First pick
Parc Pomerleau
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.00.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Ascot Corner · parks, protected land & trails
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 27 km away, is the closest provincial park to Ascot Corner
CPCAD lists 5 protected areas within 10 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Protected areas cover 0.7% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
0.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
27 km
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Ascot Corner 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.7%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Ascot Corner sits 13th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,672 to 3,782 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
Ascot Corner0.7%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Ascot Corner0
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Ascot Corner0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Ascot Corner is weakest for public protected areas: 36 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baie-D'Urfé QC | 49% | 0.1% | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Alnwick NB | 32% | 7.8% | 62 | 0 | 53 |
| 4 | Blind River ON | 21% | 41% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Roberts Creek BC | 11% | 17% | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Cowichan Bay BC | 4.2% | 5.7% | 64 | 2 | 10 |
| 12 | Westville NS | 4.1% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Industrial Sector A and Keith ON | 3.5% | 0.9% | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Berrisfield ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Lake Cowichan BC | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 16 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 17 | North Glenora AB | 1.9% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Killarney MB | 1.8% | 2.3% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Meadowgreen SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC | 1.5% | 1.1% | 60 | 6 | 47 |
| 21 | Kensington AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Deer Lodge MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fifty Point ON | 1.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Pacific Heights SK | 1% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Alpine Place MB | 0.9% | 2.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Cameron Heights AB | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Inkster-Faraday MB | 0.8% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ascot Corner QC | 0.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Flagstaff County AB | 0.4% | 0.3% | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Eau Claire AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Greenfield AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Magrath Heights AB | 0.3% | 13% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Cartier MB | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Dixie ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Claire QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Ascot Corner
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Ascot Corner
Largest first: Parc Pomerleau leads with 3.3 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 9 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.3 haWoods 3.1 ha
68% of the area is in just two places: Parc Pomerleau and Îles Pomerleau.
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 Ascot Corner, 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%)
Ascot Corner0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 3,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
5 protected areas lie within 10 km of Ascot Corner
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Ascot Corner0%
Within 10 km0.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
They belong to private owners or land trusts, so the page leaves their names out.
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
27 km to Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
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)
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
27 km west59 km²since 1979
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Ascot Corner, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Ascot Corner and its edge hold 7 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
6.8 km
in and around the town (132.9 km²)
Woodland
66%
about 87.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Ascot CornerTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Ascot CornerTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland66%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 90% of Canadian towns. 92% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Ascot Corner
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
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 Ascot Corner
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lennoxville (9.5 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 66 | 68 | 82 | 85 | 102 | 99 | 104 | 96 | 91 | 70 | 75 |
Some 269 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -5 °C. The wettest month, August, brings 104 mm, against 66 mm in February. The climate in Ascot Corner →
Things to do
19 things to do outdoors near Ascot Corner
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 15. Monts Stoke tops the hills nearby, 520 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Monts Stoke520 m · 0.9 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Parc Canoëin town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Ascot Corner
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StokeEast AngusCookshire-EatonSherbrookeWestburyHatleyAscot Corner
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascot Corner | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Stoke 4.0 km | 0.3% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| East Angus 11 km | 0.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cookshire-Eaton 12 km | 0.4% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sherbrooke 12 km | 4.1% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| Westbury 12 km | 0.1% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hatley 17 km | 0.7% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
Around Sherbrooke the protected share is at least double. Stoke has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 3.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Ascot Corner
When should you visit Ascot Corner for the outdoors?
On the normals, May: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Ascot Corner near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Ascot Corner.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Ascot Corner?
The closest is Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), at 27 km.
How much land around Ascot Corner is protected?
Yes: 0.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Ascot Corner’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).