First pick
Parc du Grand-Héron
Park or garden
3.8 ha
6.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.04.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Hippolyte · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Saint-Hippolyte’s edge: Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve
For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Tour du Massif 25km and Pandora 10km. Within 5 km are 5 beaches; Plage Jean-Guy-Caron is the nearest. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
4.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
21
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
39 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Saint-Hippolyte stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Beaches5 beaches within 5 kmParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec), is 39 km off
Out of doors, Saint-Hippolyte leads with its beaches. Where it falls short is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Hippolyte, 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km4.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town6.9%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 routes2Named 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
Saint-Hippolyte has the 9th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,304 to 12,808 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-Hippolyte4.2%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Hippolyte3
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Hippolyte2
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Saint-Hippolyte’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 8 of 39 top it. It trails them for public protected areas, where 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | View Royal BC | 21% | 45% | 35 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Elliot Lake ON | 18% | 7.2% | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Orleans Village - Chateauneuf ON | 14% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Summerland BC | 11% | 7.5% | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| 5 | Bridlewood AB | 7.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine QC | 7.3% | 6.1% | 46 | 0 | 94 |
| 7 | Saltspring Island BC | 6.7% | 17% | 109 | 3 | 44 |
| 8 | Rothesay NB | 5.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Saint-Hippolyte QC | 4.2% | 6.9% | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 | Highland Creek ON | 3.5% | 0.6% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Chaparral AB | 3.2% | 9.8% | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | New Springbrook ON | 3.1% | 2.4% | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Lakeview AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Carignan QC | 2.7% | 2.1% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Yonge-Eglinton ON | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Grenet QC | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Spring Valley ON | 2.4% | 8.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Regent Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 19 | Bromont QC | 2.2% | 2% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Dovercourt Village ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| 21 | Kings County, Subdivision B NS | 1.7% | 5.9% | 19 | 2 | 9 |
| 22 | Bayview Woods-Steeles ON | 1.7% | 17% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Forest Hill North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Royal Oak AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Highland West ON | 1.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Winchester ON | 1.2% | 0.6% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Meaford ON | 1.1% | 2.1% | 70 | 4 | 21 |
| 28 | River Park South MB | 1.1% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tyndall Park MB | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Wellesley ON | 1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Windsor Park MB | 0.8% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gander NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 33 | Chalmers MB | 0.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Amos QC | 0.5% | 0.2% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Lac Ste. Anne County AB | 0.5% | 0.4% | 33 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Alderwood ON | 0.3% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 37 | Varsity AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Rutherford AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Norwich ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DT Hospital ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Hippolyte
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
9 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Hippolyte
Largest first: Parc du Grand-Héron leads with 3.8 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 15 ha in all
Parks & gardens 10 haWoods 4.3 ha
Most of it sits in Île Ronde and Parc du Grand-Héron: 55% together.
Centre récréatif du lac Écho
Park or garden
2.0 ha
3.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Roger-Cabana
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.1 km of path
3.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Départs
Directionsto a point inside
parc de la Plage Municipale
Park or garden
0.5 ha
6.5 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du lac Renaud
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
0.3 ha
4.1 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Parc du Grand-HéronPark or garden · 3.8 ha
DirectionsCentre récréatif du lac ÉchoPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsParc ConnellyPark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsParc Roger-CabanaPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsÎle RondeWood or forest · 4.3 ha
DirectionsParc des 14 IlesPark or garden · 0.6 ha
Directionsparc de la Plage MunicipalePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc du lac RenaudPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc LouisPark or garden · 0.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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-Hippolyte, 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-Hippolyte0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). Around 12,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
4.2% of the land around Saint-Hippolyte 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-Hippolyte6.9%
Within 10 km4.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 21 are on public land. Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve leads for size with 2,963 ha. 18 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 2,963 ha · reaches Saint-Hippolyte
Station-de-Biologie-des-Laurentides Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 89 ha · reaches Saint-Hippolyte
Albert, lac HeronryProtected area · 66 ha · 0.8 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
Oka National Park (Québec), 39 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)
39 km south24 km²since 1990
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Saint-Hippolyte, 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
115 km of paths in and around Saint-Hippolyte
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
115 km
in and around the town (196.2 km²)
Woodland
84%
about 164.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-HippolyteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-HippolyteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland84%
0%50%100%
64% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover more of it than in 97% 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
2 mapped routes to walk from Saint-Hippolyte
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Tour du Massif 25km37.6 km
Pandora 10km14.1 km
Among local routes, the Tour du Massif 25km is longest at 37.6 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Saint-Hippolyte is best on foot in May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (38 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Precipitation runs from 72 mm in February to 120 mm in October. About 218 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Saint-Hippolyte →
Beaches
The beach near Saint-Hippolyte: Plage Jean-Guy-Caron, 4.0 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Jean-Guy-Caronsand · 4.0 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 4 more, nameless. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Saint-Hippolyte: 13 and 2
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
13Viewpoints9Hills and peaks2Waterfalls1Nature reserves2Picnic sites13Playgrounds3Campsites2Slipways
Look up to Mont Olympia: 430 m. Count 13 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 13
Point de Vue #1in town
DirectionsPoint de vue #3in town
DirectionsPoint de Vue #4in town
DirectionsLa croix viewpoint1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 9 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 9
Mont Tyrol390 m · in town
DirectionsLe Grand Élan0.8 km from town
DirectionsMont Shaw285 m · 1.2 km from town
DirectionsMont Olympia430 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Réserve de biodiversité projetée de la Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentidesin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Hébertismein town
DirectionsParc des Millésimes0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 11 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camping du Pin Rougein town
DirectionsCamping Au Pin D'Erable Inc0.3 km from town
Directionscamping les cascades1.2 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Hippolyte
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PrévostSainte-SophieSainte-Anne-des-LacsPiedmontSainte-AdèleSaint-JérômeSaint-Hippolyte
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hippolyte | 4.2% | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| Prévost 6.3 km | 2.1% | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| Sainte-Sophie 9.7 km | 1% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 10 km | 2% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Piedmont 10 km | 3.1% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| Sainte-Adèle 12 km | 4.8% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| Saint-Jérôme 13 km | 1% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Saint-Hippolyte has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Hippolyte
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Hippolyte?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the largest protected area near Saint-Hippolyte?
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve: 2,963 ha, a nature reserve.
Is Saint-Hippolyte near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Hippolyte.
What is the nearest beach to Saint-Hippolyte?
Plage Jean-Guy-Caron, 4.0 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What walking routes are near Saint-Hippolyte?
The Tour du Massif 25km and Pandora 10km, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there protected land near Saint-Hippolyte?
Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Hippolyte?
Oka National Park (Québec), 39 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Hippolyte’s 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).