First pick
Centennial Park
Park or garden
3.0 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Red Lake
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Karl Brooks Heisey died December 7, 1937 · CC BY-SA 4.010%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Red Lake · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Red Lake is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The largest is Trout Lake Conservation Reserve: 60,186 ha, 0.2 km from the edge of town. 4 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
10%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Trout Lake Provincial Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Red Lake, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round10% of the land within 10 km, more than 86% of Canadian townsA provincial park at the edgeTrout Lake Provincial Park reaches the town
Out of doors, Red Lake leads with protected land around it, with a provincial park at its edge close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Red Lake, set against 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 km10%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Red Lake has the 8th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,210 to 4,361 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
Red Lake10%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Red Lake3
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Red Lake0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Red Lake’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 7 of 39 top it. It trails them for public protected areas, where 22 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 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Oka QC | 20% | 26% | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo BC | 16% | 17% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Beaupré QC | 16% | 1.2% | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Victoria County, Subdivision B NS | 12% | 17% | 244 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Bancroft ON | 9.5% | 2.3% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Deep River ON | 8.1% | 1% | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Bruleville ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Grand Forks BC | 4.5% | 0.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Simonds NB | 3.9% | 12% | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 15 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 16 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Stellarton NS | 3.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Ormstown QC | 2.9% | 1.6% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 20 | Bartonville ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Central Park MB | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Eganville ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Lantzville BC | 1.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 24 | St. George MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Rossland BC | 1.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 28 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 29 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Discovery Ridge AB | 0.5% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Patricia Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | Pollard Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Winston Heights/Mountview AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | East Angus QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Prescott ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Claresholm AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mayliewan AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Red Lake
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 Red Lake: 6 named parks and woods
Largest first: Centennial Park leads with 3.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 6 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.4 ha
75% of the area is in just two places: Centennial Park and Elmer Pine Park.
Elmer Pine Park
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.1 km of path
5.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Norseman Heritage Centre
Park or garden
0.2 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Red Lake
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
2 in 10 people in Red Lake 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 (22%)Further (78%)
Red Lake22%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. Around 3,300 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
The 3 protected areas near Red Lake
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Red Lake1.1%
Within 10 km10%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 3 is on public land. Trout Lake Conservation Reserve is the biggest, 60,186 ha.
Trout Lake Provincial ParkProvincial park · 7,150 ha · reaches Red Lake
Trout Lake Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 60,186 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Hammell Lake Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 1,901 ha · 6.7 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
From the edge of Red Lake, Trout Lake Provincial Park begins
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
Trout Lake Provincial Park
At the edge72 km²since 1989
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Red Lake, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 5 km in and around Red Lake
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
4.9 km
in and around the town (808.3 km²)
Woodland
1.3%
about 10.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Red LakeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Red LakeTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.3%
0%50%100%
99% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover less of it than in 79% 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
No named walking route passes Red Lake on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The walking year in Red Lake
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Red Lake (6.4 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -13 | -8 | -1 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 8 | -2 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 26 | 16 | 29 | 37 | 83 | 98 | 112 | 93 | 84 | 69 | 44 | 32 |
January brings highs of -13 °C, July highs of 24 °C. The wettest month is the warmest, July (112 mm); February has 16 mm. About 230 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Red Lake →
Beaches
4 unnamed beaches near Red Lake
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Red Lake: 18 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 12 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Chukuni River Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Red Lake
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Red Lake has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 89–147 km out.
Pikangikum 14Kenora, UnorganizedKenoraMachinLac Seul 28Red Lake
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Lake | 10% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Pikangikum 14 89 km | 8.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenora, Unorganized 133 km | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| Kenora 146 km | 1% | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Machin 146 km | 7.5% | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Lac Seul 28 147 km | 2.8% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Red Lake’s protected share. More routes are mapped around Kenora, Unorganized (5).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Red Lake
How far is the nearest provincial park from Red Lake?
Trout Lake Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
How much land around Red Lake is protected?
Within 10 km, 10% of the land lies in protected areas.
Where can you swim near Red Lake?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is Red Lake near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Red Lake.
Which is the biggest protected area near Red Lake?
Trout Lake Conservation Reserve, a nature reserve of 60,186 ha.
Sources
Where Red Lake’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).