First pick
Fort Wellington National Historic Site
Park or garden
6.2 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: R Orville Lyttle · CC BY-SA 2.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Prescott · parks, protected land & trails
Thousand Islands National Park is 20 km from Prescott
The nearest provincial park, Brockville Long Swamp Fen Provincial Park, is 15 km away. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km. Of the country within 10 km, 0.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
20 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Brockville Long Swamp Fen Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Prescott has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyThousand Islands National Park, 20 km awayLittle protected land0.1% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Out of doors, Prescott leads with Thousand Islands National Park within easy reach. Where it falls short is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
How Prescott 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.1%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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Prescott sits 3rd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,276 to 4,422 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
Prescott0.1%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Prescott0
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Prescott1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Prescott is weakest for public protected areas: 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 31% | 24 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Beresford NB | 24% | 6.2% | 6 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Oka QC | 20% | 26% | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Beaupré QC | 16% | 1.2% | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Bancroft ON | 9.5% | 2.3% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | Bells Corners West ON | 9% | 11% | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Deep River ON | 8.1% | 1% | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Bellerive QC | 6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Highlands East ON | 5.2% | 2.1% | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 13 | Bruleville ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Grand Forks BC | 4.5% | 0.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 16 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Montague ON | 3% | 2.8% | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | Geraldton ON | 2.8% | 2.2% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 20 | Bartonville ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | White City SK | 2.3% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | De Salaberry MB | 1.9% | 0.2% | 46 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Central Park MB | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Roslyn MB | 1.6% | 0% | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Spence MB | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Eganville ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Lantzville BC | 1.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 28 | Rossland BC | 1.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 30 | Glenridding Heights AB | 1.1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | South Calgary AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Inglewood AB | 0.6% | 17% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 33 | Lorelei AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ormsby Place AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Patricia Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | Pollard Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Winston Heights/Mountview AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Prescott ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | High Level AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Beacon Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Prescott
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
Walk in Prescott: 6 named parks and woods
The biggest is Fort Wellington National Historic Site, 6.2 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 12 ha in all
Parks & gardens 12 ha
Fort Wellington National Historic Site and Fairways Park together hold 74% of it.
Centennial Park
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.5 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Riverwalk park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Prescott
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
9 in 10 people in Prescott 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 (88%)Further (12%)
Prescott88%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high. That leaves about 500 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Prescott has 2 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Prescott0%
Within 10 km0.1%
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
Parks around Prescott
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
Brockville Long Swamp Fen Provincial Park
15 km west2.2 km²since 2017
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
20 km south-west24 km²since 1904
Closer to home, Brockville Long Swamp Fen Provincial Park is 15 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
Prescott and its edge hold 8 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
7.8 km
in and around the town (17.4 km²)
Woodland
26%
about 4.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PrescottTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PrescottTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland26%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 71% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 68% 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
Prescott has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Heritage Walking Trail1.5 km
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 Prescott: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Brockville (20 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 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 84 | 64 | 68 | 89 | 80 | 96 | 99 | 82 | 96 | 94 | 81 | 85 |
Snow totals about 180 cm a year. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. Rain peaks with the heat: 99 mm in July, against 64 mm in February. The climate in Prescott →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Prescott
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 Prescott: 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.
The map shows 4 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Slipways 1
Boat Launchin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Prescott
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
AugustaCardinalBrockvillePrescott
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prescott | 0.1% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Augusta 6.5 km | 0.8% | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Cardinal 14 km | 0.8% | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Brockville 19 km | 1.9% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
For protected land, Brockville has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Prescott
Are there hiking trails near Prescott?
OpenStreetMap maps the Heritage Walking Trail close by.
What is the nearest national park to Prescott?
Thousand Islands National Park, 20 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Prescott?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
How much land around Prescott is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Prescott?
Brockville Long Swamp Fen Provincial Park, 15 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Prescott?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Where Prescott’s outdoors figures come from
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).