First pick
Parc Atkinson
Park or garden
5.0 ha0.4 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Philippe Grégoire · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Scott · parks, protected land & trails
None of the land within 10 km of Scott is protected
The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. Frontenac National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 53 km.
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 provincial park
53 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Scott, 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
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
Scott has the 4th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,893 to 2,984 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
Scott0%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Scott0
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Scott0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Scott lags towns its size: 32 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocagne NB | 39% | 4.3% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona BC | 12% | 8.1% | 61 | 0 | 170 |
| 4 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu QC | 8.6% | 0.1% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Carpenter ON | 7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Dégelis QC | 6.5% | 5.4% | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | Suder Greens AB | 5.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB | 2.4% | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | East Garafraxa ON | 1.1% | 0.6% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Wallace-Woodworth MB | 0.8% | 0.1% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Sunnyside AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 32 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Avonmore AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 36 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Scott QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carrington AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Scott
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 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Scott
The biggest is Parc Atkinson, 5.0 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Parc Joseph-Antoine-Drouin
Park or garden
0.5 ha
0.9 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
6 in 10 people in Scott 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 (62%)Further (38%)
Scott62%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. For about 1,100 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Scott, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 53 km away.
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
Frontenac National Park (Québec) is 53 km away
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)
53 km south157 km²since 1987
No national park lies within 100 km of Scott; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 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
Scott has 10 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
10 km
in and around the town (63.8 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 22.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ScottTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ScottTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 80% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 76% 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 Scott 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.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Scott: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Scott (0.2 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 98 | 121 | 126 | 111 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 106 |
Some 287 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -7 °C. July is warm and wet, 126 mm; the driest month, February, has 75 mm. The climate in Scott →
Things to do
Outdoors around Scott: 3 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Parc de la Chaudièrein town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Scott
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-BernardSainte-MarieSaint-IsidoreSaint-ElzéarSainte-HénédineSaint-Narcisse-de-BeaurivageScott
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Bernard 4.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marie 7.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Isidore 7.7 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Elzéar 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Hénédine 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage 12 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scott holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Scott
When is the best time for walking in Scott?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Scott?
Frontenac National Park (Québec), 53 km from the edge of town.
How far is Scott from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Scott.
Sources
Sources for this page on Scott
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).