First pick
Grosse île Verte
Wood or forest
18 ha
7.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.00.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Gédéon · parks, protected land & trails
Saint-Gédéon borders Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
Within 5 km are 9 beaches; Plage Camp-de-touage-Les-Iles is the nearest. Within 100 km there is no national park. Protected areas cover 0.6% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
0.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
Beaches
9
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Saint-Gédéon, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgePointe-Taillon National Park (Québec) reaches the townBeaches9 beaches within 5 kmLittle protected land0.6% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Saint-Gédéon’s best card is a provincial park at its edge, with its beaches close behind. It has less to offer in protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Saint-Gédéon 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km0.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches9Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Saint-Gédéon sits 15th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,349 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
Saint-Gédéon0.6%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Gédéon3
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Gédéon0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Saint-Gédéon lags towns its size: 25 of 39 are ahead.
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 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Saint-Gédéon QC | 0.6% | 1.4% | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 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
Saint-Gédéon on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
4 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Saint-Gédéon
The biggest is Grosse île Verte, 18 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 23 ha in all
Parks & gardens 2.5 haWoods 21 ha
Two places, Grosse île Verte and Îles des Cauchon, make up 89% of the total.
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
2 in 10 people in Saint-Gédéon live near 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 (21%)Further (79%)
Saint-Gédéon21%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 1,900 residents live further than 400 m from one. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec) touches Saint-Gédéon
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Gédéon1.4%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 4, 3 are public and the remainder private. Biggest of the named areas: Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 9,750 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 9,750 ha · reaches Saint-Gédéon
Pointe à la Savane Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 706 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
Lac Kénogamichiche Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 31 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
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec) starts at the edge of Saint-Gédéon
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)
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
At the edge98 km²since 1985
For a national park, people in Saint-Gédéon travel more than 100 km. 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
Paths to walk: 22 km in and around Saint-Gédéon
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
22 km
in and around the town (315.1 km²)
Woodland
8.2%
about 25.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-GédéonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-GédéonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland8.2%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 52% of Canadian towns. For path density, 90% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Saint-Gédéon
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
May is the best month for walking in Saint-Gédéon
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Roberval, 39 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -8 | -1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 87 | 112 | 104 | 99 | 81 | 71 | 66 |
July is warm and wet, 112 mm; the driest month, February, has 45 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -11 °C. Expect around 271 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Saint-Gédéon →
Beaches
Saint-Gédéon has 9 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Camp-de-touage-Les-Ilessand · in town
DirectionsPlage de Saint-Gédéonsand · in town
DirectionsPlage de la Colonie-Notre-Damesand · 2.3 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 6 more, nameless. Sandy ones: 3. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
7 things to do outdoors near Saint-Gédéon
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
3 slipways top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Secteur du Vieux-Quaiin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Camp-de-Touagein town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Gédéon
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-BrunoHébertville-StationAlmaMétabetchouan--Lac-à-la-CroixHébertvilleSaint-NazaireSaint-Gédéon
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon | 0.6% | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Saint-Bruno 7.5 km | 0.6% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Hébertville-Station 7.8 km | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alma 9.8 km | 0.8% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 12 km | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Hébertville 13 km | 1.6% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Saint-Nazaire 16 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hébertville has at least twice the protected share around it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Gédéon
How much land around Saint-Gédéon is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Saint-Gédéon?
It is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) covering 9,750 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Gédéon?
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec) touches the town.
Is there a beach near Saint-Gédéon?
The nearest is Plage Camp-de-touage-Les-Iles, in town.
When should you visit Saint-Gédéon for the outdoors?
May, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Gédéon?
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Gédéon.
Sources
Sources for this page on Saint-Gédéon
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).