Places to visit in Summerside, led by Summerside Interpretive Centre and PEI Fox Museum
7 of the 11 places to visit in and around Summerside are museums or galleries. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 5 beyond the 6 inside Summerside’s municipal boundary. The trip to Green Gables House is 33 km.
Start with these in Summerside
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The dashed line is Summerside’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What is on offer
Green: inside Summerside. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place to visit
Canadair CP-107 Argus
De Havilland Canada CC-115 Buffalo
Grumman CP-121 Tracker
McDonnell CF-101B Voodoo
The 6 inside Summerside come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Summerside → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Summerside →
Trips out
Museum · Parks CanadaGreen Gables House33 km northeast
MuseumFarmers' Bank of Rustico39 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Summerside (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Questions about Summerside’s attractions
What are the main attractions in Summerside?
Within Summerside’s municipal boundary, the best known are Bishop's Machine Shop, International Fox Museum And Hall of Fame Inc. and McNaught History Centre & Archives.
Does Summerside have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Summerside include The Lefurgey Cultural Centre and Wyatt House Museum.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Summerside?
Not within 5 km. The closest Parks Canada property on our list is the one named above, 33 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Summerside?
Within 40 km: Pituamkek National Park Reserve (26 km), Farmers' Bank of Rustico (39 km).
How is this list made?
Museums, galleries, national historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers are merged into one list. A historic building needs a sign it welcomes visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Each place is put in the town’s 2021 outline or within 5 km of its edge.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (2)
- Green Gables House: JAKclapclap47, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Farmers' Bank of Rustico: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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).