First pick
Île à la Croix
Wood or forest · 60 m outside town
146 ha
21 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · Public domain19%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Gracefield · parks, protected land & trails
Few places match Gracefield for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
CPCAD lists 34 protected areas within 10 km. Within 5 km lie 6 beaches, unnamed on the map. Protected areas take in 19% of the town itself.
Protected land
19%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
34
within 10 km, 31 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
55 km
Ottawa River Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Gracefield stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round19% of the land within 10 km, more than 95% of Canadian townsMany protected areas31 public areas within 10 kmBeaches6 beaches within 5 kmParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Ottawa River Provincial Park, is 55 km off
Above all, Gracefield offers protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind. Less going for it: a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Gracefield 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km19%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town19%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas31Areas 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
Gracefield has the 3rd most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,502 to 2,588 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
Gracefield19%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Gracefield31
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Gracefield0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Gracefield beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 2 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 | Castlemore Estates ON | 7.8% | 6.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Hébertville QC | 1.6% | 0.1% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 Gracefield
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
12 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Gracefield
Île à la Croix is the largest, at 146 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
12 named parks and woods, 234 ha in all
Parks & gardens 2.6 haWoods 232 ha
Add Île à la Croix to Île à l'Ours and you have 72% of it.
Île Brennan
Wood or forest · 210 m outside town
7.7 ha
22 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Île à la CroixWood or forest · 146 ha · just outside town
DirectionsÎle à l'OursWood or forest · 21 ha
DirectionsÎle du BouleauWood or forest · 17 ha
DirectionsÎle GroulxWood or forest · 15 ha
DirectionsÎle aux TremblesWood or forest · 8.9 ha
DirectionsParc des loisirsPark or garden · 2.6 ha
DirectionsÎle BrennanWood or forest · 7.7 ha · just outside town
DirectionsÎle Saint-FrancisWood or forest · 3.7 ha
DirectionsÎle aux BouleauxWood or forest · 3.6 ha
DirectionsÎle NoireWood or forest · 3.1 ha
DirectionsÎle à la TruiteWood or forest · 2.8 ha
DirectionsÎle HadleyWood or forest · 2.7 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
Few people in Gracefield live near 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%)
Gracefield0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 2,500 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
The 34 protected areas near Gracefield
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Gracefield19%
Within 10 km19%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
31 of the 34 are on public land. At 24,354 ha, lac des Trente et Un Milles White-Tailed Deer Yard is the largest. 3 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
lac des Trente et Un Milles White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 24,354 ha · reaches Gracefield
Proposed Mont-Sainte-Marie Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 13,679 ha · reaches Gracefield
Mont-Sainte-Marie Land set asideProtected area · 7,562 ha · reaches Gracefield
Lac Heney White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 1,945 ha · reaches Gracefield
Lac Profond White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 926 ha · reaches Gracefield
Lac Rond White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 703 ha · reaches Gracefield
Érablière-du-Trente-et-Un-Milles Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 606 ha · reaches Gracefield
Lac-Bailey Forest RefugeWildlife area · 107 ha · reaches Gracefield
07351R028 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 95 ha · reaches Gracefield
Aylwin Station White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 352 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
21 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, 55 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
55 km south-west1.3 km²since 1989
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Gracefield, 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
48 km of paths in and around Gracefield
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
48 km
in and around the town (570.1 km²)
Woodland
73%
about 415.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GracefieldTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GracefieldTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland73%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 93% of Canadian towns. 88% 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
No named walking route passes Gracefield 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 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
Get out in Gracefield in May to July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Maniwaki, 5.7 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) | 9.0 | 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 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 56 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 87 | 96 | 72 | 76 |
Expect 96 mm in October, the wettest month, and 56 mm in February. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). The climate in Gracefield →
Beaches
6 beaches within 5 km of Gracefield, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Gracefield: 43 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Campsites lead the count with 23.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 11
Button de l'Îlein town
DirectionsLa Grosse Logein town
DirectionsLa Tuquein town
DirectionsMont Shaverin town
DirectionsMontagne à Dailyin town
DirectionsMontagne de la Minein town
DirectionsMontagne du Docteur-Prud'hommein town
DirectionsTuque à Dunnin town
DirectionsPlus 3 hills and peaks more.
Nature reserves 1
Réserve écologique de l'Érablière-du-Trente-et-Un-Millesin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Halte du lac Castorin town
DirectionsHalte du Ruisseau des Cerisesin town
DirectionsHalte du chemin Marks0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 23
Camping Pin du Nordin town
DirectionsCamping Pionnierin town
DirectionsLe Bivouac de l'Ancien Camping & Marinain town
DirectionsPickanock Parkin town
DirectionsCamping Carpediem1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 18 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Gracefield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KazabazuaMessinesGracefield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No neighbouring place reaches twice Gracefield’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Gracefield
What is the best season to get outdoors in Gracefield?
On the normals, May to July and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Gracefield?
The closest is Ottawa River Provincial Park, at 55 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Gracefield?
It is lac des Trente et Un Milles White-Tailed Deer Yard, a protected area covering 24,354 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Gracefield?
None within 100 km of Gracefield.
Where can you swim near Gracefield?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
How much land around Gracefield is protected?
Yes: 19% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
The sources behind Gracefield’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).