12 Percent - Parks and Protected Areas System Plan Consultation

Green Hill Provincial Park

County

Pictou

Size

9.64 hectares

Classification

Wayside

Status

Designated; Operational

Location NS Atlas

30 X4

Managed As

Supporting Park

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Overview

A small picnic park offering magnificent views of the Pictou County countryside

Protection Values

No significant values identified

Education Values

Limited opportunity to interpret surrounding landscape

Tourism Values

Popular look-off offering attractive viewscapes in close proximity to 100 series highway

Outdoor Recreation Values

Picnicking, viewing

Annual Visitation

Unknown but this is a busy park

Operating Cost

$9,500

Other Site Considerations

Spruce Bark beetle damage requires ecological restoration program to remove dead and dying trees in areas of public use  to re-establish a more suitable forest cover.

 

Portion of park not in viewing area leased for broadband internet tower.