First pick
Parc de l'île Girodet
Park or garden · 90 m outside the commune
15 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
1.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Allée André Revol
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Florian Pépellin · CC BY-SA 3.017%of the land protected
Outdoors in Guilherand-Granges · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Guilherand-Granges has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
33 km of footpaths cross Guilherand-Granges (5 km per km²). 1.9% of Guilherand-Granges is mapped woodland. Protected areas cover 17% of Guilherand-Granges’ land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
17%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.9%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
33 km
5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.6 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de l'île Girodet
Throughout this page, the Ardèche median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Guilherand-Granges?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Little mapped woodland1.9% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Guilherand-Granges apart: its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Guilherand-Granges compares with French towns
Each figure against the 3,798 compared French towns (communes with an overall grade): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Described, not graded.
Protected areas17%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
77out of 100
Woodland1.9%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
10out of 100
Footpaths5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
91out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Guilherand-Granges has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,996 to 11,474 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vitry-le-François (9.3 km per km²) to Doué-en-Anjou (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vitry-le-François Marne | 9.3 | 10% | 0% | 266 km |
| 2 | Cesson Seine-et-Marne | 6.8 | 26% | 0% | 186 km |
| 3 | Enghien-les-Bains Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 137 km |
| 4 | Villeneuve-Tolosane Haute-Garonne | 5.1 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 151 km |
| 5 | Guilherand-Granges Ardèche | 5 | 1.9% | 17% | 164 km |
| 6 | Mouans-Sartoux Alpes-Maritimes | 4.6 | 22% | 0% | 8 km |
| 7 | Guebwiller Haut-Rhin | 4.5 | 47% | 100% | 459 km |
| 8 | Briançon Hautes-Alpes | 4.4 | 62% | 0% | 142 km |
| 9 | Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur Côte-d'Or | 4.2 | 27% | 0% | 408 km |
| 10 | Saint-Jean Haute-Garonne | 4 | 10% | 0% | 145 km |
| 11 | Arcachon Gironde | 4 | 22% | 6.4% | On it |
| 12 | Gravelines Nord | 3.9 | 7.7% | 0% | On it |
| 13 | Gaillard Haute-Savoie | 3.9 | 14% | 8% | 286 km |
| 14 | Chassieu Rhône | 3.3 | 0.5% | 0% | 252 km |
| 15 | Croissy-sur-Seine Yvelines | 3.3 | 2.5% | 0% | 139 km |
| 16 | Le Haillan Gironde | 3.2 | 18% | 3.4% | 16 km |
| 17 | Yvetot Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.5% | 100% | 28 km |
| 18 | Thouaré-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 2.9 | 9.4% | 25% | 49 km |
| 19 | Dourdan Essonne | 2.8 | 58% | 0% | 157 km |
| 20 | Panazol Haute-Vienne | 2.7 | 21% | 0% | 167 km |
| 21 | Tournon-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 2.5 | 41% | 12% | 177 km |
| 22 | Corbas Rhône | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 243 km |
| 23 | Saverne Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 418 km |
| 24 | Vaux-le-Pénil Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 27% | 0% | 194 km |
| 25 | Castelginest Haute-Garonne | 2.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 26 | Le Taillan-Médoc Gironde | 2.3 | 34% | 13% | 13 km |
| 27 | Montlouis-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 2.1 | 15% | 7.6% | 192 km |
| 28 | La Roche-sur-Foron Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 21% | 0% | 270 km |
| 29 | La Chapelle-Saint-Mesmin Loiret | 2 | 6.2% | 11% | 203 km |
| 30 | Wambrechies Nord | 1.9 | 2.9% | 0% | 57 km |
| 31 | Fourmies Nord | 1.6 | 48% | 100% | 157 km |
| 32 | Riorges Loire | 1.5 | 3% | 0% | 276 km |
| 33 | Villefranche-de-Rouergue Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 0.5% | 159 km |
| 34 | Biganos Gironde | 1.1 | 71% | 100% | On it |
| 35 | Pélissanne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 4.7% | 57% | 27 km |
| 36 | Saint-Junien Haute-Vienne | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 139 km |
| 37 | Porto-Vecchio Corse-du-Sud | 0.8 | 26% | 38% | On it |
| 38 | Issoudun Indre | 0.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 250 km |
| 39 | Pontchâteau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 24% | 16 km |
| 40 | Le Luc Var | 0.5 | 19% | 10% | 25 km |
| 41 | Doué-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 9.6% | 100% | 118 km |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Green: parks, gardens and woods mapped on OpenStreetMap, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · INPN / PatriNat · IGN
Places to walk
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Guilherand-Granges
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de l'île Girodet leads, at 15 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Jouvet
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
8.7 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Via Rhôna
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Épervière
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
6.5 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Butte
Park or garden
3.2 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guilherand-Granges
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Itchevan
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
1.8 ha
0.9 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Loisirs de l'Épervière
Park or garden · 300 m outside the commune
1.2 ha
1.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Mazet
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guilherand-Granges
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
17% of Guilherand-Granges lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Massifs de Crussol, Soyons, Cornas-Chateaubourg
17% of the commune1.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area17%
Natura 2000 site17%
Designations overlap (a regional park can hold a Natura 2000 site), so the rows don’t add up; the first counts each piece of land once.
17% of Guilherand-Granges’ land is protected, more than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Ardèche has 8.6%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Guilherand-Granges
Paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and waymarked hiking routes, mapped on OpenStreetMap inside the commune; woods are mapped forest and woodland, private woods included.
Footpaths
33 km
5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.6 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
1.9%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Guilherand-GrangesArdèche medianFrance median
Footpaths5
Hiking routes0.1
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Guilherand-GrangesArdèche medianFrance median
Woodland1.9%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 90% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Guilherand-Granges’ residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)
GR 429.9 km
GR 4223.6 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Guilherand-Granges: GR 42 and GR 422.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Guilherand-Granges: June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Valence-Chabeui, 8.1 km away, and the daylight at the town’s latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 47 | 54 | 74 | 89 | 57 | 55 | 68 | 83 | 124 | 109 | 58 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 124 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Guilherand-Granges →
Neighbors
Next to Guilherand-Granges
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ValenceSaint-PérayBourg-lès-ValencePortes-lès-ValenceMalissardSaint-Marcel-lès-ValenceGuilherand-Granges
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilherand-Granges | 17% | 1.9% | 5 |
| Valence 64,458 · 2.5 km | 0% | 3.3% | 2.1 |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 2.8 km | 11% | 27% | 3 |
| Bourg-lès-Valence 19,992 · 3 km | 0% | 1.8% | 1.8 |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 6.8 km | 0% | 5.9% | 2.7 |
| Malissard 3,294 · 7.3 km | 0% | 0.3% | 0.3 |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6,176 · 7.7 km | 0% | 3.2% | 0.7 |
Saint-Péray is more wooded.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected areas. National-park cores, national parks’ outer areas, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites, from INPN. A national park’s core is strictly protected; its outer area and a regional park are charters between communes, not bans. Designations overlap, so the total counts each piece of land once.
- Woodland. Forest and woods as OpenStreetMap maps them, private woods included: woods nobody has mapped are missing, and a mapped wood isn’t necessarily open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footpaths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, then waymarked hiking routes (GR and others) measured apart. A route often follows a path or lane already counted: the two overlap. Paths nobody has mapped are missing.
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (INSEE’s 200 m grid) within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or wood edge. It measures nearness, not a way in. Guadeloupe and French Guiana have no grid: their pages say whether the town center is within 800 m.
- The coast. The straight-line distance from the town center to OpenStreetMap’s coastline, which follows the tide line into estuaries. A commune is on the coast when the coastline crosses its boundary.
- No grade yet. U.S. and UK towns have an Outdoors Grade; French towns don’t yet. Each figure is set beside the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade) in the département and in France, each figure its own median.
Questions about the outdoors in Guilherand-Granges
Is Guilherand-Granges in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 17% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Guilherand-Granges?
OpenStreetMap maps 33 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Guilherand-Granges is woodland?
1.9% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Guilherand-Granges near the sea?
No: the coast is 164 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Guilherand-Granges?
June to August: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
Why is there no Outdoors Grade for French towns?
TownRatings grades the outdoors in the U.S. and the UK; the French figures are new and not graded yet. This page sets each one beside the median compared French town instead.
Sources: INPN / PatriNat (protected areas 2026, Natura 2000 2024) · © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (paths, hiking routes, woods, coast, gardens) · INSEE, Filosofi 2021 200 m grid (residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Météo-France normals 1991–2020 · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.