First pick
Île Limerick
Wood or forest · 260 m outside town
35 ha
12 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Veillg1 · CC02%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Clarendon · parks, protected land & trails
Clarendon touches Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area
7.1 km from town is Ottawa River Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Norway Bay Beach. The largest is Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer Yard: 674 ha, 6.5 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
25
within 10 km, 15 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
7.1 km
Ottawa River Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Clarendon 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.9%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas15Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Clarendon has the 18th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,442 to 2,587 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
Clarendon2%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Clarendon15
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Clarendon0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Clarendon beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 6 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Clarendon QC | 2% | 3.9% | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Clarendon
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 Clarendon
Largest first: Île Limerick leads with 35 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 43 ha in all
Parks & gardens 8.5 haWoods 35 ha
94% of the area is in just two places: Île Limerick and Parc Elwood-Dale.
Parc Elwood-Dale
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
6.1 ha
5.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Mill Dam Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
1.6 ha
6.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
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
Most of Clarendon is more than a short walk from a park
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%)
Clarendon0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
Around Clarendon, protected areas make up 2%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Clarendon3.9%
Within 10 km2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 15 of the 25; land trusts and private owners hold the others. At 674 ha, Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer Yard is the largest. The count includes 10 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 443 ha · reaches Clarendon
Sand Bay (est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 402 ha · reaches Clarendon
Baie Féline Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 225 ha · reaches Clarendon
Baie Cowley Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 25 ha · reaches Clarendon
Baie Féline Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 15 ha · reaches Clarendon
Baie Armstrong Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 12 ha · reaches Clarendon
Sand-Bay (2,0 km S.-E. de) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.1 ha · reaches Clarendon
Dunraven Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 53 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
Grand Marais de Bristol Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 360 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 674 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
5 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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: Ottawa River Provincial Park, 7.1 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
Ottawa River Provincial Park
7.1 km west1.3 km²since 1989
Provincial park
Alexander Stewart Provincial Park
9.1 km south0.3 km²since 2003
No national park lies within 100 km of Clarendon; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 2 provincial parks lie within 10 km. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 30 km in and around Clarendon
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
30 km
in and around the town (442.4 km²)
Woodland
47%
about 208.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ClarendonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ClarendonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland47%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 82% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 90% 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 named walking route passes Clarendon on the map
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 route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Clarendon in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Luskville, 40 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 77 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
For dry weather, February is best (63 mm); June gets 99 mm. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). Winter brings about 193 cm of snow. The climate in Clarendon →
Beaches
For a swim near Clarendon: Norway Bay Beach, 4.4 km off
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Norway Bay Beachsand · 4.4 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 5 more, nameless. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A waterfall near Clarendon
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
4 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Ned and Beth Farrell Memorial Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Grandview Cottages & Trailer Park0.4 km from town
DirectionsCamping Momentum1.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Clarendon
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ShawvilleHortonBristolClarendon
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Around Bristol the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Clarendon
How much land around Clarendon is protected?
Protected areas cover 2% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Clarendon?
Norway Bay Beach, 4.4 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the nearest provincial park to Clarendon?
The closest is Ottawa River Provincial Park, at 7.1 km.
What is the largest protected area near Clarendon?
It is Île du Grand Calumet White-Tailed Deer Yard, a protected area covering 674 ha.
How far is Clarendon from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Clarendon.
When is the best time for walking in Clarendon?
On the normals, May and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Where Clarendon’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).