Photo: KBWEi at German Wikipedia · Public domain61% of Baume-les-Dames is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 23 km in Baume-les-Dames. 19% of Baume-les-Dames’ land lies in protected areas. 52 km of footpaths cross Baume-les-Dames (2.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Throughout this page, the Doubs median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
What kind of outdoors place is Baume-les-Dames?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
What sets Baume-les-Dames apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
How Baume-les-Dames 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.
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Baume-les-Dames has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,107 to 5,207 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From L'Étang-la-Ville (8.8 km per km²) to Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Étang-la-Ville Yvelines | 8.8 | 62% | 0% | 137 km |
| 2 | Bassens Savoie | 6.2 | 18% | 0.1% | 234 km |
| 3 | Brou-sur-Chantereine Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 62% | 0% | 159 km |
| 4 | Vaux-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.2 | 57% | 63% | 120 km |
| 5 | Coubron Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.9 | 49% | 41% | 154 km |
| 6 | Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 4.6 | 52% | 0% | 435 km |
| 7 | Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 4.3 | 45% | 17% | 95 km |
| 8 | Le Val d'Hazey Eure | 2.6 | 32% | 0.3% | 77 km |
| 9 | Dives-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.5 | 8.8% | 0% | 1.2 km |
| 10 | Loison-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 3.6% | 0% | 75 km |
| 11 | Douvres-la-Délivrande Calvados | 2.3 | 4.4% | 0% | 3.4 km |
| 12 | Saint-Chéron Essonne | 2.2 | 49% | 0% | 162 km |
| 13 | Beynost Ain | 2.2 | 10% | 4.9% | 263 km |
| 14 | Baume-les-Dames Doubs | 2.1 | 61% | 19% | 406 km |
| 15 | Gauchy Aisne | 2 | 12% | 0% | 121 km |
| 16 | Schweighouse-sur-Moder Bas-Rhin | 2 | 40% | 5.4% | 432 km |
| 17 | Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 367 km |
| 18 | Villerest Loire | 1.7 | 4.2% | 25% | 271 km |
| 19 | L'Hôpital Moselle | 1.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 353 km |
| 20 | Trilport Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 47% | 0% | 164 km |
| 21 | Cucq Pas-de-Calais | 1.5 | 2.7% | 8.6% | On it |
| 22 | Pont-l'Évêque Calvados | 1.4 | 3.4% | 0% | 12 km |
| 23 | Chavanoz Isère | 1.3 | 12% | 0% | 258 km |
| 24 | Saint-Vit Doubs | 1.2 | 30% | 0% | 400 km |
| 25 | Gorges Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 10% | 0% | 52 km |
| 26 | Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon Vaucluse | 1.1 | 1.3% | 9.7% | 56 km |
| 27 | Scaër Finistère | 1 | 8.9% | 0% | 19 km |
| 28 | Villenoy Seine-et-Marne | 1 | 4.7% | 0% | 161 km |
| 29 | Le Cannet-des-Maures Var | 1 | 31% | 52% | 23 km |
| 30 | Faulquemont Moselle | 0.9 | 22% | 0% | 354 km |
| 31 | Tourves Var | 0.9 | 44% | 83% | 32 km |
| 32 | Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez Loire | 0.8 | 25% | 1.8% | 215 km |
| 33 | Villars-les-Dombes Ain | 0.7 | 12% | 67% | 281 km |
| 34 | Jonquières Vaucluse | 0.7 | 1.9% | 2.4% | 74 km |
| 35 | Villeneuve-sur-Yonne Yonne | 0.6 | 34% | 0% | 260 km |
| 36 | Ferrière-la-Grande Nord | 0.4 | 8.1% | 100% | 133 km |
| 37 | Sully-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 25% | 40% | 238 km |
| 38 | Longuyon Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.4 | 39% | 0% | 274 km |
| 39 | Villeneuve-en-Retz Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 7.1% | 36% | 5.1 km |
| 40 | Pauillac Gironde | 0.2 | 7.2% | 99% | On it |
| 41 | Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 7% | 0% | 62 km |
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
19% of Baume-les-Dames lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Moyenne Vallée du Doubs
Moyenne vallée du Doubs
Share of the commune’s land
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.
19% of Baume-les-Dames’ land is protected, more than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Doubs has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
52 km of footpaths and 23 km of hiking routes cross Baume-les-Dames
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.
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
That is more than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 96% 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 Baume-les-Dames is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
14 named hiking routes within 2 km
+2 more
GR 59 passes within 2 km of Baume-les-Dames.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
The best walking months in Baume-les-Dames: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pouligney, 12 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 96 | 90 | 93 | 88 | 108 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 99 | 115 | 116 | 121 |
April is the driest month (88 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 121 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 90 nights a year. The climate in Baume-les-Dames →
Next to Baume-les-Dames
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baume-les-Dames | 19% | 61% | 2.1 |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 20 km | 0% | 50% | 1.4 |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 22 km | 0% | 28% | 0.3 |
| Thise 2,994 · 23 km | 0% | 49% | 2.7 |
| Saône 3,195 · 23 km | 28% | 43% | 1.1 |
| Besançon 118,489 · 28 km | 0.6% | 37% | 5.3 |
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 Baume-les-Dames
Is Baume-les-Dames in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 19% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Baume-les-Dames?
OpenStreetMap maps 52 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 23 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Baume-les-Dames is woodland?
61% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Baume-les-Dames near the sea?
No: the coast is 406 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Baume-les-Dames?
April 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.