First pick
Parc de loisirs du Marais
Park or garden · 150 m outside the commune
1.6 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ville de Bischheim · CC BY-SA 3.03.6%woodland
Outdoors in Bischheim · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Bischheim has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
23 km of footpaths cross Bischheim (5.1 km per km²). 3.6% of Bischheim is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Bischheim; the nearest, Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg (Natura 2000), is 3.3 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.6%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg, 3.3 km
Woodland
3.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
23 km
5.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de loisirs du Marais
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Bischheim?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths5.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyVallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg (Natura 2000) is 3.3 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland3.6% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Bischheim apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Bischheim 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 areas0.6%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
55out of 100
Woodland3.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
17out of 100
Footpaths5.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
91out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
43out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bischheim has the 9th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (17,854 to 19,292 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jouy-le-Moutier (10.3 km per km²) to Mauges-sur-Loire (0.5 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jouy-le-Moutier Val-d'Oise | 10.3 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 2 | Meylan Isère | 9.2 | 18% | 12% | 205 km |
| 3 | Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne | 6.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 166 km |
| 4 | Moulins Allier | 6.1 | 3.3% | 11% | 338 km |
| 5 | Saint-Égrève Isère | 5.8 | 22% | 30% | 208 km |
| 6 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.6% | 0% | 163 km |
| 7 | Chennevières-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 163 km |
| 8 | Floirac Gironde | 5.1 | 16% | 2.6% | 19 km |
| 9 | Bischheim Bas-Rhin | 5.1 | 3.6% | 0.6% | 449 km |
| 10 | Faches-Thumesnil Nord | 4.4 | 0.2% | 0% | 66 km |
| 11 | Éragny-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 4.1 | 15% | 0% | 124 km |
| 12 | Cesson-Sévigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 5.2% | 0% | 50 km |
| 13 | Moissy-Cramayel Seine-et-Marne | 3.9 | 4.7% | 0% | 180 km |
| 14 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 15 | Bry-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 3.6 | 7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 16 | Cognac Charente | 3.5 | 13% | 17% | 43 km |
| 17 | Hendaye Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.4 | 8% | 26% | On it |
| 18 | Ploemeur Morbihan | 3.3 | 15% | 4.9% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Vosges | 3.2 | 58% | 1.9% | 436 km |
| 20 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 21 | Hem Nord | 3 | 5.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 22 | Le Puy-en-Velay Haute-Loire | 2.9 | 12% | 0% | 165 km |
| 23 | Le Pontet Vaucluse | 2.9 | 2.8% | 3.4% | 56 km |
| 24 | Louviers Eure | 2.8 | 55% | 0.1% | 64 km |
| 25 | Soisy-sous-Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 26 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 27 | Digne-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.5 | 50% | 4% | 85 km |
| 28 | Pontarlier Doubs | 2.4 | 48% | 0% | 359 km |
| 29 | Saint-Fons Rhône | 2.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 246 km |
| 30 | Sanary-sur-Mer Var | 2.2 | 16% | 0% | On it |
| 31 | Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.1 | 9% | 0.1% | 389 km |
| 32 | Limay Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 6.1% | 112 km |
| 33 | Châteauneuf-les-Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 2 | 17% | 27% | 6 km |
| 34 | Sorgues Vaucluse | 1.7 | 9.7% | 22% | 62 km |
| 35 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze Gard | 1.6 | 27% | 8.2% | 79 km |
| 36 | Brie-Comte-Robert Seine-et-Marne | 1.3 | 4.7% | 0% | 176 km |
| 37 | Riom Puy-de-Dôme | 1.1 | 2.4% | 1.3% | 269 km |
| 38 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 39 | Pornic Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 4.4% | 0% | On it |
| 40 | Romorantin-Lanthenay Loir-et-Cher | 0.8 | 30% | 100% | 249 km |
| 41 | Mauges-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.7% | 11% | 88 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 Bischheim
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de loisirs du Marais leads, at 1.6 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardin de la Résistance
Park or garden · 310 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Léo Delibes
Park or garden · 110 m outside the commune
0.6 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bischheim
Directionsto a point inside
Terrain d'aventures
Park or garden · 260 m outside the commune
0.8 ha
1.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Massif forestier de la Robertsau et de la Wantzenau nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 3.7 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Massif forestier de la Robertsau et de la Wantzenau nature reserve
0.6% of the commune3.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg
3.3 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.6%
Nature reserve0.6%
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Bischheim
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
23 km
5.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
3.6%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BischheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths5.1
Hiking routes0.3
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BischheimBas-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland3.6%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 83% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Bischheim is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 5341.9 km
Sentier de l'Ill11 km
La ceinture verte autour de Strasbourg4.5 km
GR 534 passes within 2 km of Bischheim.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bischheim: April, August and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Strasbourg-Entzheim, 11 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 35 | 34 | 39 | 42 | 77 | 69 | 72 | 61 | 55 | 60 | 48 | 45 |
February is the driest month (34 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 77 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 60 nights a year. The climate in Bischheim →
Neighbors
Next to Bischheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
SchiltigheimHœnheimSouffelweyersheimReichstettStrasbourgMundolsheimBischheim
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bischheim | 0.6% | 3.6% | 5.1 |
| Schiltigheim 34,708 · 0.9 km | 0.2% | 7.7% | 9 |
| Hœnheim 11,742 · 1.2 km | 0% | 0.5% | 3.7 |
| Souffelweyersheim 8,239 · 2.1 km | 0% | 1.7% | 2.7 |
| Reichstett 4,732 · 3.6 km | 0% | 18% | 2.9 |
| Strasbourg 293,771 · 4 km | 22% | 17% | 6.4 |
| Mundolsheim 5,322 · 4.1 km | 0% | 6.5% | 3.5 |
Strasbourg has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Bischheim
Is Bischheim in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée du Rhin de Lauterbourg à Strasbourg, 3.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bischheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 23 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bischheim is woodland?
3.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bischheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 449 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bischheim?
April, August and September: 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 4, 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.