First pick
Jardin Public de Cassis
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bichot from Paris · CC BY-SA 3.083%of the land protected
Outdoors in Cassis · protected areas, woods and footpaths
83% of Cassis’ land is protected for nature
96 km of footpaths cross Cassis (3.7 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 28% of Cassis. Cassis has 20 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
83%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
28%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
96 km
3.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
20 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Jardin Public de Cassis
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.7 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Bouches-du-Rhône 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 Cassis?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Part of Calanques National Park38% of the commune is in the park’s core, its strictly protected zone.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.7 km from its center.A place of footpaths3.7 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Cassis apart: its share of Calanques National Park, then the sea.
Against French towns
How Cassis 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 areas83%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
90out of 100
Woodland28%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
74out of 100
Footpaths3.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
82out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
74out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Cassis has the 9th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,584 to 6,734 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bouffémont (9.6 km per km²) to Fronton (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bouffémont Val-d'Oise | 9.6 | 54% | 0.9% | 131 km |
| 2 | Grenay Pas-de-Calais | 6.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 71 km |
| 3 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 4 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Ceyrat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.6 | 48% | 100% | 254 km |
| 6 | Saulx-les-Chartreux Essonne | 4.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 7 | Saint-Alban-Leysse Savoie | 4.2 | 44% | 75% | 233 km |
| 8 | La Bassée Nord | 3.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 64 km |
| 9 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 10 | Gigean Hérault | 3.4 | 6.4% | 12% | 8.7 km |
| 11 | Honfleur Calvados | 3.2 | 9.2% | 4.7% | On it |
| 12 | La Penne-sur-Huveaune Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.8 | 41% | 37% | 7.3 km |
| 13 | Saint-Victoret Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 10% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 14 | Canohès Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 16 km |
| 15 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 16 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 17 | Chasse-sur-Rhône Isère | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 232 km |
| 18 | Furiani Haute-Corse | 1.9 | 0.6% | 6.3% | On it |
| 19 | Le Lavandou Var | 1.8 | 28% | 0.1% | On it |
| 20 | Laneuveville-devant-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 0.9% | 0% | 371 km |
| 21 | Labarthe-sur-Lèze Haute-Garonne | 1.6 | 5.1% | 2% | 144 km |
| 22 | Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron Charente-Maritime | 1.5 | 12% | 26% | On it |
| 23 | Labruguière Tarn | 1.4 | 44% | 100% | 84 km |
| 24 | Lentilly Rhône | 1.3 | 15% | 0% | 255 km |
| 25 | Gignac Hérault | 1.2 | 26% | 4.8% | 29 km |
| 26 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 27 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 28 | Montauban-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 13% | 0% | 32 km |
| 29 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 30 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 31 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 32 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 33 | Neufchâteau Vosges | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 34 | Elven Morbihan | 0.7 | 30% | 100% | 13 km |
| 35 | Loriol-sur-Drôme Drôme | 0.7 | 12% | 4.7% | 144 km |
| 36 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 37 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 38 | Sury-le-Comtal Loire | 0.5 | 2.4% | 0.6% | 220 km |
| 39 | Héric Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 42 km |
| 40 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 41 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 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 Cassis
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Jardin Public de Cassis leads, at 0.4 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Cassis
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, core
Calanques National Park
38% of the commune0.6 km from the center
National park, outer area
Calanques National Park
45% of the commune0.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Calanques et îles marseillaises - Cap Canaille et massif du Grand Caunet
41% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Iles Marseillaises - Cassidaigne
1.8 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area83%
National park, core38%
National park, outer area45%
Natura 2000 site41%
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.
83% of Cassis’ land is protected, more than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Bouches-du-Rhône has 27%. A national park’s outer area (aire d’adhésion) is made of the communes that signed the park’s charter: it guides how they grow, but it isn’t strict protection like the core.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
96 km of footpaths and 20 km of hiking routes cross Cassis
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
96 km
3.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
20 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
28%
about 7.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CassisBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Footpaths3.7
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CassisBouches-du-Rhône medianFrance median
Woodland28%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 74% 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 Cassis is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
16 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 5117 km
GR 9817 km
Rouge 75.9 km
Sentier du Cap Canaille5.8 km
Marron 55.8 km
Vert 85.7 km
Jaune 64.8 km
Vert 73.2 km
Bleu 4a2.9 km
Bleu 42.7 km
Rouge 7b2.1 km
Bleu 21.1 km
+4 more
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Cassis: GR 51 and GR 98.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Cassis: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Aubagne, 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) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 39 | 37 | 59 | 45 | 30 | 11 | 25 | 78 | 94 | 95 | 66 |
July is the driest month (11 mm) and the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 95 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Cassis →
Neighbors
Next to Cassis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Carnoux-en-ProvenceRoquefort-la-BédouleLa Penne-sur-HuveauneLa CiotatCeyresteAubagneCassis
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassis | 83% | 28% | 3.7 | On it |
| Carnoux-en-Provence 6,873 · 4.3 km | 0% | 31% | 3.4 | 5 km |
| Roquefort-la-Bédoule 5,798 · 5.2 km | 40% | 50% | 3.4 | 5.6 km |
| La Penne-sur-Huveaune 6,605 · 6.8 km | 37% | 41% | 2.8 | 7.3 km |
| La Ciotat 38,477 · 6.9 km | 27% | 20% | 3.4 | On it |
| Ceyreste 4,863 · 7.6 km | 49% | 42% | 3.7 | 2.9 km |
| Aubagne 47,529 · 8.2 km | 13% | 30% | 1.8 | 8.9 km |
Roquefort-la-Bédoule 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 Cassis
Is Cassis in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Cassis lies in Calanques National Park (38% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Cassis?
OpenStreetMap maps 96 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 20 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Cassis is woodland?
28% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Cassis near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.7 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Cassis?
April to June: 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.