First pick
Parc de la Pointe-du-Buisson
Wood or forest · 380 m outside town
21 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
1.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Chemin des caryersChemin du pêcheur
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dicklyon · CC BY-SA 4.020%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Pointe-des-Cascades · parks, protected land & trails
Pointe-des-Cascades has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The 10 km around town hold 26 protected areas. Oka National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 14 km. 9.5 km out lies the largest, Lac des Deux Montagnes (Anse à l'Orme) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 1,984 ha.
Protected land
20%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
26
within 10 km, 19 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
14 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Pointe-des-Cascades 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km20%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 areas19Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Among 40 towns its size, Pointe-des-Cascades ranks 2nd for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,867 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-des-Cascades20%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Pointe-des-Cascades19
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Pointe-des-Cascades0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Pointe-des-Cascades beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; only 1 of 39 does 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 | Pointe-des-Cascades QC | 20% | 1.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Pointe-des-Cascades
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Pointe-des-Cascades
Parc de la Pointe-du-Buisson is the largest, at 21 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 64 ha in all
Parks & gardens 4.1 haWoods 60 ha
Two places, Île des Cascades and Parc de la Pointe-du-Buisson, make up 74% of the total.
Parc Saint-Pierre
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pointe-des-Cascades
Piste cyclable SoulangesChemin du Fleuve
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Ancres
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Pointe-des-Cascades
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
In Pointe-des-Cascades, a park is close to every home
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 (100%)Further (0%)
Pointe-des-Cascades100%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
26 protected areas around Pointe-des-Cascades
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Pointe-des-Cascades1.7%
Within 10 km20%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
19 of the 26 are on public land. Biggest of the named areas: Lac des Deux Montagnes (Anse à l'Orme) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 1,984 ha. Not named: 7 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
lac Saint-Louis (Rivière des Outaouais) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,980 ha · reaches Pointe-des-Cascades
Barrage Pointe du Buisson Sud (Amont) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 621 ha · reaches Pointe-des-Cascades
lac Saint-Louis (Beauharnois) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 405 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Canal de Beauharnois (Aval) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 208 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Louis (Pointe du Moulin / Pte Fortier) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 777 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Petit Canal de Beauharnois Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 191 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Louis (Îles de la Paix) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,350 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Îles de la Paix Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 1,089 ha · 5.5 km from the edge of town
Îles de la Paix National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 131 ha · 6.0 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Louis (Grande Anse) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,746 ha · 6.2 km from the edge of town
9 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
Oka National Park (Québec), 14 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)
Oka National Park (Québec)
14 km north24 km²since 1990
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Pointe-des-Cascades, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Pointe-des-Cascades has 33 km of footpaths in and around it
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
33 km
in and around the town (18.9 km²)
Woodland
13%
about 2.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Pointe-des-CascadesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Pointe-des-CascadesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 58% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 52% of Canadian towns have fewer.
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 Pointe-des-Cascades
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
Pointe-des-Cascades is best on foot in May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Montreal Trudeau (Airport), 24 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 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
Winter brings about 217 cm of snow. The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-5 °C). Precipitation runs from 66 mm in February to 103 mm in October. The climate in Pointe-des-Cascades →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Pointe-des-Cascades
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Pointe-des-Cascades: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
13 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc nature de Pointe-des-Cascadesin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Halte des Iroquois1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Melocheville1.4 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Pointe-des-Cascades
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PincourtTerrasse-VaudreuilL'Île-PerrotLes CèdresNotre-Dame-de-l'Île-PerrotBeauharnoisPointe-des-Cascades
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-des-Cascades | 20% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| Pincourt 4.9 km | 33% | 38 | 0 | 4 |
| Terrasse-Vaudreuil 6.7 km | 37% | 36 | 0 | 4 |
| L'Île-Perrot 6.7 km | 42% | 44 | 0 | 4 |
| Les Cèdres 7.1 km | 11% | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot 7.4 km | 34% | 50 | 0 | 5 |
| Beauharnois 8.1 km | 17% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Around L'Île-Perrot the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Pointe-des-Cascades
How far is the nearest provincial park from Pointe-des-Cascades?
The closest is Oka National Park (Québec), at 14 km.
How much land around Pointe-des-Cascades is protected?
Within 10 km, 20% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Pointe-des-Cascades?
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Anse à l'Orme) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area of 1,984 ha.
Is there a beach near Pointe-des-Cascades?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Pointe-des-Cascades?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Pointe-des-Cascades?
None within 100 km of Pointe-des-Cascades.
Sources
The sources behind Pointe-des-Cascades’ 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).