First pick
Cowan Park
Park or garden
21 ha0.2 km of path
9.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Tavistock · parks, protected land & trails
Tavistock has 3 walking routes on the map
The closest provincial park is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 5.5 km from the edge of town. Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within 10 km are 9 protected areas.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
5.5 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Tavistock stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Walking routes3 named routes within 2 kmLittle protected land0.2% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
For someone who likes to get outside, Tavistock’s draw is its choice of walking routes. Where it falls short is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Tavistock 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 km0.2%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Tavistock is 10th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,523 to 8,907 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
Tavistock0.2%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Tavistock1
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Tavistock3
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Tavistock is weakest for protected land nearby: 30 of 39 have more.
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 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 22 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Where the green is in Tavistock
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Tavistock
Cowan Park is the largest, at 21 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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
1 in 10 people in Tavistock 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 (9.1%)Further (91%)
Tavistock9.1%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. For about 7,900 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
9 protected areas lie within 10 km of Tavistock
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Tavistock0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 1 of the 9. 8 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Trillium Woods Provincial ParkProvincial park · 10 ha · 5.5 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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 5.5 km off
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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
5.5 km south0.1 km²since 1969
No national park lies within 100 km of Tavistock; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
54 km of paths in and around Tavistock
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
54 km
in and around the town (335.9 km²)
Woodland
9.2%
about 30.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
TavistockTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TavistockTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.2%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 80% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 51% 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
Trails around Tavistock
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Rotary Trail5.4 km
Lions Trail2.6 km
Youth Start Trail0.8 km
Among local routes, the Rotary Trail is longest at 5.4 km. 2 of them are under 3 km, good for a short outing.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Tavistock is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from London (36 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 79 | 63 | 67 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 81 | 67 | 93 | 83 | 88 | 79 |
Rain and snow peak in September (93 mm) and ease in February (63 mm). January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 27 °C. The climate in Tavistock →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Tavistock, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Outdoors around Tavistock: 41 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 32.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 32
Plus 32 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Innerkip Quarry - Trout Lakein town
DirectionsWillow Lake Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Tavistock
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WoodstockThamesfordTavistock
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tavistock | 0.2% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Woodstock 12 km | 0.4% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Thamesford 17 km | 0.5% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Tavistock’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Tavistock
How far is the nearest provincial park from Tavistock?
The closest is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, at 5.5 km.
When is the best time for walking in Tavistock?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the largest protected area near Tavistock?
It is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 10 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Tavistock?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Tavistock.
Where can you walk near Tavistock?
Try the Rotary Trail, Lions Trail and Youth Start Trail; more are on the map.
Is there a beach near Tavistock?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How much land around Tavistock is protected?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Tavistock’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).