First pick
Les Sentiers de l'Amitié
Park or garden
44 ha5.4 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.4 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.06.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Chertsey · parks, protected land & trails
Forêt-Ouareau Territorial reserve for protected area purposes reaches Chertsey
The closest provincial park is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 15 km from the edge of town. Of the country within 10 km, 6.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. OpenStreetMap shows 7 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
6.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 12 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
79 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Beaches
7
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Chertsey has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round6.5% of the land within 10 km, more than 76% of Canadian townsBeaches7 beaches within 5 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Chertsey’s draw is protected land around it, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Chertsey compares with 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 km6.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town7.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas12Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches7Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Chertsey has the 14th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,595 to 5,764 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
Chertsey6.5%
Towns its size4.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Chertsey12
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Chertsey0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Chertsey does best for public protected areas: 8 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shediac NB | 14% | 0.9% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dunrobin ON | 14% | 0.1% | 50 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Osoyoos BC | 14% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Saint Marys NB | 13% | 15% | 44 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Iris ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | New Edinburgh ON | 11% | 0.1% | 37 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Seguin ON | 10% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Greenboro West ON | 9.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Orford QC | 9.3% | 39% | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | Lanoraie QC | 9% | 7.8% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Armstrong BC | 8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek ON | 6.9% | 21% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Lampman ON | 6.9% | 13% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Chertsey QC | 6.5% | 7.2% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C NS | 6.3% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Havelock ON | 5.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Smithers BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC | 5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Rosedale Village ON | 4.5% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Countryside ON | 4.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Braeside AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Carp ON | 3.8% | 2.9% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Waterloo QC | 3.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Creditview ON | 3% | 24% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Oakridge AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Sherwood/McCarthy SK | 2.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Memramcook NB | 2% | 0% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | County Court ON | 2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | The Pas MB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Duncan BC | 1.9% | 0% | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Montcalm MB | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Forest Hill ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | St. Matthews MB | 1.6% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Parkview AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Westwood MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 36 | Meadow Lake SK | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Bankview AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Charleswood AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Evansdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Chertsey
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
6 named parks and woods to walk in near Chertsey
Largest first: Les Sentiers de l'Amitié leads with 44 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 53 ha in all
Parks & gardens 53 ha
The bulk, 89%, is Les Sentiers de l'Amitié and Parc Municipal.
Parc Emma Curotte
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Chertsey
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt nourricière de Chertsey
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Chertsey
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
In Chertsey, 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%)
Chertsey0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 5,700 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
6.5% of the land around Chertsey is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Chertsey7.2%
Within 10 km6.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 16, 12 are public land; the others are privately held. At 5,337 ha, Forêt-Ouareau Territorial reserve for protected area purposes is the largest. Another 4 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Forêt-Ouareau Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 5,337 ha · reaches Chertsey
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 2,963 ha · reaches Chertsey
Station-de-Biologie-des-Laurentides Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 89 ha · reaches Chertsey
Albert, lac HeronryProtected area · 66 ha · reaches Chertsey
06251R007 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 63 ha · reaches Chertsey
06251R001 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 51 ha · reaches Chertsey
06251R006 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 92 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
06251R005 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 121 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
06251R009 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 72 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
06251R011 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 72 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
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
79 km to La Mauricie National Park
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-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
15 km north-west1,510 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
79 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Nearer still is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), a provincial park 15 km away. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Chertsey and its edge hold 91 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
91 km
in and around the town (405.6 km²)
Woodland
87%
about 354.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ChertseyTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChertseyTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland87%
0%50%100%
For path density, 76% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 99% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Chertsey
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Walking season in Chertsey: May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (59 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
From -6 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The wettest month, October, brings 120 mm, against 72 mm in February. The climate in Chertsey →
Beaches
7 beaches within 5 km of Chertsey, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Whether 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
Chertsey has 13 viewpoints and 2 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
13Viewpoints11Hills and peaks2Waterfalls2Nature reserves4Picnic sites12Playgrounds7Campsites1Slipways
The map shows 13 viewpoints, ahead of the rest. The tallest named summit close by is Mont de la Grande-Ourse (660 m).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 13
Point de vuein town
DirectionsPoint de Vue #11.0 km from town
DirectionsPoint de vue #31.0 km from town
DirectionsPoint de Vue #41.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 9 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 11
Mont 107635 m · in town
DirectionsMont de la Pinède460 m · in town
DirectionsMont Tête-Dure645 m · in town
DirectionsMontagne à Mironin town
DirectionsMont de la Grande-Ourse660 m · 0.4 km from town
DirectionsMont des Conscrits520 m · 0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Réserve de biodiversité projetée de la Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides0.8 km from town
DirectionsParc régional de Kilkenny1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 12
Babyfootin town
DirectionsGlissade sur neigein town
DirectionsGrand Hébertismein town
DirectionsLabyrinthein town
DirectionsPetit Hébertismein town
DirectionsTyroliennein town
DirectionsPlus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 7
Camping Domaine du Lac Paréin town
DirectionsSecteur Grande-Jetéein town
DirectionsSite 20 et 21in town
DirectionsSites 23 et 24in town
DirectionsSurviein town
DirectionsSecteur de la Rivière - Sites 25 à 310.1 km from town
DirectionsAtlantide camping familial1.5 km from 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 Chertsey
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
EntrelacsRawdonSainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-MassonSaint-CalixteSaint-Alphonse-RodriguezSainte-JulienneChertsey
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chertsey | 6.5% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| Entrelacs 9.0 km | 11% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Rawdon 13 km | 1.7% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson 14 km | 5.9% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Calixte 15 km | 3.6% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez 17 km | 0.9% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Sainte-Julienne 19 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Chertsey’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Chertsey
What is the nearest beach to Chertsey?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Chertsey?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 15 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Chertsey?
Forêt-Ouareau Territorial reserve for protected area purposes: 5,337 ha, a nature reserve.
How much land around Chertsey is protected?
Within 10 km, 6.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Chertsey?
La Mauricie National Park, 79 km from the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Chertsey?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Sources for this page on Chertsey
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).