First pick
Récré-O-Parc
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Compton
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Compton · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land is scarce around Compton: 0.3% within 10 km
Count 4 protected areas within 10 km of town. Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 21 km. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
21 km
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Compton 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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
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
Compton has the 18th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,294 to 3,405 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
Compton0.3%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Compton0
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Compton0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Compton trails its peers is public protected areas; 27 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 4 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 13 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 20 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 23 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Gibbons AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Hay River NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 36 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 37 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Compton
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
Walk in Compton: 2 named parks and woods
Récré-O-Parc is the largest, at 2.0 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Parc des Lions
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Compton
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 Compton, 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%)
Compton0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 3,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Compton has 4 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Compton0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
No public land among them: all are private conservation land, counted but unnamed.
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
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) is 21 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
21 km west59 km²since 1979
No national park lies within 100 km of Compton; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 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: 20 km in and around Compton
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
20 km
in and around the town (280.5 km²)
Woodland
37%
about 104.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ComptonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ComptonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland37%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 90% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 77% 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 Compton
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
The best months for walking in Compton: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Coaticook (11 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 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 85 | 74 | 80 | 90 | 108 | 130 | 120 | 120 | 104 | 110 | 91 | 106 |
February is the driest month at 74 mm; June the wettest at 130 mm. From -5 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 291 cm. The climate in Compton →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Compton
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Compton: 4 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 11 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Buttes à Nolinin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 11
Plus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 7
Secteur E0.7 km from town
DirectionsSecteur N1.0 km from town
DirectionsSecteur O1.5 km from town
DirectionsSecteur P1.5 km from town
DirectionsSecteur A1.6 km from town
DirectionsSecteur V1.7 km from town
DirectionsSecteur S1.7 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Compton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WatervilleHatleyCoaticookSainte-Catherine-de-HatleySherbrookeAyer's CliffCompton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compton | 0.3% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Waterville 7.5 km | 0.7% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Hatley 11 km | 0.7% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Coaticook 14 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley 16 km | 1.3% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Sherbrooke 18 km | 4.1% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| Ayer's Cliff 18 km | 0.2% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
More routes are mapped around Sherbrooke (2). Around Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley and Sherbrooke the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Compton
What is the nearest provincial park to Compton?
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 21 km away.
When should you visit Compton for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a beach near Compton?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
Is Compton near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Compton.
Is there protected land near Compton?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
The sources behind Compton’s outdoors figures
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).