First pick
La Belle Île
Wood or forest
22 ha
3.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.08.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lac-des-Écorces · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around Lac-des-Écorces beats 8 in 10 Canadian towns
1.8 km out lies the largest, Kiamika - Lac-du-Cerf White-Tailed Deer Yard, at 10,183 ha. Within 10 km are 12 protected areas. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
8.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
12
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
43 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Character
The outdoors in Lac-des-Écorces, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round8.8% of the land within 10 km, more than 83% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), is 43 km off
What Lac-des-Écorces has most to offer outdoors is protected land around it. It has less to offer in a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
How Lac-des-Écorces 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km8.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town4.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas11Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Lac-des-Écorces ranks 6th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,963 to 3,048 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-des-Écorces8.8%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lac-des-Écorces11
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lac-des-Écorces0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Lac-des-Écorces does best for protected land nearby: 5 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocagne NB | 39% | 4.3% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona BC | 12% | 8.1% | 61 | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | McDougall ON | 10% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 | Lac-des-Écorces QC | 8.8% | 4.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu QC | 8.6% | 0.1% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Buchanan ON | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard QC | 4.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bainbridge BC | 4% | 0% | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 14 | North Shore PE | 3.6% | 7.3% | 19 | 11 | 18 |
| 15 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge QC | 3.2% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Dewdney Place SK | 3.1% | 90% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Huntingdon QC | 3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Granville AB | 2.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB | 2.4% | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Nutana Park SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Albany AB | 1.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | East Garafraxa ON | 1.1% | 0.6% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Varsity View MB | 1.1% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Hillcrest Management Area SK | 0.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Wallace-Woodworth MB | 0.8% | 0.1% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Lorne MB | 0.7% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Luxton MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Sunnyside AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Stanstead QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Kernohan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Laurier Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Markstay-Warren ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Avonmore AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 40 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Lac-des-Écorces
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Lac-des-Écorces
Largest first: La Belle Île leads with 22 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 38 ha in all
Parks & gardens 8.4 haWoods 29 ha
Most of it sits in La Belle Île and Île Latour: 78% together.
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
2 in 10 people in Lac-des-Écorces 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 (15%)Further (85%)
Lac-des-Écorces15%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. For about 2,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 12 protected areas near Lac-des-Écorces
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lac-des-Écorces4.5%
Within 10 km8.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 11 of the 12. At 10,183 ha, Kiamika - Lac-du-Cerf White-Tailed Deer Yard is the largest. One further area is privately owned conservation land; it counts in the figures but isn’t named, as a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Lac David White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 5,043 ha · reaches Lac-des-Écorces
Branche nord-est HeronryProtected area · 20 ha · 0.5 km from the edge of town
Kiamika - Lac-du-Cerf White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 10,183 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Paul Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 34 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
06451R089 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 51 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
06452R044 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 54 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
Lac Lacordaire -Île 92 HeronryProtected area · 27 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
06451R088 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 86 ha · 8.4 km from the edge of town
06451R094 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 305 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
06451R093 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 105 ha · 9.8 km from the edge of town
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
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: Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 43 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-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
43 km east1,510 km²since 1981
No national park lies within 100 km of Lac-des-Écorces; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. The province names its big parks parcs nationaux, though they are provincial.
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: 12 km in and around Lac-des-Écorces
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
12 km
in and around the town (216.7 km²)
Woodland
79%
about 171.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Lac-des-ÉcorcesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Lac-des-ÉcorcesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland79%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 92% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 95% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Lac-des-Écorces
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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 Lac-des-Écorces in May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Maniwaki (72 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) | 9.0 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 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 |
Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. Expect 96 mm in October, the wettest month, and 56 mm in February. The climate in Lac-des-Écorces →
Things to do
Lac-des-Écorces has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 9 picnic sites, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 9
Plus 9 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping Parc JoAn1.0 km from town
DirectionsCamping Manitou1.2 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 Lac-des-Écorces
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mont-LaurierChute-Saint-PhilippeFerme-NeuveLac-des-Écorces
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-des-Écorces | 8.8% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Mont-Laurier 14 km | 9.7% | 29 | 0 | 3 |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe 19 km | 7.7% | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| Ferme-Neuve 19 km | 5.6% | 42 | 0 | 2 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Lac-des-Écorces.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Lac-des-Écorces
Which is the biggest protected area near Lac-des-Écorces?
It is Kiamika - Lac-du-Cerf White-Tailed Deer Yard, a protected area covering 10,183 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Lac-des-Écorces?
May to July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Lac-des-Écorces near a national park?
None within 100 km of Lac-des-Écorces.
What is the nearest provincial park to Lac-des-Écorces?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 43 km away.
Is there protected land near Lac-des-Écorces?
Yes: 8.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Lac-des-Écorces’ 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).