First pick
Parc du Centenaire
Park or garden
6.2 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
0.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Petite marche du parc du centenaireChemin du centenaire
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pierre-Paul Drouin · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Val-des-Sources · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Val-des-Sources
National parks are all over 100 km off. For a provincial park, Mont-Orford National Park (Québec) lies 42 km off.
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
42 km
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Val-des-Sources 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
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Val-des-Sources is 4th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,183 to 7,437 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
Val-des-Sources0%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Val-des-Sources0
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Val-des-Sources0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Val-des-Sources is weakest for public protected areas: 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac QC | 20% | 1.1% | 33 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Hope BC | 15% | 4.1% | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Trent Lakes ON | 14% | 12% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Vanier South ON | 12% | 1.1% | 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Peace River AB | 8.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Saint-Jude QC | 7.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Chandler QC | 5.8% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Teston ON | 5.1% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Portage la Prairie MB | 4.7% | 7% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Coronation Park SK | 4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Haysboro AB | 3.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Concord ON | 3.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Cathedral Village SK | 2.8% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Saint-Paul QC | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Athabasca County AB | 2.4% | 3.2% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Twin Lakes SK | 2.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Colborne ON | 2.2% | 0.3% | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Slave Lake AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Currie Barracks AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brown's Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Whyte Ridge MB | 1.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Lymburn AB | 1.7% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | North River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Wainfleet ON | 1.4% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Bonnyville AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | King Edward MB | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Merritt BC | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Chibougamau QC | 0.8% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 29 | Blairmore Suburban Centre SK | 0.8% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Erin Woods AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | Ranchlands AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | La Sarre QC | 0.5% | 0.1% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Sage Creek MB | 0.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Brighton SK | 0.5% | 0.1% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Cavanagh AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Brentwood AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Val-des-Sources QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Niverville MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Hamptons AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Kincora AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Val-des-Sources
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
10 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Val-des-Sources
Largest first: Parc du Centenaire leads with 6.2 ha. Numbers match the map.
10 named parks and woods, 18 ha in all
Parks & gardens 18 ha
Parc du Centenaire and Parc Dollard together hold 57% of it.
Place de la Traversée
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Val-des-Sources
Directionsto a point inside
Sentier pédestre des quatre saisons
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Pionniers
Park or garden
1.0 ha
Centralin the middle of Val-des-Sources
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Grenier
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
0.6 ha
2.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Plein-Air
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
0.6 ha
2.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Parc du CentenairePark or garden · 6.2 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsParc DollardPark or garden · 3.9 ha
DirectionsPlace de la TraverséePark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsSentier pédestre des quatre saisonsPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc des 4-HPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsParc des PionniersPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsParc GrenierPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc du Plein-AirPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHalte VRPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc de l’Oiseau-BleuPark or garden · 0.4 ha
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
A park is within a short walk for 6 in 10 in Val-des-Sources
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 (65%)Further (36%)
Val-des-Sources65%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 2,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Val-des-Sources, 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.
For protected land, people look to Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 42 km off.
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
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), 42 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)
Mont-Orford National Park (Québec)
42 km south-west59 km²since 1979
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Val-des-Sources, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s “national” parks are the province’s own, managed by Sépaq.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
25 km of paths in and around Val-des-Sources
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 (68.9 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 24.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Val-des-SourcesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Val-des-SourcesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 77% of Canadian towns. 70% 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
No mapped walking route near Val-des-Sources
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 Val-des-Sources
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Arthabaska, 27 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 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 67 | 73 | 84 | 97 | 117 | 131 | 108 | 109 | 115 | 82 | 90 |
July is warm and wet, 131 mm; the driest month, February, has 67 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at -5 °C. Expect around 220 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Val-des-Sources →
Things to do
Near Val-des-Sources: 5 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
7 playgrounds top the list. Colline Elliott, 239 m, is the high point nearby.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Butte à Dion220 m · in town
DirectionsColline Elliott239 m · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsDog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Val-des-Sources: Parc Marie-Victorin, 11 km away
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Parc Marie-VictorinGarden or park · 11 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Val-des-Sources
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
DanvilleSaint-Georges-de-WindsorWottonTingwickKingsey FallsClevelandVal-des-Sources
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-des-Sources | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danville 4.9 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 8.3 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wotton 9.2 km | 0.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tingwick 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kingsey Falls 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland 18 km | 0.6% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Val-des-Sources’.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Val-des-Sources
Is there a provincial park near Val-des-Sources?
The closest is Mont-Orford National Park (Québec), at 42 km.
When is the best time for walking in Val-des-Sources?
May: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Val-des-Sources near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Val-des-Sources.
Sources
The sources behind Val-des-Sources’ 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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).