First pick
Parc Lions
Park or garden
6.2 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Amos · parks, protected land & trails
Lac la Paix Water Fowl Gathering Area begins at the edge of Amos
Biggest among them: Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic Reserve, 11,979 ha, 5.6 km off. Within 100 km there is no national park. Within 5 km is one beach, Plage du lac Beauchamp.
Protected land
0.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
8
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Aiguebelle National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Amos 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%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 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
Amos has the 8th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,522 to 13,051 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
Amos0.5%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Amos8
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Amos0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Amos sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more. For protected land nearby, though, 32 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | View Royal BC | 21% | 45% | 35 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Westboro ON | 13% | 5.5% | 32 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Centre-Ville QC | 11% | 22% | 40 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | North Saanich BC | 9.2% | 5.1% | 37 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Bridlewood AB | 7.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Windsor Park NS | 7.6% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Rothesay NB | 5.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 8 | Prince Rupert BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Saint-Hippolyte QC | 4.2% | 6.9% | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Carrville Corners ON | 4.1% | 0.5% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Peel Village ON | 3.8% | 0.9% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Highland Creek ON | 3.5% | 0.6% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Chaparral AB | 3.2% | 9.8% | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 14 | New Springbrook ON | 3.1% | 2.4% | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Lakeview AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | New Brighton AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | Carignan QC | 2.7% | 2.1% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Albert Park SK | 2.7% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Grenet QC | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Ayr ON | 2.4% | 1.8% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 21 | Spring Valley ON | 2.4% | 8.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Regent Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 23 | Yonge-Bay Corridor ON | 2.2% | 0% | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 24 | Erin ON | 2.1% | 0.2% | 48 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Kings County, Subdivision B NS | 1.7% | 5.9% | 19 | 2 | 9 |
| 26 | Forest ON | 1.7% | 6.7% | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 27 | Brighton ON | 1.3% | 4.2% | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | Winchester ON | 1.2% | 0.6% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Meaford ON | 1.1% | 2.1% | 70 | 4 | 21 |
| 30 | Dakota Crossing MB | 0.8% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Windsor Park MB | 0.8% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gander NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 33 | Amos QC | 0.5% | 0.2% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Lac Ste. Anne County AB | 0.5% | 0.4% | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Alderwood ON | 0.3% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 36 | Varsity AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Rutherford AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Julienne QC | 0.2% | 1.7% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Downtown AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Thompson MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Amos
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
Walk in Amos: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Parc Lions, 6.2 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Parc Bélanger-Optimiste
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.3 km of path
1.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Cathédrale
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Amos
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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Amos
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 (54%)Further (46%)
Amos54%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 5,900 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Lac la Paix Water Fowl Gathering Area reaches Amos
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Amos0.2%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 8. Biggest of the named areas: Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic Reserve, 11,979 ha.
Lac la Paix Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 29 ha · reaches Amos
Lac Gauvin Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 10 ha · reaches Amos
08651R016 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 133 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
08651R010 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 100 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic ReserveNature reserve · 11,979 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Lac Castagnier Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.1 ha · 6.2 km from the edge of town
08651R004 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 146 ha · 9.2 km from the edge of town
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
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
Aiguebelle National Park (Québec), 29 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Aiguebelle National Park (Québec)
29 km west268 km²since 1985
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Amos has its province’s. Despite the name, a Québec parc national is a provincial park.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Amos and its edge hold 19 km of footpath
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
19 km
in and around the town (562.1 km²)
Woodland
80%
about 450.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AmosTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AmosTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland80%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 96% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 94% 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 Amos
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 town; 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
May is the best month for walking in Amos
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Val-D'or, 62 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 1 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 42 | 47 | 65 | 69 | 84 | 101 | 93 | 102 | 82 | 75 | 54 |
Precipitation runs from 42 mm in February to 102 mm in September. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -10 °C. The climate in Amos →
Beaches
Amos has 1 beach close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage du lac Beauchampin town
DirectionsWhether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Amos: 23 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.
Most numerous: playgrounds (17).
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 17
Parc-École Saint-Josephin town
DirectionsPlus 16 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping Le jet d'eauin town
DirectionsCamping Municipal Du Lac Beauchamp0.3 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Amos
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-Félix-de-DalquierTrécessonAmos
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amos | 0.5% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier 10 km | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Trécesson 12 km | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Amos doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Amos
Is there protected land near Amos?
Within 10 km, 0.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest beach to Amos?
Plage du lac Beauchamp, in town; it is the one beach mapped within 5 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Amos?
It is Aiguebelle National Park (Québec), 29 km away.
When should you visit Amos for the outdoors?
On the normals, May: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest national park to Amos?
None within 100 km of Amos.
What is the largest protected area near Amos?
Proposed haute Harricana Aquatic Reserve: 11,979 ha, a nature reserve.
Sources
Where Amos’ 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).