From pocket-sized picnic parks perfectly positioned for a quick pit stop to the 4,200 hectares of protected natural habitat and coastal trail systems of Cape Chignecto Provincial Park to the 950 square kilometres of Cape Breton Highlands National Park, there’s more room in our parks for hiking, cycling, trekking, rock-climbing, bird-watching, canoeing, Frisbee-throwing, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing and just plain nature-loving than you’ll ever be able to fit in one visit.

Five Islands Provincial Park and Blomidon Provincial Park, for instance, are bordered by the world's highest tides in the Bay of Fundy, which surge beneath towering sea cliffs. Parks like Rissers Beach and Melmerby Beach offer supervised swimming on spectacular stretches of sun-soaked sand as well as beautiful boardwalks for beach-side strolling. Since this is Nova Scotia, after all, you’ll find our world famous hospitality at work even in the wilderness. At Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site, park services specialists can arrange for wilderness campers to be dropped off and picked up at your back country entrance point. Throughout the provincial park system, the Parks are for People program features year-round organized events and activities to highlight the very best natural attributes of each of our provincial parks.

Whatever parks you choose to visit, know that we believe the outdoors is for action, adventure and enlightenment. Pets are welcome. Fishing, with a license in season, is allowed. Kite-flying and sandcastle building are encouraged. Paddling is taught. Bikes are rented. Interpretive walks are hosted. Questions are happily answered.