Photo: Michel Craig · CC BY-SA 2.0Protected land around Eastman beats nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
5 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Orford and Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Bolton. Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Plage du Lac-Stukely the nearest. No national park lies within 100 km.
The outdoors in Eastman, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Eastman’s best card is protected land around it, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Eastman 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Eastman comes 8th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,668 to 2,742 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Eastman beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 7 of 39 do better. For public protected areas, though, 23 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Ronge SK | 49% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bouctouche NB | 27% | 1.6% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 38% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Waskaganish QC | 24% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Electoral Area E, Peace River BC | 19% | 24% | 25 | 2 | 103 |
| 6 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Meadow Lake No. 588 SK | 13% | 15% | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Eastman QC | 11% | 7.4% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Waterridge Village ON | 11% | 9.2% | 39 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Swan Valley West MB | 11% | 1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast BC | 10% | 15% | 73 | 0 | 231 |
| 12 | Saint George NB | 7.2% | 14% | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 13 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse QC | 3.6% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Sussex NB | 2.1% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Meadowlark Park AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Central River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Tuxedo Industrial MB | 1.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 36 |
| 26 | Westview SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | North Point Douglas MB | 1.2% | 0% | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Saint-Alexandre QC | 0.6% | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Souris MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Sundre AB | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Rivergrove MB | 0.2% | 4.7% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Cy Becker AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Saint-Bernard QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Martin QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Country Hills Village AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Gold Bar AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Highlands AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eastman on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Walk in Eastman: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Île Miner, 8.4 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Two places, Île Miner and Parc Yvon-Laramée, make up 95% of the total.
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.
A park is within a short walk for 3 in 10 in Eastman
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.
That leaves about 1,900 people more than a short walk away. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
49 protected areas around Eastman
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
2 of the 49 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. The largest named one is Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), at 5,944 ha. 38 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
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.
From the edge of Eastman, Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) begins
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.
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Eastman 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.
Paths to walk: 74 km in and around Eastman
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It has fewer paths per km² than 64% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 96% 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.
The Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Orford passes Eastman
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
20.4 km of the Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Orford runs within 2 km of town; mapped end to end, it is 38 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
The best months for walking in Eastman: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Granby, 35 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 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 95 | 74 | 88 | 101 | 100 | 121 | 122 | 113 | 113 | 109 | 92 | 98 |
Expect 122 mm in July, warm and wet, and 74 mm in February. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -5 °C in January. Snow totals about 262 cm a year. The climate in Eastman →
The beach near Eastman: Plage du Lac-Stukely, 1.1 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The map adds 6 unnamed stretches of beach. 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.
43 viewpoints near Eastman
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Mont Orford tops the hills nearby, 853 m. Viewpoints lead the count with 43.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 43
Plus 35 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 13
Plus 5 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Picnic sites 6
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Eastman
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastman | 11% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| Austin 5.4 km | 12% | 62 | 3 | 12 |
| Orford 8.3 km | 9.3% | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| Stukely-Sud 9.0 km | 5.1% | 49 | 0 | 3 |
| Magog 12 km | 7.5% | 53 | 1 | 16 |
| Bolton-Est 13 km | 13% | 71 | 9 | 4 |
| Racine 17 km | 6.4% | 15 | 4 | 3 |
For walking routes, Bolton-Est leads the area with 9. Eastman holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Eastman
Which is the biggest protected area near Eastman?
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec): 5,944 ha, a québec national park (provincial).
Is Eastman near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Eastman.
When should you visit Eastman for the outdoors?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest provincial park to Eastman?
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) begins at the town’s edge.
What is the nearest beach to Eastman?
The nearest is Plage du Lac-Stukely, 1.1 km from town.
Are there hiking trails near Eastman?
OpenStreetMap maps the Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Orford, Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Bolton and Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Orford, Accès close by, with others.
Are there protected areas near Eastman?
Within 10 km, 11% of the land lies in protected areas.
The sources behind Eastman’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).