First pick
Parc des Sables
Park or garden
2.0 ha
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Sainte-Mélanie · parks, protected land & trails
From Sainte-Mélanie, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (33 km)
Within 10 km of the town, 0% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Within 10 km are 2 protected areas. The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 64 km.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
64 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
33 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Sainte-Mélanie compares with 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
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
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Sainte-Mélanie has the 3rd least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,355 to 3,477 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
Sainte-Mélanie0%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sainte-Mélanie0
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sainte-Mélanie0
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sainte-Mélanie is weakest for walking routes: 20 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Cumberland County, Subdivision A NS | 10% | 24% | 90 | 1 | 10 |
| 8 | Portneuf QC | 9.8% | 0.2% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Havre-Saint-Pierre QC | 3.7% | 2.7% | 29 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 17 | Merrickville ON | 2.9% | 5.8% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier QC | 1.8% | 3.9% | 27 | 1 | 12 |
| 21 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 25 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 28 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 29 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Royal Gardens AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Lewisporte NL | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Sainte-Mélanie
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Sainte-Mélanie
The biggest is Parc des Sables, 2.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Parc Georges-Albert-Perreault
Park or garden
0.8 ha
1.0 km northfrom the centre
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
In Sainte-Mélanie, 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%)
Sainte-Mélanie0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 3,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Sainte-Mélanie has 2 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sainte-Mélanie0%
Within 10 km0%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one is privately held, and none is named: private land isn’t a place to visit.
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
64 km to La Mauricie National Park
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)
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
33 km north-west1,510 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
64 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Nearer still is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), a provincial park 33 km away. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
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: 36 km in and around Sainte-Mélanie
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
36 km
in and around the town (131.7 km²)
Woodland
55%
about 72.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Sainte-MélanieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sainte-MélanieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland55%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 85% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 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 Sainte-Mélanie 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.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
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 Sainte-Mélanie: May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fleury (53 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 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 61 | 71 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 114 | 97 | 108 | 90 | 85 |
Most rain and snow falls in August, 114 mm; February sees 61 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -6 °C. The climate in Sainte-Mélanie →
Things to do
Near Sainte-Mélanie: 7 viewpoints, 1 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 8 campsites, ahead of the rest. The tallest named summit close by is Montagne Coupée (300 m).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Montagne Coupée300 m · 1.2 km from town
DirectionsMont D'Ailleboust275 m · 1.5 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Chute Monte-à-Peinein town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc régional des Chutes-Monte-à-Peine-et-des-Dalles0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 8
Camping Campusin town
DirectionsCamping Nadeauin town
DirectionsCamping Le Petit Bonheur0.2 km from town
DirectionsCamping Vacances St-Tropez0.6 km from town
DirectionsCamping Paradis Lavallée0.7 km from town
DirectionsDomaine Sentinelle du Parc0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sainte-Mélanie
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Notre-Dame-de-LourdesSaint-Ambroise-de-KildareSaint-Félix-de-ValoisSainte-Marcelline-de-KildareSaint-Charles-BorroméeNotre-Dame-des-PrairiesSainte-Mélanie
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Mélanie | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 4.7 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare 5.5 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois 6.8 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 7.2 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 9.1 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 9.6 km | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies has at least twice the protected share around it.
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.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Sainte-Mélanie
Is Sainte-Mélanie near a national park?
La Mauricie National Park, 64 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Sainte-Mélanie for the outdoors?
May to July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Sainte-Mélanie?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 33 km away.
How much land around Sainte-Mélanie is protected?
Protected areas cover 0% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
The sources behind Sainte-Mélanie’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).