First pick
Preeceville Skatepark
Park or garden
1.0 ha
Centralin the middle of Preeceville
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: John Kaminski · CC BY-SA 4.08.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Preeceville · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Preeceville is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
0.8 km out lies the largest, Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, at 126,136 ha. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 38 km.
Protected land
8.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
38 km
Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park
Character
What sets Preeceville apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round8.8% of the land within 10 km, more than 83% of Canadian townsParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park, is 38 km off
What Preeceville has most to offer outdoors is protected land around it. It has less to offer in a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
How Preeceville 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 km8.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas 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
Preeceville has the 5th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,046 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
Preeceville8.8%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Preeceville4
Towns its size4
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Preeceville0
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Preeceville does best for protected land nearby: 4 of the other 39 have more.
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 | Preeceville SK | 8.8% | 0.3% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 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
The green map of Preeceville
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
Walk in Preeceville: one named park or wood
The biggest is Preeceville Skatepark, 1.0 ha. Biggest first, 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
Most of Preeceville is more than a short walk from 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%)
Preeceville0%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 1,000 residents live further than 400 m from one. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
The 6 protected areas near Preeceville
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Preeceville0.3%
Within 10 km8.8%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 6, 4 are public land; the others are privately held. Fish and Wildlife Development Fund covers 126,136 ha, the most of any named area. Another 2 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Lady LakeProtected area · 1,931 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
Fish and Wildlife Development FundWildlife area · 126,136 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
2 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: Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park, 38 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
Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park
38 km south25 km²
For a national park, people in Preeceville travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Preeceville has 0 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
0.0 km
in and around the town (– km²)
Woodland
20%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
PreecevilleTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PreecevilleTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
For path density, 100% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 67% 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 mapped walking route near Preeceville
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
Get out in Preeceville in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Yorkton (79 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) | 8.2 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 7.8 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -9 | -2 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 9 | -1 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 16 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 49 | 90 | 80 | 63 | 40 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). For dry weather, February is best (11 mm); June gets 90 mm. The climate in Preeceville →
Things to do
Near Preeceville: 4 outdoor spots on the map
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
Nature reserves 1
Preeceville Provincial Recreation Site1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic 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
Preeceville Wildlife Association Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Preeceville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 3–78 km from Preeceville.
Preeceville No. 334CanoraFoam LakeKamsackWadenaPreeceville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preeceville | 8.8% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Preeceville No. 334 2.6 km | 6.7% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Canora 40 km | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Foam Lake 69 km | 6.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kamsack 69 km | 0.8% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wadena 78 km | 7.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Preeceville 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
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Preeceville
What is the nearest national park to Preeceville?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Preeceville.
When should you visit Preeceville for the outdoors?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the largest protected area near Preeceville?
It is Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, a wildlife area covering 126,136 ha.
Is there protected land near Preeceville?
Yes: 8.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Preeceville?
Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park, 38 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Preeceville
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).