First pick
Parc du Centre communautaire
Park or garden
3.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska · parks, protected land & trails
From Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Frontenac National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (35 km)
0% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 95 km away.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
95 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
35 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska has the 5th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,291 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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska0%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska0
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska lags towns its size: 33 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 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 31 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Parc du Centre communautaire is the largest, at 3.8 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Parc Bellefeuille
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
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
3 in 10 people in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska 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 (27%)Further (73%)
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska27%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 900 residents live further than 400 m from one. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
No protected area lies within 10 km of Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Frontenac National Park (Québec), 35 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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
La Mauricie National Park, 95 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)
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
35 km east157 km²since 1987
National park
La Mauricie National Park
95 km north-west536 km²since 1970
Frontenac National Park (Québec), a provincial park, is nearer at 35 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska has 25 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
25 km
in and around the town (158.5 km²)
Woodland
46%
about 73.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-Norbert-d'ArthabaskaTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Norbert-d'ArthabaskaTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
For path density, 80% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 82% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
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-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Arthabaska, 14 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 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 67 | 73 | 84 | 97 | 117 | 131 | 108 | 109 | 115 | 82 | 90 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 131 mm; February sees 67 mm. In July the typical high is 25 °C; in January, -6 °C. A typical year sees 220 cm of snow. The climate in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska →
Beaches
2 unnamed beaches near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
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
Near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska: 15 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Mont Saint-Michel, 348 m, is the high point nearby. 12 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Mont Saint-Michel348 m · 0.4 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping Plage des Sables0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PrincevilleVictoriavilleSaint-Christophe-d'ArthabaskaPlessisvillePlessisvilleSaint-ValèreSaint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Princeville 8.4 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Victoriaville 12 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 12 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Plessisville 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plessisville 15 km | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Valère 19 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska
When should you visit Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska for the outdoors?
May: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska?
The nearest is La Mauricie National Park, 95 km away.
Is there a provincial park near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska?
The closest is Frontenac National Park (Québec), at 35 km.
Where can you swim near Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska’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).