First pick
Bois de Castel Pic
Wood or forest
6.8 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Syced · CC016%woodland
Outdoors in Guingamp · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Guingamp has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
24 km of footpaths cross Guingamp (6.8 km per km²). Guingamp has 3 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches Guingamp; the nearest, Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay (Natura 2000), is 14 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay, 14 km
Woodland
16%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
6.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Castel Pic
The sea
16 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Guingamp 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%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland16%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
55out of 100
Footpaths6.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Hiking routes0.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
79out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Guingamp has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,013 to 7,206 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sathonay-Camp (8.3 km per km²) to Saint-Pierre-en-Auge (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sathonay-Camp Rhône | 8.3 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 2 | Guingamp Côtes-d'Armor | 6.8 | 16% | 0% | 16 km |
| 3 | Saint-Ismier Isère | 4.5 | 40% | 31% | 206 km |
| 4 | Labenne Landes | 4 | 54% | 20% | 2.8 km |
| 5 | Écouen Val-d'Oise | 4 | 16% | 0% | 135 km |
| 6 | Égly Essonne | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 7 | Trévoux Ain | 3.9 | 8.3% | 0% | 270 km |
| 8 | Barr Bas-Rhin | 3.8 | 77% | 0% | 450 km |
| 9 | Balaruc-les-Bains Hérault | 3.5 | 0.7% | 33% | 3.8 km |
| 10 | Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 18% | 0% | 81 km |
| 11 | Binic-Étables-sur-Mer Côtes-d'Armor | 3.3 | 7.5% | 0% | On it |
| 12 | Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 52% | 0% | 47 km |
| 13 | Eckbolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.1 | 7.3% | 0% | 448 km |
| 14 | Auby Nord | 2.8 | 16% | 1.7% | 84 km |
| 15 | Uckange Moselle | 2.3 | 3.2% | 0% | 312 km |
| 16 | Ugine Savoie | 2.2 | 58% | 2.4% | 236 km |
| 17 | Wissous Essonne | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 159 km |
| 18 | Montauroux Var | 1.8 | 61% | 9.8% | 16 km |
| 19 | Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes Nord | 1.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 108 km |
| 20 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.6 | 30% | 42% | 144 km |
| 21 | Saint-André-des-Eaux Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.8% | 100% | 6.4 km |
| 22 | Kervignac Morbihan | 1.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 23 | La Talaudière Loire | 1.5 | 6.6% | 0% | 215 km |
| 24 | Templeuve-en-Pévèle Nord | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 25 | Eyguières Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 13% | 100% | 30 km |
| 26 | Pont-Saint-Martin Loire-Atlantique | 1.3 | 17% | 1.7% | 33 km |
| 27 | Caudan Morbihan | 1.2 | 16% | 3.4% | On it |
| 28 | Pleurtuit Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 9.8% | 100% | On it |
| 29 | Brech Morbihan | 1.1 | 18% | 0% | On it |
| 30 | Épône Yvelines | 1.1 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 31 | Villemandeur Loiret | 1 | 13% | 0% | 236 km |
| 32 | Jurançon Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 45% | 5.5% | 94 km |
| 33 | Péronne Somme | 1 | 6.5% | 12% | 94 km |
| 34 | Trégunc Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 6.1% | On it |
| 35 | Grandchamp-des-Fontaines Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 8.7% | 0% | 43 km |
| 36 | Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux Vendée | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Pazanne Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 4.9% | 0% | 15 km |
| 38 | Viriat Ain | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 311 km |
| 39 | Manduel Gard | 0.5 | 0.5% | 63% | 40 km |
| 40 | Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure | 0.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 87 km |
| 41 | Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados | 0.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 32 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 Guingamp
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Castel Pic leads, at 6.8 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardin Public du Commandant Billot
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guingamp
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Croissant
Park or garden · 350 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Château Pierre II
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guingamp
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin public
Park or garden · 100 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay is the nearest protected area, 14 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay
14 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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 Guingamp
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
24 km
6.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
3 km
waymarked: 0.9 km per km²
Woodland
16%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GuingampCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Footpaths6.8
Hiking routes0.9
048 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GuingampCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 96% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 55% 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 Guingamp is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de la Hulotte7.8 km
De Pontrieux à Guingamp4.9 km
De Guingamp à Belle-Isle3.5 km
circuit des Lavoirs2.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Guingamp: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lanleff, 17 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) | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 84 | 75 | 61 | 66 | 60 | 51 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 86 | 100 | 110 |
July is the driest month (46 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 110 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 23 nights a year. The climate in Guingamp →
Neighbors
Next to Guingamp
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PabuGrâcesPloumagoarChâtelaudren-PlouagatBégardPléloGuingamp
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guingamp | 0% | 16% | 6.8 | 16 km |
| Pabu 2,771 · 1.3 km | 0% | 22% | 3.6 | 15 km |
| Grâces 2,601 · 1.7 km | 0% | 12% | 0.8 | 17 km |
| Ploumagoar 5,414 · 2.9 km | 0% | 20% | 0.5 | 19 km |
| Châtelaudren-Plouagat 3,974 · 13 km | 0% | 4.2% | 0.5 | 14 km |
| Bégard 4,889 · 13 km | 0% | 11% | 0.5 | 13 km |
| Plélo 3,344 · 16 km | 0% | 11% | 0.4 | 9.2 km |
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 Guingamp
Is Guingamp in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Rivière Leguer, forêts de Beffou, Coat an Noz et Coat an Hay, 14 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Guingamp?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 6.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Guingamp is woodland?
16% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Guingamp near the sea?
No: the coast is 16 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Guingamp?
May to 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.