First pick
Parc des Lions
Park or garden
22 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: MTLskyline · CC BY-SA 3.06.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lac-Brome · parks, protected land & trails
11 km from Lac-Brome to Yamaska National Park (Québec)
Protected areas cover 6.8% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within 5 km are 6 beaches; Plage Douglass is the nearest. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
6.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
55
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Lac-Brome, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round6.8% of the land within 10 km, more than 78% of Canadian townsBeaches6 beaches within 5 km
Lac-Brome’s best card is protected land around it, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Lac-Brome 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 km6.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.7%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas 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
Lac-Brome has the 8th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,199 to 6,411 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
Lac-Brome6.8%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lac-Brome2
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lac-Brome0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Lac-Brome beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 7 of 39 do better. It trails them for public protected areas, where 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC | 6.9% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 19 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Lac-Brome
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
9 named parks and woods to walk in near Lac-Brome
Largest first: Parc des Lions leads with 22 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 48 ha in all
Parks & gardens 44 haWoods 4.1 ha
Parc des Lions and Brome Exhibition Grounds together hold 85% of it.
Brome Exhibition Grounds
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
19 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
5.2 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Parc des LionsPark or garden · 22 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsBrome Exhibition GroundsPark or garden · 19 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Ovide-DagenaisPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsÎle EagleWood or forest · 4.1 ha
DirectionsParc TiffanyPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc ColdbrookPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc des vétéransPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc caninPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsParc DavisPark or garden · 0.2 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
2 in 10 people in Lac-Brome 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 (20%)Further (80%)
Lac-Brome20%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 5,100 people more than a short walk away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Around Lac-Brome, protected areas make up 6.8%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lac-Brome1.7%
Within 10 km6.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 55 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. 40 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.
National & provincial parks
Yamaska National Park (Québec), 11 km off
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)
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
11 km north13 km²since 1983
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Lac-Brome 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.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 56 km in and around Lac-Brome
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
56 km
in and around the town (309.1 km²)
Woodland
66%
about 203.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Lac-BromeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Lac-BromeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland66%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 79% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it 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 mapped walking route near Lac-Brome
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
Lac-Brome is best on foot in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Sutton, 22 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 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 84 | 100 | 111 | 115 | 114 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 127 | 112 | 111 |
The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-4 °C). Summer storms make July the wettest month, 128 mm; February sees 84 mm. Winter brings about 321 cm of snow. The climate in Lac-Brome →
Beaches
6 beaches within 5 km of Lac-Brome
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Douglasssand · in town
DirectionsPlage du lac Bromont1.8 km from town
DirectionsAdd 4 unnamed beaches to the count. 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
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Lac-Brome: 7 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
7Viewpoints14Hills and peaks1Waterfalls1Nature reserves7Picnic sites6Playgrounds1Dog parks2Campsites3Slipways
14 hills and peaks top the list. Mont Brome, 554 m, is the high point nearby.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 14
Colline à Patch364 m · in town
DirectionsColline Chandler350 m · in town
DirectionsColline Tibbits347 m · in town
DirectionsMont Brunelle324 m · in town
DirectionsMont King368 m · in town
DirectionsMontagne des Pins462 m · in town
DirectionsSugar Hill372 m · in town
DirectionsMont Spruce508 m · 1.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Chute de Berryin town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Domaine naturel du lac Gale1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 7
Plus 7 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Parc caninin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Camping Fairmountin town
DirectionsCamping Rustique Débranchéin town
DirectionsSlipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Lac-Brome
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WaterlooBromontBolton-EstSheffordSuttonStukely-SudLac-Brome
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Brome | 6.8% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| Waterloo 12 km | 3.4% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| Bromont 13 km | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| Bolton-Est 16 km | 13% | 71 | 9 | 4 |
| Shefford 16 km | 3.1% | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| Sutton 16 km | 6.6% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| Stukely-Sud 17 km | 5.1% | 49 | 0 | 3 |
Around Lac-Brome, nobody nearby has double its protected land. Sutton has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 14.
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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Lac-Brome
What is the nearest provincial park to Lac-Brome?
The closest is Yamaska National Park (Québec), at 11 km.
How much land around Lac-Brome is protected?
Yes: 6.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you swim near Lac-Brome?
Plage Douglass, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
How far is Lac-Brome from a national park?
None within 100 km of Lac-Brome.
When should you visit Lac-Brome for the outdoors?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Where Lac-Brome’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).