First pick
Pasquia Regional Park
Park or garden
87 ha
11 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
7.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Moose Range No. 486 · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Moose Range No. 486’s edge: Fish and Wildlife Development Fund
Within 5 km lie 29 beaches, unnamed on the map. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 7.3% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The nearest provincial park, Wildcat Hill Provincial Park, is 19 km away.
Protected land
7.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 15 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Wildcat Hill Provincial Park
Beaches
29
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Moose Range No. 486 stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round7.3% of the land within 10 km, more than 79% of Canadian townsBeaches29 beaches within 5 km
Moose Range No. 486’s best card is protected land around it, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Moose Range No. 486, 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 km7.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town13%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas15Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches29Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Moose Range No. 486 comes 6th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,047 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
Moose Range No. 4867.3%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Moose Range No. 48615
Towns its size4
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Moose Range No. 4860
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Moose Range No. 486’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 5 of 39 top it.
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 | Moose Range No. 486 SK | 7.3% | 13% | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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
Moose Range No. 486 on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Moose Range No. 486
Pasquia Regional Park is the largest, at 87 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
Few people in Moose Range No. 486 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Moose Range No. 4860%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 1,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Moose Range No. 486, 7.3% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Moose Range No. 48613%
Within 10 km7.3%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Each of the 15 is held by a public body. At 126,136 ha, Fish and Wildlife Development Fund is the largest.
Fish and Wildlife Development FundWildlife area · 126,136 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
Carrot RiverNature reserve · 9,497 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
DonlandsProtected area · 2,845 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
Smoky BurnProtected area · 2,483 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
E. B. CampbellNature reserve · 1,167 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
D. Gerbrandt Recreation SiteProtected area · 75 ha · reaches Moose Range No. 486
Anderson IslandNature reserve · 507 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Tobin Lake Recreation SiteProtected area · 181 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Connell CreekNature reserve · 4,982 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Dragline Channel Recreation SiteProtected area · 30 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
4 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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: Wildcat Hill Provincial Park, 19 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
Provincial park
Wildcat Hill Provincial Park
19 km east222 km²
No national park lies within 100 km of Moose Range No. 486; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
4 km of paths in and around Moose Range No. 486
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
3.5 km
in and around the town (3,540 km²)
Woodland
33%
about 1,155.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Moose Range No. 486Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Moose Range No. 486Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 76% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 100% 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 Moose Range No. 486 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
Get out in Moose Range No. 486 in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Nipawin, 29 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -13 | -10 | -3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 8 | -3 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 17 | 11 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 83 | 88 | 52 | 40 | 29 | 16 | 16 |
Snowfall averages 128 cm a year. Daytime highs run from -13 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. The wettest month is the warmest, July (88 mm); February has 11 mm. The climate in Moose Range No. 486 →
Beaches
29 beaches within 5 km of Moose Range No. 486, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Moose Range No. 486: 8 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 6 campsites, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Pasquia Regional Park0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Moose Range No. 486
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. 486 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 30–58 km out.
NipawinTorch River No. 488TisdaleMoose Range No. 486
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moose Range No. 486 | 7.3% | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| Nipawin 30 km | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Torch River No. 488 49 km | 4.1% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Tisdale 58 km | 0.4% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
486 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Moose Range No. 486
Is there protected land near Moose Range No. 486?
Protected areas cover 7.3% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Moose Range No. 486?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is there a provincial park near Moose Range No. 486?
Wildcat Hill Provincial Park, 19 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Moose Range No. 486?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Moose Range No. 486?
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, a wildlife area of 126,136 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Moose Range No. 486?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Moose Range No. 486.
Sources
Where Moose Range No. 486’s outdoors figures come from
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).