First pick
Parc de la Sénatorerie
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mattderu · CC BY-SA 3.039%woodland
Outdoors in Guéret · protected areas, woods and footpaths
39% of Guéret is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
Guéret has 19 km of waymarked hiking routes. 66 km of footpaths cross Guéret (2.5 km per km²). No protected area reaches Guéret; the nearest, Vallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents (Natura 2000), is 3.9 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.1%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Vallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents, 3.9 km
Woodland
39%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
66 km
2.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Sénatorerie
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Guéret?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune39% mapped woodland, more than in 85% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyVallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents (Natura 2000) is 3.9 km from the town center.
What sets Guéret apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Guéret 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 areas0.1%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
50out of 100
Woodland39%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
85out of 100
Footpaths2.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
67out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
73out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Guéret has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,638 to 13,271 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Graulhet (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Bayeux Calvados | 6.1 | 2.8% | 0% | 7.4 km |
| 3 | L'Union Haute-Garonne | 5.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 146 km |
| 4 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 5 | Châlette-sur-Loing Loiret | 5.1 | 43% | 0% | 234 km |
| 6 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 7 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 8 | Chambray-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 3.5 | 24% | 0% | 181 km |
| 9 | Pornichet Loire-Atlantique | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | On it |
| 10 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 11 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 12 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 13 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 14 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 15 | Andernos-les-Bains Gironde | 2.6 | 46% | 3.4% | On it |
| 16 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 17 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 18 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 19 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 20 | Saint-André-les-Vergers Aube | 2.5 | 4.4% | 0% | 273 km |
| 21 | Aubergenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 9.1% | 0% | 121 km |
| 22 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 23 | La Chapelle-Saint-Luc Aube | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 270 km |
| 24 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 25 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 26 | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 26% | 8.9% | 213 km |
| 27 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 28 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 29 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 30 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 31 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 32 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 33 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 34 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 35 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 36 | Comines Nord | 0.9 | 2.3% | 0% | 48 km |
| 37 | Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 168 km |
| 38 | Petite-Île Réunion | 0.6 | 22% | 4.9% | On it |
| 39 | Bras-Panon Réunion | 0.6 | 69% | 83% | On it |
| 40 | Mèze Hérault | 0.5 | 5.2% | 27% | 6.3 km |
| 41 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 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 Guéret
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Sénatorerie leads, at 1.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Jouhet
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Square du Jumelage Guéret Stein
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents is the nearest protected area, 3.9 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
Vallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents
3.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.1%
Natura 2000 site0.1%
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
66 km of footpaths and 19 km of hiking routes cross Guéret
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
66 km
2.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
39%
about 10.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GuéretCreuse medianFrance median
Footpaths2.5
Hiking routes0.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GuéretCreuse medianFrance median
Woodland39%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 67% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 85% 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 Guéret is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Boucle du Loup41 km
Boucle de l'Eau17 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Guéret: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bonnat, 16 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 73 | 66 | 67 | 78 | 90 | 69 | 63 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
July is the driest month (63 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 90 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 56 nights a year. The climate in Guéret →
Neighbors
Next to Guéret
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Sainte-FeyreGuéret
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guéret | 0.1% | 39% | 2.5 |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 3.5 km | 0% | 30% | 2.1 |
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 Guéret
Is Guéret in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de la Gartempe sur l’ensemble de son cours et affluents, 3.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Guéret?
OpenStreetMap maps 66 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 19 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Guéret is woodland?
39% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Guéret near the sea?
No: the coast is 220 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Guéret?
April and June 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.