First pick
Sheffield Conservation Area
Park or garden
20 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
25 km north-westfrom the centre
Blue Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.010%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stone Mills · parks, protected land & trails
Few places match Stone Mills for protected land nearby: more than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
28 km separate the town from Thousand Islands National Park, its nearest national park. The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) is the one mapped walking route close by. Some protected land is inside the town: 11% of its area.
Protected land
10%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
58
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
28 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Puzzle Lake Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Stone Mills stands out outdoors
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 85% of Canadian townsOn a national routeThe The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) passes within 2 kmA provincial park at the edgePuzzle Lake Provincial Park reaches the town
Stone Mills’ best card is protected land around it, with the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) close behind.
Against other towns
Stone Mills against 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
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 town11%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Stone Mills ranks 5th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,381 to 8,658 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
Stone Mills10%
Towns its size3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stone Mills5
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stone Mills1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Stone Mills beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 4 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Wildfield ON | 9.1% | 14% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 17 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Deer Lake BC | 2.9% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| 23 | Rocky Ridge AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Prairie View SK | 2.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 26 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 27 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | St. John's MB | 0.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 33 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 35 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Garneau AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Stone Mills
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Stone Mills
Largest first: Sheffield Conservation Area leads with 20 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 31 ha in all
Parks & gardens 31 ha
Most of it sits in Sheffield Conservation Area and Centreville Fair: 94% together.
Lions Beaver Lake Park
Park or garden
1.5 ha
15 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Colebrook Conservation Area
Park or garden
0.4 ha
9.3 km eastfrom 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
Few people in Stone Mills 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Stone Mills0%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. For about 8,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 58 protected areas near Stone Mills
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stone Mills11%
Within 10 km10%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 5 of the 58. Biggest of the named areas: Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve, 8,589 ha. 37 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Mellon Lake Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 8,589 ha · reaches Stone Mills
Puzzle Lake Provincial ParkProvincial park · 3,777 ha · reaches Stone Mills
Kaladar Jackpine Barrens Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 1,086 ha · reaches Stone Mills
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
Thousand Islands National Park is 28 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
Puzzle Lake Provincial Park
At the edge38 km²since 2001
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
28 km south-east24 km²since 1904
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
61 km of paths in and around Stone Mills
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
61 km
in and around the town (884.5 km²)
Woodland
57%
about 505 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Stone MillsTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Stone MillsTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland57%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 90% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 86% 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
The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) runs past Stone Mills
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)239.5 km
7.0 km of the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) runs within 2 km of town; mapped end to end, it is 240 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 Stone Mills: May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Centreville, 2.9 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) | -3 | -1 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 61 | 65 | 88 | 84 | 90 | 68 | 75 | 100 | 96 | 88 | 83 |
In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -3 °C. September is the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (61 mm). A typical year sees 158 cm of snow. The climate in Stone Mills →
Things to do
34 things to do outdoors near Stone Mills
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Campsites lead the count with 17.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Basswood Hillin town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Camden East Conservation Areain town
DirectionsSheffield Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 17
Cedar Crest Cottages & Campgroundin town
DirectionsO'neill's Cottagesin town
DirectionsPlus 15 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 6
Beaver Lake Boat Launchin town
DirectionsGull Creek Boat Launchin town
DirectionsWhite Lake Boat Launchin town
DirectionsSalmon River Boat Ramp (Roblin)0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stone Mills
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 21–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Stone Mills.
Greater NapaneeSouth FrontenacLoyalistTyendinagaDeserontoStone Mills
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone Mills | 10% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| Greater Napanee 21 km | 1.9% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| South Frontenac 25 km | 9.4% | 89 | 18 | 5 |
| Loyalist 27 km | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyendinaga 28 km | 3% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Deseronto 28 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Stone Mills has. More routes are mapped around South Frontenac (18).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Stone Mills
Are there hiking trails near Stone Mills?
The The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario), mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Stone Mills is protected?
Yes: 10% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Stone Mills?
Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve, a nature reserve of 8,589 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Stone Mills?
The nearest is Thousand Islands National Park, 28 km away.
Is there a provincial park near Stone Mills?
Puzzle Lake Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
When should you visit Stone Mills for the outdoors?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Stone Mills’ 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).