First pick
Ile Ash
Wood or forest · 280 m outside town
36 ha
4.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Hayden Soloviev · CC BY 4.01.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lacolle · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Lacolle’s edge: Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve
One named trail is close: the Champlain Valley Trail (Plattsburgh to Canada Border). 3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage Goyette. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
34
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
45 km
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Lacolle, set against 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Lacolle has the 17th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,766 to 2,845 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
Lacolle1.9%
Towns its size3.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lacolle5
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lacolle1
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Lacolle trails its peers is protected land nearby; 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tofino BC | 41% | 21% | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | Léry QC | 27% | 3.4% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Forestville QC | 26% | 1% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Atikokan ON | 19% | 1.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel QC | 18% | 23% | 83 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Maria QC | 9.5% | 1% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cultus Lake BC | 9.3% | 52% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Saint-Côme QC | 9.2% | 0.8% | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Addington Highlands ON | 8.9% | 8.2% | 37 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 | Rivière-Beaudette QC | 7.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Westcliffe East ON | 7.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Senneterre QC | 7% | 9.3% | 166 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Ferme-Neuve QC | 5.6% | 8.2% | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC | 5.5% | 1% | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Jerome ON | 5.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Vernon River PE | 5.1% | 4.5% | 48 | 11 | 3 |
| 17 | Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part ON | 5.1% | 4.9% | 81 | 0 | 28 |
| 18 | Yamachiche QC | 5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Front of Yonge ON | 4.9% | 6% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Sainte-Luce QC | 4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Vars ON | 3.8% | 1.4% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Laurier-Station QC | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Rosthern No. 403 SK | 2.2% | 2.6% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lacolle QC | 1.9% | 1.1% | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Woodcroft AB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Rougemont QC | 1.5% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Saint-Prime QC | 1.5% | 3.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Turner Valley AB | 1.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Mathers MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Bedford QC | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Grimshaw AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Downtown West End AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Westbrook Estates AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Greenview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Meyonohk AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Saint-Elzéar QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kuujjuaq QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Kildare AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Newton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Lacolle
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
Walk in Lacolle: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Ile Ash, 36 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 38 ha in all
Parks & gardens 1.6 haWoods 36 ha
The bulk, 98%, is Ile Ash and Parc Landry.
Halte Cycliste de Lacolle
Park or garden
0.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Lacolle
Directionsto a point inside
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
A park is within a short walk for 2 in 10 in Lacolle
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 (17%)Further (83%)
Lacolle17%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 2,300 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1.9% of the land near Lacolle
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lacolle1.1%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 34, 5 are public land; the others are privately held. At 487 ha, Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve is the largest. 29 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 487 ha · reaches Lacolle
CBSA St-Bernard-de-Lacolle Crossing Conservation AreaNature reserve · 10 ha · 2.8 km from the edge of town
Fort Lennox National Historic SiteProtected area · 56 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Marcel-Raymond Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 64 ha · 7.5 km from the edge of town
Baie-des-Anglais Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 11 ha · 8.1 km from the edge of town
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-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 45 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-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
45 km north8.8 km²since 1985
For a national park, people in Lacolle travel more than 100 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
15 km of paths in and around Lacolle
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
15 km
in and around the town (94.4 km²)
Woodland
17%
about 16 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LacolleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LacolleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 64% of Canadian towns. For path density, 80% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
One mapped route to walk from Lacolle
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Champlain Valley Trail (Plattsburgh to Canada Border)42.3 km
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 Lacolle in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 53 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 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
Expect 103 mm in October, the wettest month, and 66 mm in February. January brings highs of -4 °C, July highs of 27 °C. The climate in Lacolle →
Beaches
For a swim near Lacolle: Plage Goyette, 4.6 km off
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Goyette4.6 km from town
DirectionsThe map adds 2 unnamed stretches of beach. 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 Lacolle: 7 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.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Montagne à Roméo1.1 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc régional Saint-Bernard1.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Grégoirein town
DirectionsSlipways 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 Lacolle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
NoyanSaint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-NoixSaint-Bernard-de-LacolleSaint-Cyprien-de-NapiervilleNapiervilleSaint-Blaise-sur-RichelieuLacolle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lacolle | 1.9% | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| Noyan 5.9 km | 2.8% | 50 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix 6.2 km | 2.5% | 45 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle 8.6 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville 10 km | 0.8% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Napierville 13 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu 15 km | 1% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Lacolle’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Lacolle
Is there a beach near Lacolle?
Try Plage Goyette, 4.6 km from town, first of several.
What walking routes are near Lacolle?
OpenStreetMap maps the Champlain Valley Trail (Plattsburgh to Canada Border) close by.
How much land around Lacolle is protected?
Yes: 1.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Lacolle?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 45 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Lacolle?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lacolle?
It is Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve covering 487 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Lacolle?
None within 100 km of Lacolle.
Sources
Where Lacolle’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).