hillin town
DirectionsPidgeon Hillin town
DirectionsPoplar Hillin town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks more.
Nature reserves 2
Garden Hill Conservation Areain town
DirectionsRichardson's Lookout Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Plus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Port Hope
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CobourgHamiltonPort Hope
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Its neighbours have no more than twice Port Hope’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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 Port Hope
Is Port Hope near a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 54 km off.
When is the best time for walking in Port Hope?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Port Hope?
It is Serpent Mounds Provincial Park, 17 km away.
Are there protected areas near Port Hope?
Within 10 km, 0.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
What walking routes are near Port Hope?
OpenStreetMap maps the Ganaraska Trail and Oak Ridges Trail close by, with others.
What is the nearest beach to Port Hope?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Sources
Sources for this page on Port Hope
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).