First pick
Southward Park
Park or garden
35 ha3.8 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.8 km of path
6.8 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Eric Marshall · CC BY 3.01.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Smithville · parks, protected land & trails
Short Hills Provincial Park is 6.9 km from Smithville
42 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map. A drive of 82 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
1.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
42
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
82 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
6.9 km
Short Hills Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Smithville 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.3%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 areas11Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Smithville sits 8th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (16,119 to 17,073 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
Smithville1.3%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Smithville11
Towns its size8
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Smithville0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Smithville sits near the top of its size group: 15 of 39 have more. For protected land nearby, though, 32 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunnyside BC | 19% | 1.9% | 127 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Fairview NS | 14% | 0% | 16 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Tracadie NB | 13% | 9% | 54 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Greektown BC | 12% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 73 |
| 5 | Carlington ON | 12% | 2.5% | 33 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Grandview BC | 10% | 3.9% | 170 | 7 | 1 |
| 7 | Côte-Saint-Paul QC | 8.4% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Surrey Centre BC | 8.2% | 1.3% | 190 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Old Hunt Club ON | 7.3% | 7% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Elder Mills ON | 7.3% | 8% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Sturgeon Falls ON | 7.2% | 6.1% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Chutes-Montmorency QC | 6.4% | 0.1% | 25 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Parc-Lafontaine QC | 5.4% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Davie Village BC | 5.2% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 71 |
| 15 | Stayner ON | 5% | 3.6% | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| 16 | Préfontaine QC | 4.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) ON | 4.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Étienne Desmarteaux QC | 3.1% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Humbermede ON | 3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oakridge ON | 2.6% | 4.4% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Mount Pleasant East ON | 2.5% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Saint-Édouard QC | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Danforth East York ON | 2.2% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 21 |
| 24 | Leaside-Bennington ON | 2.2% | 1% | 11 | 6 | 8 |
| 25 | Scarborough Village ON | 2.2% | 7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Cliffcrest ON | 2.1% | 2.4% | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 27 | Saint-Émile QC | 2% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Bathurst Manor ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hillcrest Village ON | 1.6% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Glen Cairn ON | 1.6% | 7% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Laurentian West ON | 1.5% | 5.8% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | St.Andrew-Windfields ON | 1.4% | 2.3% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Smithville ON | 1.3% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Yorkdale-Glen Park ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Leduc County AB | 1.2% | 0.7% | 85 | 2 | 4 |
| 36 | Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides QC | 1.1% | 4.1% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Summerside AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Saint-Charles-Borromée QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Winkler MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Strathmore AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Smithville
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 Smithville: 5 named parks and woods
Southward Park is the largest, at 35 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 40 ha in all
Parks & gardens 40 ha
Between them, Southward Park and Rock Street Park cover 93%.
Southward Leash-Free Dog Park
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
0.7 ha
6.7 km northfrom the centre
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 3 in 10 of Smithville’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 (30%)Further (70%)
Smithville30%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 11,600 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Around Smithville, protected areas make up 1.3%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Smithville0%
Within 10 km1.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 42, 11 are public and the remainder private. At 720 ha, Short Hills Provincial Park is the largest. The figures include 30 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
TaylorProtected area · 4.9 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
FeatherstoneProtected area · 9.6 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
KlackoProtected area · 1.3 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
DopkoProtected area · 3.2 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
RicenburgProtected area · 9.0 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
DenickProtected area · 0.5 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Romlee (Rossetto)Protected area · 1.8 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
Short Hills Provincial ParkProvincial park · 720 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
SigfridProtected area · 2.1 ha · 7.2 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
82 km to Rouge National Urban Park
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
Short Hills Provincial Park
6.9 km east7.2 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
82 km north46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Short Hills Provincial Park is 6.9 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
Smithville and its edge hold 28 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
28 km
in and around the town (508.5 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 93.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SmithvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SmithvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
For path density, 92% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 65% 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 Smithville 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.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 Smithville: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Vineland, 14 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 52 | 62 | 83 | 70 | 78 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 77 | 72 | 62 |
Summer highs reach 27 °C in July; in January they stay near 0 °C. Most rain and snow falls in April, 83 mm; February sees 52 mm. Some 141 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Smithville →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Smithville
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
Smithville 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 (11).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 3
Gainsborough Conservation Areain town
DirectionsRuigrok Tract Conservation Area1.0 km from town
DirectionsBinbrook Tract Conservation Area1.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 11
Plus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Southward Leash-Free Dog Park0.3 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 5
Chippawa Creek Conservation Area and Campground0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Smithville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
GrimsbyBeamsvilleFifty PointIndustrialTrilliumWestmeriaSmithville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | 1.3% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| Grimsby 11 km | 0.7% | 26 | 7 | 8 |
| Beamsville 13 km | 1.2% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| Fifty Point 16 km | 1.2% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| Industrial 16 km | 1.2% | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| Trillium 18 km | 1.4% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| Westmeria 18 km | 1.6% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Smithville. Grimsby has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 7.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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.
- 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 Smithville
What is the best season to get outdoors in Smithville?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near Smithville?
It is Short Hills Provincial Park, 6.9 km away.
Is Smithville near a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 82 km off.
How much land around Smithville is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.3% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest beach to Smithville?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What is the largest protected area near Smithville?
It is Short Hills Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 720 ha.
Sources
Where Smithville’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).