First pick
Parc récréatif Lewis-Fournier
Park or garden
2.1 ha
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.05%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Grande-Vallée · parks, protected land & trails
The SIA, 2-Côte de Gaspé runs by Grande-Vallée
A drive of 44 km reaches Forillon National Park, the nearest national park. Count 16 protected areas within 10 km of town. The largest is Madeleine Centre 180803 Water Fowl Gathering Area: 797 ha, 9.5 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 16 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
44 km
Forillon National Park
Nearest provincial park
50 km
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Grande-Vallée 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km5%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 areas16Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named 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
Grande-Vallée comes 10th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,087 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
Grande-Vallée5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Grande-Vallée16
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Grande-Vallée2
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Grande-Vallée 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 | Grande-Vallée QC | 5% | 7.2% | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 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
The green map of Grande-Vallée
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
Walk in Grande-Vallée: one named park or wood
The biggest is Parc récréatif Lewis-Fournier, 2.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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
Few people in Grande-Vallée 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%)
Grande-Vallée0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. That leaves about 1,100 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Grande-Vallée, 5% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Grande-Vallée7.2%
Within 10 km5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 16 is on public land. Madeleine Centre 180803 Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 797 ha.
Anse des Grosse Roches 180805 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 785 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
Grande-Vallée 18-09-01 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 764 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
11256R143 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 493 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
11256R145 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 351 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
11256R146 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 172 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
11256R144 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 170 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
11256R142 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 143 ha · reaches Grande-Vallée
Petite-Vallée 18-09-02 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 478 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
Lac-de-la-Ferme Forest RefugeWildlife area · 27 ha · 2.8 km from the edge of town
Ruisseau-Matte Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 51 ha · 3.5 km from the edge of town
6 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
44 km to Forillon 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
National park
Forillon National Park
44 km south-east217 km²since 1970
Québec national park (provincial)
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
50 km west802 km²since 1981
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.
Footpaths and woods
10 km of paths in and around Grande-Vallée
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
9.6 km
in and around the town (195.9 km²)
Woodland
90%
about 176.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Grande-ValléeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Grande-ValléeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland90%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 99% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 93% 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
Trails around Grande-Vallée
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
SIA, 3-Haute Gaspésie110.6 km
SIA, 2-Côte de Gaspé102.0 km
The SIA, 2-Côte de Gaspé is 102 km long on the map, and 16.7 km of it lies within 2 km of town.
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 Grande-Vallée: June to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Gaspe (68 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -6 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 4 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 88 | 73 | 104 | 88 | 92 | 79 | 100 | 91 | 91 | 130 | 105 | 120 |
Most rain and snow falls in October, 130 mm; February sees 73 mm. In July the typical high is 20 °C; in January, -6 °C. The climate in Grande-Vallée →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Grande-Vallée
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
The shoreline runs 23 km within 5 km of town. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Grande-Vallée: 2 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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
La Tablette0.9 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping Soleil Couchantin town
DirectionsCamping de la Falaise1.9 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 Grande-Vallée
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Grande-Vallée with figures are 37–101 km away.
Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-LouisGaspéPercéSainte-Anne-des-MontsSainte-Thérèse-de-GaspéGrande-Vallée
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grande-Vallée | 5% | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis 37 km | 11% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| Gaspé 64 km | 13% | 41 | 13 | 51 |
| Percé 91 km | 15% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Monts 97 km | 15% | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé 101 km | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis, Gaspé and Percé have at least twice the protected share around them. More routes are mapped around Gaspé (13).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Grande-Vallée
Is there protected land near Grande-Vallée?
Within 10 km, 5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Where can you walk near Grande-Vallée?
OpenStreetMap maps the SIA, 2-Côte de Gaspé and SIA, 3-Haute Gaspésie close by, with others.
Is there a beach near Grande-Vallée?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Is there a provincial park near Grande-Vallée?
The closest is Gaspésie National Park (Québec), at 50 km.
When should you visit Grande-Vallée for the outdoors?
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Grande-Vallée?
It is Madeleine Centre 180803 Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 797 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Grande-Vallée?
The nearest is Forillon National Park, 44 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Grande-Vallée’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).