First pick
Eglinton Flats
Park or garden
39 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mount Dennis
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Canmenwalker · CC BY 4.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mount Dennis · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 28 km from Mount Dennis
The protected share within 10 km is 0.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The 10 km around town hold 4 protected areas. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
28 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
36 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mount Dennis 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
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 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
Among 40 towns its size, Mount Dennis is 6th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,131 to 13,613 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
Mount Dennis0.2%
Towns its size3.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mount Dennis1
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mount Dennis0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Mount Dennis lags towns its size: 34 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 12 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 23 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 25 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 26 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 27 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 28 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 30 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Mount Dennis
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
8 named parks and woods to walk in near Mount Dennis
Eglinton Flats is the largest, at 39 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 67 ha in all
Parks & gardens 67 ha
Eglinton Flats plus Fergy Brown Park account for 79% of the green.
Fergy Brown Park
Park or garden
14 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mount Dennis
Directionsto a point inside
North Keelesdale Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
6.1 ha
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Westlake Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
3.8 ha0.5 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Trethewey Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
1.4 ha0.4 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Dalrymple Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
1.5 ha0.1 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Denison Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Scarlett Heights Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
0.5 ha
1.3 km south-westfrom 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 9 in 10 of Mount Dennis’ 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 (94%)Further (6.2%)
Mount Dennis94%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better. About 800 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
4 protected areas lie within 10 km of Mount Dennis
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mount Dennis0%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 4, 1 are public land; the others are privately held. The count includes 3 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Humber MarshesNature reserve · 31 ha · 3.8 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
Big parks near Mount Dennis
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
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
28 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
36 km south-west6.8 km²since 1975
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
39 km of paths in and around Mount Dennis
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
39 km
in and around the town (12 km²)
Woodland
6.1%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mount DennisTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mount DennisTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland6.1%
0%50%100%
57% of Canadian towns are more wooded. For path density, it beats 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
No mapped walking route near Mount Dennis
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 neighbourhood; 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
Mount Dennis is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Toronto (City), 8.1 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 54 | 53 | 78 | 76 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 58 |
Some 115 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 27 °C in July; in January they stay near 0 °C. Precipitation runs from 53 mm in March to 82 mm in June. The climate in Mount Dennis →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Mount Dennis
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
A viewpoint near Mount Dennis
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (100).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 100
Plus 100 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Plus 2 dog parks without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Mount Dennis: 2 gardens and parks to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
High ParkGarden or park · 4.6 km from town
DirectionsQueen's ParkGarden or park · 7.8 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Mount Dennis
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Rockcliffe-SmytheBrookhaven-AmesburyHumber Heights-WestmountBeechborough-GreenbrookWestonKeelesdale-Eglinton WestMount Dennis
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dennis | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Rockcliffe-Smythe 1.3 km | 0.3% | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 1.5 km | 0.5% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Humber Heights-Westmount 2.1 km | 0.3% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Beechborough-Greenbrook 2.1 km | 0.5% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Weston 2.3 km | 0.4% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Keelesdale-Eglinton West 2.3 km | 0.5% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Mount Dennis has.
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. 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Mount Dennis
How far is the nearest provincial park from Mount Dennis?
It is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 36 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Mount Dennis?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest beach to Mount Dennis?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Mount Dennis?
Humber Marshes: 31 ha, a nature reserve.
How much land around Mount Dennis is protected?
Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Mount Dennis?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 28 km off.
Sources
Sources for this page on Mount Dennis
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).