First pick
Parc du vieux quai
Park or garden
4.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.6 km southfrom the centre
1 Boardwalk
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Donat-C. Noiseux · Public domain7.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Pointe-à-la-Croix · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Pointe-à-la-Croix is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Within 10 km are 34 protected areas. The nearest provincial park, Miguasha National Park (Québec), is 12 km away. Assemetquagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposes (7,300 ha) is the biggest, 1.6 km from town.
Protected land
7.6%
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
12 km
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Pointe-à-la-Croix has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round7.6% of the land within 10 km, more than 80% of Canadian townsMany protected areas31 public areas within 10 km
What Pointe-à-la-Croix has most to offer outdoors is protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Pointe-à-la-Croix beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km7.6%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 areas31Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Pointe-à-la-Croix has the 6th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,294 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
Pointe-à-la-Croix7.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Pointe-à-la-Croix31
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Pointe-à-la-Croix1
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
None of the other 39 towns its size has more public protected areas than Pointe-à-la-Croix.
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 | Pointe-à-la-Croix QC | 7.6% | 4.5% | 34 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 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
Where the green is in Pointe-à-la-Croix
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 Pointe-à-la-Croix: one named park or wood
The biggest is Parc du vieux quai, 4.4 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
Most of Pointe-à-la-Croix is more than a short walk from 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%)
Pointe-à-la-Croix0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,300 people more than a short walk away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
The 34 protected areas near Pointe-à-la-Croix
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Pointe-à-la-Croix4.5%
Within 10 km7.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 31 of the 34, and private owners the rest. Assemetquagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposes leads for size with 7,300 ha. The figures include 3 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
11152R013 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 257 ha · reaches Pointe-à-la-Croix
11152R014 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 242 ha · reaches Pointe-à-la-Croix
11152R011 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 160 ha · reaches Pointe-à-la-Croix
11152R012 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 110 ha · reaches Pointe-à-la-Croix
11152R015 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 106 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Ristigouche Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 473 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
Rivière Assemetquagan White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 403 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Assemetquagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 7,300 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
01253R068 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 213 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
4015200Nature reserve · 123 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
17 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
4 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are 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
Miguasha National Park (Québec) is 12 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)
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
12 km east0.6 km²since 1985
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Pointe-à-la-Croix has its province’s. A Québec parc national belongs to the province, not to Parks Canada.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Pointe-à-la-Croix and its edge hold 20 km of footpath
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
20 km
in and around the town (521.8 km²)
Woodland
92%
about 477.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Pointe-à-la-CroixTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Pointe-à-la-CroixTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland92%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 94% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 100% 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
Pointe-à-la-Croix has 1 named walking route
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
Sentiers Ornithologiques8.8 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Pointe-à-la-Croix: June and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Charlo (26 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -6 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 65 | 79 | 69 | 92 | 90 | 104 | 82 | 101 | 94 | 87 | 76 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 104 mm; February sees 65 mm. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -7 °C. The climate in Pointe-à-la-Croix →
Beaches
The beach near Pointe-à-la-Croix: Tide-Head Beach, 3.5 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Tide-Head Beachmixed · 3.5 km from town
DirectionsThe coast is close: 57 km of shoreline within 5 km. Unnamed on the map: 3 more. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Pointe-à-la-Croix: 8 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.
Most numerous: viewpoints (8).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 8
Plus 8 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Mont Restigouchein town
DirectionsMont Escuminac0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Campbellton Waterpark0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping la Maison Verte du Parc Gaspésienin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 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 Pointe-à-la-Croix
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CampbelltonListugujAtholvilleDalhousieBalmoralEel River CrossingPointe-à-la-Croix
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-à-la-Croix | 7.6% | 34 | 1 | 4 |
| Campbellton 3.4 km | 3.5% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| Listuguj 6.8 km | 4.3% | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| Atholville 12 km | 12% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| Dalhousie 13 km | 10% | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| Balmoral 18 km | 11% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Eel River Crossing 19 km | 9.9% | 13 | 0 | 2 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Pointe-à-la-Croix’s.
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.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Pointe-à-la-Croix
What is the biggest park or reserve near Pointe-à-la-Croix?
Assemetquagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, a nature reserve of 7,300 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Pointe-à-la-Croix?
It is Miguasha National Park (Québec), 12 km away.
When should you visit Pointe-à-la-Croix for the outdoors?
On the normals, June and August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is Pointe-à-la-Croix from a national park?
None within 100 km of Pointe-à-la-Croix.
What walking routes are near Pointe-à-la-Croix?
The Sentiers Ornithologiques, mapped within 2 km.
What is the nearest beach to Pointe-à-la-Croix?
Tide-Head Beach, 3.5 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Is there protected land near Pointe-à-la-Croix?
Protected areas cover 7.6% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Pointe-à-la-Croix
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).