First pick
Parc Salvador Allende
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bethoncourt
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Espirat · CC BY-SA 4.038%woodland
Outdoors in Bethoncourt · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Bethoncourt has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
29 km of footpaths cross Bethoncourt (4.4 km per km²). 38% of Bethoncourt is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Bethoncourt; the nearest, Basse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve, is 3.5 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: Basse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve, 3.5 km
Woodland
38%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
29 km
4.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 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: Parc Salvador Allende
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 place
What kind of outdoors place is Bethoncourt?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.4 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.A wooded commune38% mapped woodland, more than in 84% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyBasse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve is 3.5 km from the town center.
What sets Bethoncourt apart: its footpaths, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Bethoncourt 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
Woodland38%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
84out of 100
Footpaths4.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
87out 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
Bethoncourt has the 3rd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,249 to 5,369 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mériel (6 km per km²) to Mormant (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mériel Val-d'Oise | 6 | 41% | 9.5% | 124 km |
| 2 | Barberaz Savoie | 4.4 | 26% | 50% | 232 km |
| 3 | Bethoncourt Doubs | 4.4 | 38% | 0% | 420 km |
| 4 | Bauvin Nord | 3.9 | 12% | 0% | 69 km |
| 5 | Moulins-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.5 | 17% | 0% | 328 km |
| 6 | Mundolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.5 | 6.5% | 0% | 445 km |
| 7 | Pont-Sainte-Marie Aube | 2.7 | 7.9% | 0.9% | 272 km |
| 8 | La Balme-de-Sillingy Haute-Savoie | 2.6 | 41% | 0% | 269 km |
| 9 | Bretignolles-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.5 | 9.6% | 23% | On it |
| 10 | Dechy Nord | 2.3 | 13% | 0% | 92 km |
| 11 | Villers-le-Lac Doubs | 2 | 45% | 100% | 370 km |
| 12 | Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 286 km |
| 13 | Calonne-Ricouart Pas-de-Calais | 1.8 | 1.5% | 0% | 56 km |
| 14 | Mouilleron-le-Captif Vendée | 1.8 | 6.8% | 0% | 33 km |
| 15 | Erquinghem-Lys Nord | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 51 km |
| 16 | Idron Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 15% | 4.1% | 100 km |
| 17 | Tresses Gironde | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0% | 20 km |
| 18 | Gray Haute-Saône | 1.4 | 47% | 28% | 418 km |
| 19 | Commercy Meuse | 1.3 | 64% | 5.6% | 324 km |
| 20 | Trèbes Aude | 1 | 9.6% | 0% | 54 km |
| 21 | Brebières Pas-de-Calais | 1 | 8% | 0% | 90 km |
| 22 | Gambsheim Bas-Rhin | 0.9 | 13% | 13% | 450 km |
| 23 | Condat-sur-Vienne Haute-Vienne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 160 km |
| 24 | Cazouls-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.9 | 5.7% | 0% | 22 km |
| 25 | Valence Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.9 | 8.2% | 0.6% | 154 km |
| 26 | Mouy Oise | 0.8 | 34% | 0% | 106 km |
| 27 | Chagny Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 38% | 0.8% | 376 km |
| 28 | Blotzheim Haut-Rhin | 0.8 | 16% | 0% | 424 km |
| 29 | Villette-d'Anthon Isère | 0.8 | 14% | 1.8% | 260 km |
| 30 | Le Pellerin Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 2.7% | 64% | 24 km |
| 31 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 0.7 | 4.1% | 5.8% | 293 km |
| 32 | Audruicq Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 0.2% | 0% | 12 km |
| 33 | Florensac Hérault | 0.6 | 3.6% | 0.8% | 10 km |
| 34 | Bléré Indre-et-Loire | 0.6 | 11% | 8.4% | 197 km |
| 35 | Parigné-l'Évêque Sarthe | 0.5 | 49% | 19% | 149 km |
| 36 | Reyrieux Ain | 0.4 | 11% | 2.2% | 270 km |
| 37 | Saint-Lyphard Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 6.2% | 100% | 8.4 km |
| 38 | Vindry-sur-Turdine Rhône | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 260 km |
| 39 | Champniers Charente | 0.3 | 9.7% | 0% | 81 km |
| 40 | Plessé Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 15% | 0.9% | 35 km |
| 41 | Mormant Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 7.5% | 0% | 195 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 Bethoncourt
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Salvador Allende leads, at 2.4 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Basse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 3.5 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Basse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve
3.5 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 Bethoncourt
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
29 km
4.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
38%
about 2.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BethoncourtDoubs medianFrance median
Footpaths4.4
Hiking routes0.3
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BethoncourtDoubs medianFrance median
Woodland38%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 87% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 84% 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 Bethoncourt is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)GR de PaysOther named walk
GR 5 Vosges, Ballon d'Alsace - Fesches-le-Châtel5.4 km
GRP BF20 km
La Boucle Châtenaise5.8 km
Sentier des Ducs1.8 km
GR 5 Vosges, Ballon d'Alsace - Fesches-le-Châtel passes within 2 km of Bethoncourt.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bethoncourt: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Joncherey, 15 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 83 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 102 | 93 | 84 | 98 | 83 | 101 | 98 | 109 |
February is the driest month (78 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 109 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 95 nights a year. The climate in Bethoncourt →
Neighbors
Next to Bethoncourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Grand-CharmontMontbéliardVieux-CharmontSochauxExincourtChâtenois-les-ForgesBethoncourt
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethoncourt | 0% | 38% | 4.4 |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 1.6 km | 0% | 39% | 5.8 |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 2.6 km | 0% | 22% | 4.9 |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 3 km | 0.1% | 15% | 1.8 |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 3.1 km | 0% | 6.7% | 5.8 |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 4.6 km | 0% | 4% | 3.3 |
| Châtenois-les-Forges 2,608 · 4.6 km | 0% | 49% | 3.4 |
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 Bethoncourt
Is Bethoncourt in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Basse Vallée de la Savoureuse nature reserve, 3.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bethoncourt?
OpenStreetMap maps 29 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bethoncourt is woodland?
38% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bethoncourt near the sea?
No: the coast is 420 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bethoncourt?
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 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.