Parks
Research 5 parks within weekend reach of Peterborough, classified from Wikidata types and ordered by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances only — no travel times, schedules, or rankings.
Each place is classified from its own Wikidata type, not from its name, and is ordered by measured straight-line distance from the centre of Peterborough. Distances are great-circle kilometres between two published coordinates — this page does not publish travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, or rankings. Confirm access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with an official source before travelling.
Reachability is a second axis over the same places: the category says what a destination is, the band says how far it sits from Peterborough. Distances are measured in a straight line — this page publishes no travel times.
Ordered by straight-line distance from Peterborough, closest first. Distance bands: nearby is up to 60 km.
Petroglyphs Provincial Park is Forested Shield park with exposed rock and lakes to the northeast. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Petroglyphs Provincial Park, about 41 km (26 mi) from Peterborough
Image credit: Image: D. Gordon E. Robertson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ferris Provincial Park is River park with the Ranney Gorge along the Trent River to the southeast. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Ferris Provincial Park, about 42 km (26 mi) from Peterborough
Image credit: Image: Jason Zhang / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park is Large Canadian Shield wilderness park of lakes and forest to the north. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, about 50 km (31 mi) from Peterborough
Image credit: Image: Kkinsinger / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
Balsam Lake Provincial Park is Lakeside park in the western Kawartha Lakes on the Trent-Severn Waterway to the west. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Balsam Lake Provincial Park, about 58 km (36 mi) from Peterborough
Image credit: Image: RichardBH / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Presqu'ile Provincial Park is Sandy beach, marsh and tombolo peninsula on the north shore of Lake Ontario to the south. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
View place — Presqu'ile Provincial Park, about 59 km (37 mi) from Peterborough
Image credit: Image: Mushtche / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0