First pick
Parc des Sports
Park or garden
4.6 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.02.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Roxton Pond · parks, protected land & trails
Roxton Pond borders Yamaska National Park (Québec)
For a swim, Plage Darby is the nearest of 5 beaches within 5 km. No national park lies within 100 km. Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
2.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Roxton Pond apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgeYamaska National Park (Québec) reaches the townBeaches5 beaches within 5 km
What Roxton Pond has most to offer outdoors is a provincial park at its edge, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Roxton Pond 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 km2.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town7.3%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
Beaches5Beaches 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, Roxton Pond ranks 15th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,778 to 4,989 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
Roxton Pond2.6%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Roxton Pond2
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Roxton Pond0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Roxton Pond beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 14 of 39 do better. It trails them for public protected areas, where 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bells Corners East ON | 9.2% | 4.6% | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Cardston County AB | 8.8% | 7.6% | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Westdale South ON | 7.1% | 28% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkirk East ON | 7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | York Road ON | 6.1% | 41% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan BC | 5.9% | 4.7% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Palliser AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Cumberland BC | 2.6% | 8.1% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hastings Highlands ON | 2.4% | 0.5% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Central Business District SK | 1.5% | 5.4% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Lakewood Urban Centre SK | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Edenwold No. 158 SK | 1.4% | 2% | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 | Westmount AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Anthony Henday South East AB | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Warwick QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Altona MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Roxton Pond
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Roxton Pond
Largest first: Parc des Sports leads with 4.6 ha. Numbers match the map.
Parc École
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Roxton Pond
Sentier des Oies
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
About 3 in 10 of Roxton Pond’s residents are 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 (33%)Further (67%)
Roxton Pond33%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 3,300 people more than a short walk away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Roxton Pond, 2.6% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Roxton Pond7.3%
Within 10 km2.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 9 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. At 1,340 ha, Yamaska National Park (Québec) is the largest. 7 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Yamaska National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 1,340 ha · reaches Roxton Pond
réservoir Choinière Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 163 ha · reaches Roxton Pond
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
From the edge of Roxton Pond, Yamaska National Park (Québec) begins
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)
At the edge13 km²since 1983
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Roxton Pond 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
Roxton Pond has 42 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
42 km
in and around the town (156.5 km²)
Woodland
57%
about 89.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Roxton PondTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Roxton PondTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland57%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 86% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 74% 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 named walking route passes Roxton Pond on the map
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
Walking season in Roxton Pond: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Granby (11 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 95 | 74 | 88 | 101 | 100 | 121 | 122 | 113 | 113 | 109 | 92 | 98 |
About 262 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -5 °C, July highs of 26 °C. Expect 122 mm in July, warm and wet, and 74 mm in February. The climate in Roxton Pond →
Beaches
Plage Darby, 0.8 km away, is the beach near Roxton Pond
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Darby0.8 km from town
DirectionsAdd 4 unnamed beaches to the count. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Roxton Pond has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
9 picnic sites top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc national de la Yamaskain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 9
Halre La Pinèdein town
DirectionsSur le bord du ruisseau0.4 km from town
DirectionsHalte de l’Érablière0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Camping du parc de la Yamaskain town
DirectionsCentre Familial Roger Talbotin town
DirectionsLes Roselinsin town
DirectionsVélo-camping Le Rivagein 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 Roxton Pond
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sainte-Cécile-de-MiltonGranbySaint-Valérien-de-MiltonSaint-Joachim-de-SheffordRoxtonSheffordRoxton Pond
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxton Pond | 2.6% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton 8.3 km | 2.3% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Granby 9.6 km | 2.5% | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Saint-Valérien-de-Milton 9.7 km | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford 11 km | 2.5% | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| Roxton 12 km | 1.4% | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| Shefford 12 km | 3.1% | 34 | 0 | 7 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Roxton Pond’s protected share.
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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Roxton Pond
What is the nearest beach to Roxton Pond?
Try Plage Darby, 0.8 km from town, first of several.
Are there protected areas near Roxton Pond?
Yes: 2.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Roxton Pond?
Yamaska National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) of 1,340 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Roxton Pond?
Yamaska National Park (Québec), which reaches the edge of town.
Is Roxton Pond near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Roxton Pond.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Roxton Pond?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Sources for this page on Roxton Pond
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).