First pick
Fisher Fields
Park or garden
14 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
14 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.05%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stayner · parks, protected land & trails
A provincial park at Stayner’s edge: Devil's Glen Provincial Park
41 km separate the town from Georgian Bay Islands National Park, its nearest national park. Count 46 protected areas within 10 km of town. OpenStreetMap shows 3 walking routes nearby, including the Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section and Bruce Trail - Dufferin Hi-Land section.
Protected land
5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
46
within 10 km, 17 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
41 km
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Devil's Glen Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Stayner stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgeDevil's Glen Provincial Park reaches the townWalking routes3 named routes within 2 kmBeaches6 beaches within 5 km
Above all, Stayner offers a provincial park at its edge, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Against other towns
Stayner 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.6%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas17Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Stayner has the 15th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (16,104 to 17,043 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
Stayner5%
Towns its size2.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stayner17
Towns its size9
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stayner3
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Stayner sits near the top of its size group: 6 of 39 have more.
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 | Saint-Sauveur QC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Préfontaine QC | 4.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | A-B-C-D-Section (bramalea) ON | 4.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Étienne Desmarteaux QC | 3.1% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Humbermede ON | 3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Oakridge ON | 2.6% | 4.4% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Mount Pleasant East ON | 2.5% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| 23 | Saint-Édouard QC | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 Stayner
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 Stayner: 10 named parks and woods
The biggest is Fisher Fields, 14 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 34 ha in all
Parks & gardens 34 ha
71% of the area is in just two places: Fisher Fields and New Lowell Recreation Park.
New Lowell Recreation Park
Park or garden
11 ha0.5 km of path
12 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mountaincroft Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
1.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
12 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Centennial Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.1 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Clearview Collingwood Train Trail
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Fisher FieldsPark or garden · 14 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsNew Lowell Recreation ParkPark or garden · 11 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsMountaincroft ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsIves ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsGowan Memorial ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha
DirectionsCentennial ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsMcKean Memorial ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsMad River ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsCreemore GreenPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsClearview EcoPark / Community GardenPark 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
2 in 10 people in Stayner 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 (20%)Further (80%)
Stayner20%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. That leaves about 13,200 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
5% of the country within 10 km of Stayner 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 Stayner3.6%
Within 10 km5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
17 of the 46 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is the biggest, 1,844 ha. The figures include 27 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Noisy River Provincial ParkProvincial park · 378 ha · reaches Stayner
Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial ParkProvincial park · 130 ha · reaches Stayner
Devil's Glen Provincial ParkProvincial park · 60 ha · reaches Stayner
Pretty River Valley Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,099 ha · reaches Stayner
Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,844 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Collingwood HarbourProtected area · 235 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
SkeltonProtected area · 19 ha · 2.8 km from the edge of town
Leening TractNature reserve · 7.9 ha · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Little TractNature reserve · 37 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Main TractNature reserve · 274 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
3 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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 nearest big park: Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 41 km away
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
Pretty River Valley Provincial Park
At the edge · west11 km²since 1985
Provincial park
Noisy River Provincial Park
At the edge3.8 km²since 1989
Provincial park
Nottawasaga Lookout Provincial Park
At the edge1.3 km²since 1994
Provincial park
Devil's Glen Provincial Park
At the edge0.6 km²since 1965
Provincial park
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
0.4 km north-east18 km²since 1959
Provincial park
Craigleith Provincial Park
7.3 km north-west0.7 km²since 1967
6 provincial parks lie 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
153 km of paths in and around Stayner
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
153 km
in and around the town (691.2 km²)
Woodland
31%
about 212.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
StaynerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StaynerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland31%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 74% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 76% 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
3 walking routes near Stayner
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalOther waymarked
Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section68.2 km
Bruce Trail - Dufferin Hi-Land section55.3 km
Bruce Trail - Blue Mountain section side trails2.2 km
Among local routes, the Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section is longest at 68.2 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 Stayner in May, July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Egbert, 33 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 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
Expect around 174 cm of snow over a winter. For dry weather, February is best (45 mm); June gets 83 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 25 °C; January the coldest, at -1 °C. The climate in Stayner →
Beaches
6 beaches within 5 km of Stayner
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach Area 6sand · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 5sand · 2.6 km from town
DirectionsSunset Point Beachmixed · 2.9 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 4sand · 3.8 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 3sand · 4.3 km from town
DirectionsAnother beach has no name on the map. Sandy ones: 4. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Stayner has 7 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 27 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Osler Bluff1.2 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 8
Carruthers Memorial Conservation Areain town
DirectionsDevil's Glen Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsMinesing Wetlands Conservation Area - Waterfowl Viewing Platformin town
DirectionsNew Lowell Conservation Areain town
DirectionsNoisy River Provincial Parkin town
DirectionsNottawasaga Bluffs Conservation Areain town
DirectionsNottawasaga Lookout Provincial Nature Reservein town
DirectionsGlencairn Conservation Area0.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Beach Area 61.7 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 27
Plus 27 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 4
Plus 4 dog parks without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Stayner Campin town
DirectionsJell-E-Bean Campground0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite 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 Stayner
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Wasaga BeachCollingwoodStayner
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stayner | 5% | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| Wasaga Beach 10 km | 3% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Collingwood 13 km | 3.9% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
Stayner is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Stayner
What is the nearest provincial park to Stayner?
Devil's Glen Provincial Park touches the town.
When should you visit Stayner for the outdoors?
May, July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Stayner?
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, a provincial park of 1,844 ha.
Is there protected land near Stayner?
Protected areas cover 5% of the land within 10 km.
What walking routes are near Stayner?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Blue Mountains section, Bruce Trail - Dufferin Hi-Land section and Bruce Trail - Blue Mountain section side trails close by, with others.
Is there a beach near Stayner?
Beach Area 6, 1.7 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Is Stayner near a national park?
It is Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 41 km off.
Sources
Sources for this page on Stayner
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).