First pick
Parc Goyette-Hill
Park or garden
3.4 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Miro Denck · CC BY-SA 4.06.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sutton · parks, protected land & trails
The Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton passes Sutton
Within 10 km of the town, 6.6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 23 km from town is Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
6.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
47
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
14
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Sutton apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton passes within 2 kmWalking routes14 named routes within 2 kmProtected land all round6.6% of the land within 10 km, more than 77% of Canadian towns
For someone who likes to get outside, Sutton’s draw is the Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Against other towns
How Sutton 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km6.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town12%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes14Named 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
Sutton comes 10th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,686 to 4,867 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
Sutton6.6%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sutton2
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sutton14
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sutton does best for protected land nearby: 9 of the other 39 have more. It trails them for public protected areas, where 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 3 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 18 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Sutton
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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Sutton
Parc Goyette-Hill is the largest, at 3.4 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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
1 in 10 people in Sutton 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 (11%)Further (89%)
Sutton11%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 4,300 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
6.6% of the country within 10 km of Sutton 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 Sutton12%
Within 10 km6.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 47 are on public land. At 117 ha, Vallée-du-Ruiter Ecological Reserve is the largest. Another 38 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Vallée-du-Ruiter Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 117 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
Mine-aux-Pipistrelles Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 3.2 ha · 6.7 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
The nearest big park: Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 23 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)
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
23 km north-east59 km²since 1979
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Sutton, 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
Sutton has 152 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
152 km
in and around the town (325.9 km²)
Woodland
83%
about 271.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SuttonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SuttonTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland83%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 97% of Canadian towns. 67% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Trails around Sutton
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalRegionalLocal
Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton22.8 km
Sentier de l'Estrie, Mont Singer12.4 km
Sentier de l'Estrie, Mont Écho3.5 km
Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton, Accès1.3 km
Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Écho1.0 km
Parc de l'environnement naturel de Sutton33.9 km
Sentier des Sommets (sud)4.2 km
Les Falaises3.3 km
Des Courreurs des Bois2.8 km
Du Ruisseau2.2 km
Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Écho, Accès chemi de la Falaise2.2 km
Sommet Singer2.2 km
Plus 2 more waymarked walks on the map.
Of the Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton’s 23 km, 22.8 km passes close to town. For a longer outing, the Parc de l'environnement naturel de Sutton runs 33.9 km. 8 are short walks under 3 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Sutton in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Sutton (6.1 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 84 | 100 | 111 | 115 | 114 | 128 | 123 | 119 | 127 | 112 | 111 |
Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -4 °C in January. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (128 mm); February is driest (84 mm). Snow totals about 321 cm a year. The climate in Sutton →
Things to do
Sutton has 30 viewpoints and 2 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 30 viewpoints, more than of anything else. The highest named peak nearby is Round Top, at 968 m.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 30
L'Échinein town
DirectionsLa Bossein town
DirectionsLa Croupein town
DirectionsLac Sprucein town
DirectionsPv avant Sommet Rondin town
DirectionsPv du Round Topin town
DirectionsPv Écho 1in town
DirectionsPv Écho 2in town
DirectionsPlus 22 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 12
Colline Draper364 m · in town
DirectionsLe Dos d'Orignal810 m · in town
DirectionsMont Brock678 m · in town
DirectionsMont Burnt676 m · in town
DirectionsMont Écho810 m · in town
DirectionsMont Gagnon855 m · in town
DirectionsPic Abenakis729 m · in town
DirectionsRound Top968 m · in town
DirectionsPlus 4 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 2
Chute de Longewayin town
DirectionsChute du Pékanin town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc Sutton - Parc d'environnement naturel de Sutton - PENSin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Au Diable Vertin town
DirectionsHuttopia Suttonin town
DirectionsCamping Rustique Débranché0.4 km from town
DirectionsCamping rustique de l'Etang-aux-Castors0.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sutton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
FrelighsburgDunhamPottonCowansvilleLac-BromeSutton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | 6.6% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| Frelighsburg 15 km | 0.4% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Dunham 15 km | 0.4% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| Potton 16 km | 7.5% | 62 | 11 | 3 |
| Cowansville 16 km | 0.6% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Lac-Brome 16 km | 6.8% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
Sutton is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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 Sutton
How far is Sutton from a national park?
None within 100 km of Sutton.
Are there hiking trails near Sutton?
The Sentier de l'Estrie, Zone Sutton, Sentier de l'Estrie, Mont Singer and Sentier de l'Estrie, Mont Écho, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there protected land near Sutton?
Within 10 km, 6.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Sutton?
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 23 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Sutton?
Vallée-du-Ruiter Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 117 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Sutton?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sutton
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).