First pick
Tweed Fairgrounds
Park or garden
9.6 ha
1.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Community Archives · CC09.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Tweed · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around Tweed beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
A drive of 54 km reaches Thousand Islands National Park, the nearest national park. 5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Stoco Lake Lodge Beach. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario).
Protected land
9.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
68
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
54 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Tweed stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round9.9% 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 edgeStoco Fen Provincial Park reaches the townBeaches5 beaches within 5 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Tweed’s draw is protected land around it, with the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Tweed, set against 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km9.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town9.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches5Beaches 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, Tweed ranks 9th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,411 to 6,600 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
Tweed9.9%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Tweed8
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Tweed1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Tweed’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 8 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointe-Calumet QC | 28% | 12% | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Beresford NB | 26% | 19% | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 3 | South Surrey BC | 22% | 28% | 130 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 6 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Fisher Heights ON | 11% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Bramalea Woods ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Port-Cartier QC | 5% | 1% | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Humboldt SK | 4.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 20 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | West Broadway MB | 1.6% | 0% | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Battlefield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Fairhaven SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Massey Place SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 28 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 29 | Oliver Paipoonge ON | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Kings County, Subdivision D NS | 0.5% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 10 |
| 33 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 35 | Petrolia ON | 0.3% | 3.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Abbeydale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Hollick-Kenyon AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sherwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Tweed
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Tweed: 3 named parks and woods
Tweed Fairgrounds is the largest, at 9.6 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
In Tweed, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Tweed0%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. For about 6,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 68 protected areas near Tweed
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Tweed9.1%
Within 10 km9.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 8 of the 68; land trusts and private owners hold the others. At 8,589 ha, Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve is the largest. 34 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Mellon Lake Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 8,589 ha · reaches Tweed
Mount Moriah Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 2,319 ha · reaches Tweed
Elzevir Peatlands Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 2,246 ha · reaches Tweed
Lingham Lake Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 1,988 ha · reaches Tweed
Kaladar Jackpine Barrens Conservation ReserveNature reserve · 1,086 ha · reaches Tweed
Stoco Fen Provincial ParkProvincial park · 350 ha · reaches Tweed
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: Thousand Islands National Park, 54 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
Stoco Fen Provincial Park
At the edge3.5 km²since 1985
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
54 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
47 km of paths in and around Tweed
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
47 km
in and around the town (1,184 km²)
Woodland
78%
about 922.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
TweedTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TweedTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland78%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 95% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 93% 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
Tweed is on the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)
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
Of the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario)’s 240 km, 26.1 km passes close to town.
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 Tweed in May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Centreville (32 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 | -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 |
Expect 100 mm in September, the wettest month, and 61 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -3 °C. Expect around 158 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Tweed →
Beaches
Tweed has 5 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Stoco Lake Lodge Beachin town
DirectionsLittle Cuba3.8 km from town
DirectionsThere are also 3 beaches without a name. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Tweed: 19 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 7 picnic sites, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 3
Lingham Lake Conservation Reservein town
DirectionsMount Moriah Conservation Reservein town
DirectionsPrice Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 7
Skootamatta Picnic Areain town
DirectionsMemorial Picnic1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Tweed
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Centre HastingsMadocTweed
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweed | 9.9% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| Centre Hastings 12 km | 2.5% | 30 | 2 | 3 |
| Madoc 14 km | 8.8% | 38 | 0 | 3 |
Tweed 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
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. 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 Tweed
Is there protected land near Tweed?
Protected areas cover 9.9% of the land within 10 km.
Are there hiking trails near Tweed?
OpenStreetMap maps the The Great Trail (Eastern Ontario) close by.
Where can you swim near Tweed?
Stoco Lake Lodge Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest national park to Tweed?
Thousand Islands National Park is closest, at 54 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Tweed?
On the normals, May to August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest provincial park to Tweed?
Stoco Fen Provincial Park touches the town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Tweed?
It is Mellon Lake Conservation Reserve, a nature reserve covering 8,589 ha.
Sources
Where Tweed’s outdoors figures come from
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).