First pick
Parc Saint-Thomas
Park or garden
4.1 ha0.2 km of path
6.7 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.02%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès · parks, protected land & trails
La Mauricie National Park lies 17 km beyond Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ edge
Pointe du Lac -Rivière Yamachiche Water Fowl Gathering Area (1,125 ha) is the biggest, 7.1 km from town. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map. Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 80 km.
Protected land
2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
17 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
80 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, 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 km2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas6Areas 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, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is 19th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,578 to 4,775 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
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès2%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès6
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ strong point is public protected areas, where 14 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 9 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Neuville QC | 7.1% | 1.3% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 20 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Fairfield Park MB | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Largest first: Parc Saint-Thomas leads with 4.1 ha. Numbers match the map.
4 named parks and woods, 23 ha in all
Parks & gardens 9.0 haWoods 14 ha
Between them, Île aux Tourtres and Parc des Grès cover 80%.
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 Saint-Étienne-des-Grès, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 4,700 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
2% of the land around Saint-Étienne-des-Grès is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Étienne-des-Grès0%
Within 10 km2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 9, 6 are public and the remainder private. At 1,125 ha, Pointe du Lac -Rivière Yamachiche Water Fowl Gathering Area is the largest. 3 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Pointe du Lac -Rivière Yamachiche Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,125 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Lac-à-la-Tortue Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 566 ha · 7.5 km from the edge of town
Pointe-du-Lac Wildlife PreserveWildlife area · 256 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
Île aux Sternes Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 914 ha · 9.1 km from the edge of town
Marcel-Léger Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 36 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Île aux Sternes Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 5.5 ha · 9.4 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
Big parks near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
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
National park
La Mauricie National Park
17 km north536 km²since 1970
Québec national park (provincial)
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
80 km west1,510 km²since 1981
Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has 20 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
20 km
in and around the town (163.9 km²)
Woodland
57%
about 93.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-Étienne-des-GrèsTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Étienne-des-GrèsTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland57%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 86% of Canadian towns. For path density, 83% 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
No named walking route passes Saint-Étienne-des-Grès 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.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Saint-Étienne-des-Grès: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Trois-Rivieres, 22 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 83 | 66 | 76 | 87 | 83 | 105 | 125 | 96 | 97 | 101 | 88 | 95 |
July is warm and wet, 125 mm; the driest month, February, has 66 mm. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 25 °C. About 274 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Saint-Étienne-des-Grès has 3 waterfalls within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are picnic sites: 5 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 3
Chute à Hélènein town
DirectionsChute à Madeleinein town
DirectionsPlus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping lac Blaisin town
DirectionsCamping Les Forges1.6 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-BarnabéSaint-BonifaceNotre-Dame-du-Mont-CarmelCharetteSaint-Élie-de-CaxtonShawiniganSaint-Étienne-des-Grès
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Barnabé 7.3 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Boniface 8.4 km | 3.1% | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel 9.4 km | 5.7% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| Charette 10.0 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 14 km | 2.9% | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Shawinigan 16 km | 24% | 40 | 16 | 10 |
Shawinigan has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 16. For protected land, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and Shawinigan have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Étienne-des-Grès
Is Saint-Étienne-des-Grès near a national park?
La Mauricie National Park is closest, at 17 km.
When should you visit Saint-Étienne-des-Grès for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 80 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Protected areas cover 2% of the land within 10 km.
What is the largest protected area near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
Pointe du Lac -Rivière Yamachiche Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area of 1,125 ha.
Is there a beach near Saint-Étienne-des-Grès?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Étienne-des-Grès’ 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).