First pick
Lampman Ravine
Wood or forest · 200 m outside town
28 ha5.4 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.4 km of path
11 km south-eastfrom the centre
9 mile portage
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.03.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Springwater · parks, protected land & trails
Georgian Bay Islands National Park lies 21 km beyond Springwater’s edge
17 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Allenwood Beach. The Ganaraska Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. 3.8% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
3.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
21 km
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Springwater Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
17
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Springwater apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyGeorgian Bay Islands National Park, 21 km awayBeaches17 beaches within 5 kmA provincial park at the edgeSpringwater Provincial Park reaches the town
What Springwater has most to offer outdoors is Georgian Bay Islands National Park within easy reach, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Springwater 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km3.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town6.9%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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches17Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Springwater comes 18th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (23,089 to 25,302 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
Springwater3.8%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Springwater3
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Springwater1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Springwater lags towns its size: 24 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept-Îles QC | 24% | 33% | 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | White Rock BC | 22% | 0.2% | 101 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmount NS | 11% | 4.8% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Brownsville BC | 11% | 1.3% | 119 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | L'Assomption QC | 8.5% | 0.4% | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Saint-Lambert QC | 8.1% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Old Barrhaven East ON | 6.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Riley Park BC | 6.2% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Outremont QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Candiac QC | 5.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rivière-Blanche QC | 5.8% | 8.1% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Morningside Heights ON | 5.7% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 13 | Cartierville QC | 5.6% | 19% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Kingston NS | 4.8% | 3.1% | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Mile End QC | 4.5% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Milliken ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Waterdown ON | 4.4% | 4.9% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Springwater ON | 3.8% | 6.9% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 19 | Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Agincourt South-Malvern West ON | 3.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Port Perry ON | 2.9% | 2% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | South Eglinton-Davisville ON | 2.7% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 24 | Dorset Park ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | West London ON | 2.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Renfrew-Collingwood BC | 2.2% | 0.7% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 27 | Brockville ON | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Huntsville ON | 1.8% | 2.2% | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 29 | Junction-Wallace Emerson ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 30 | Newtonbrook West ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Fort St. John BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Owen Sound ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 33 | 2 | 12 |
| 33 | Mount Pearl NL | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Embrun ON | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Oro-Medonte ON | 0.6% | 0.6% | 32 | 4 | 18 |
| 37 | Islington ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 38 | Kingsville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Essex ON | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Etobicoke City Centre ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 17 |
The map
The green map of Springwater
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
22 named parks and woods to walk in near Springwater
The biggest is Lampman Ravine, 28 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
22 named parks and woods, 90 ha in all
Parks & gardens 27 haWoods 63 ha
Millenium Tract plus Lampman Ravine account for 70% of the green.
Pringle Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
3.0 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
13 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Little Lake Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
3.4 ha0.2 km of path
13 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Osprey Ridge Park
Park or garden · 240 m outside town
2.4 ha0.2 km of path
11 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Cloughley Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
11 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kozlov Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.4 km of path
9.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 22 named parks and green spaces
Lampman RavineWood or forest · 28 ha · 5.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMillenium TractWood or forest · 35 ha
DirectionsPringle ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLittle Lake ParkPark or garden · 3.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsOsprey Ridge ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHomer Barrett ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha
DirectionsCloughley ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsKozlov ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsOliver's Mill ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsStollar ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSnow Valley Highlands ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha
DirectionsBishop ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsHanmer ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsGlenhuron ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsOrr Lake ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsBrown Wood ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCherry ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSnow Valley ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsCowdray ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsHelen Coutts Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsRobinson ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsApto GlenPark 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 2 in 10 in Springwater
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 (24%)Further (76%)
Springwater24%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 18,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
3.8% of the country within 10 km of Springwater is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Springwater6.9%
Within 10 km3.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 3 of the 14. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park covers 1,844 ha, the most of any named area. The figures include 11 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Springwater Provincial ParkProvincial park · 193 ha · reaches Springwater
Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,844 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Wye Marsh National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 44 ha · 9.5 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
The parks within reach of Springwater
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
Springwater Provincial Park
At the edge1.9 km²since 1958
Provincial park
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
1.0 km west18 km²since 1959
National park
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
21 km north14 km²since 1930
There are 2 provincial parks within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Springwater has 215 km of footpaths in and around it
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
215 km
in and around the town (673.4 km²)
Woodland
31%
about 208.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SpringwaterTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SpringwaterTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland31%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 71% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 75% 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
Springwater 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.
Regional
Ganaraska Trail243.6 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Springwater in May, July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Egbert (28 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 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
Some 174 cm of snow falls each winter. Expect 83 mm in June, the wettest month, and 45 mm in February. Summer highs reach 26 °C in July; in January they stay near -3 °C. The climate in Springwater →
Beaches
Springwater has 17 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Allenwood Beachsand · 1.6 km from town
DirectionsWoodland Beachsand · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsNew Wasaga Beachsand · 2.1 km from town
DirectionsJohnson's Beach Parksand · 2.7 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 1 & 2sand · 3.6 km from town
DirectionsMinets Point Beach4.8 km from town
DirectionsDeanlea Beachsand · 4.8 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap marks 6 as sandy. Add 10 unnamed beaches to the count. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
2 viewpoints near Springwater
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (84).
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 6
Edenvale Conservation Areain town
DirectionsFort Willow Conservation Areain town
DirectionsSpringwater Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsTiny Marsh Provincial Wildlife Area1.0 km from town
DirectionsCopeland Forest Resource Management Area1.5 km from town
DirectionsMinesing Wetlands Conservation Area - Waterfowl Viewing Platform1.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 84
Helen Coutts Memorial Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsSnow Valley Highlands Playgroundin town
DirectionsSt. Monica's Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsRiver Road East Park1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 80 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 8
Maple Park Family Campground1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 7 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 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 Springwater
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BarrieAngusSpringwater
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No place nearby has double Springwater’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- 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. 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Springwater
What is the nearest provincial park to Springwater?
Springwater Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
When should you visit Springwater for the outdoors?
May, July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Springwater near a national park?
It is Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 21 km off.
Which is the biggest protected area near Springwater?
It is Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 1,844 ha.
What is the nearest beach to Springwater?
Try Allenwood Beach, 1.6 km from town, first of several.
What walking routes are near Springwater?
Try the Ganaraska Trail.
Is there protected land near Springwater?
Yes: 3.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Springwater’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).