First pick
Bois Labette
Wood or forest
337 ha5 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
4.6 km westfrom the center
Chemin Rural de Bruyères-le-Châtel à Saint-Maurice
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 4.02.4%woodland
Outdoors in Arpajon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Arpajon is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 5 km in Arpajon. Footpaths add up to 8 km across Arpajon (3.3 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 2.4% of Arpajon. 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: Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 5.1 km
Woodland
2.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
7.8 km
3.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.3 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
11
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois Labette
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Arpajon?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes5 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyHaute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park is 5.1 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland2.4% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Arpajon apart: its hiking routes, then its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Arpajon 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
Woodland2.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
12out of 100
Footpaths3.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Hiking routes2.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
97out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Arpajon has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (11,432 to 11,939 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Épinay-sous-Sénart (10.3 km per km²) to Baugé-en-Anjou (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Épinay-sous-Sénart Essonne | 10.3 | 54% | 0% | 171 km |
| 2 | Talant Côte-d'Or | 8 | 5.6% | 0% | 399 km |
| 3 | Seyssinet-Pariset Isère | 6.6 | 60% | 57% | 203 km |
| 4 | Villecresnes Val-de-Marne | 6.5 | 27% | 0% | 170 km |
| 5 | Valbonne Alpes-Maritimes | 6.4 | 53% | 0% | 8.4 km |
| 6 | Enghien-les-Bains Val-d'Oise | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 137 km |
| 7 | Le Relecq-Kerhuon Finistère | 4.8 | 7.6% | 0% | On it |
| 8 | Ifs Calvados | 4.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 17 km |
| 9 | Sassenage Isère | 4.6 | 48% | 50% | 205 km |
| 10 | Hœnheim Bas-Rhin | 3.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 448 km |
| 11 | Beausoleil Alpes-Maritimes | 3.6 | 11% | 2.9% | 0.7 km |
| 12 | Dugny Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.5 | 6.8% | 9.5% | 144 km |
| 13 | Arpajon Essonne | 3.3 | 2.4% | 0% | 167 km |
| 14 | Maizières-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 319 km |
| 15 | Plan-de-Cuques Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 0.6% | 59% | 8.8 km |
| 16 | Yvetot Seine-Maritime | 3 | 3.5% | 100% | 28 km |
| 17 | Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon Essonne | 3 | 16% | 0% | 167 km |
| 18 | Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 30% | 25% | On it |
| 19 | Saint-Estève Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.8 | 2.8% | 0.5% | 16 km |
| 20 | Ploufragan Côtes-d'Armor | 2.5 | 13% | 0.2% | 5.7 km |
| 21 | Saverne Bas-Rhin | 2.5 | 65% | 0% | 418 km |
| 22 | Villepreux Yvelines | 2.5 | 8.4% | 0% | 137 km |
| 23 | Nœux-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 66 km |
| 24 | Vaux-le-Pénil Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 27% | 0% | 194 km |
| 25 | Ancenis-Saint-Géréon Loire-Atlantique | 2.4 | 10% | 27% | 71 km |
| 26 | Pacé Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 3.6% | 0% | 41 km |
| 27 | Bruay-sur-l'Escaut Nord | 2.1 | 14% | 98% | 102 km |
| 28 | Méricourt Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.3% | 0% | 79 km |
| 29 | Les Avirons Réunion | 1.7 | 47% | 78% | On it |
| 30 | Fourmies Nord | 1.6 | 48% | 100% | 157 km |
| 31 | Provins Seine-et-Marne | 1.6 | 6.6% | 0% | 215 km |
| 32 | Bolbec Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 7.1% | 0% | 17 km |
| 33 | Dammartin-en-Goële Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 144 km |
| 34 | Somain Nord | 1.4 | 5.2% | 1.3% | 96 km |
| 35 | Chauny Aisne | 1.2 | 5.7% | 10% | 127 km |
| 36 | Thiers Puy-de-Dôme | 1 | 43% | 100% | 259 km |
| 37 | La Hague Manche | 1 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 38 | Pontchâteau Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 24% | 16 km |
| 39 | Pia Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 10 km |
| 40 | Vauvert Gard | 0.4 | 3.1% | 71% | 20 km |
| 41 | Baugé-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 31% | 0.5% | 151 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 Arpajon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois Labette leads, at 337 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Chanteloup
Wood or forest · 300 m outside the commune
25 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
1.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Eau
Park or garden · 160 m outside the commune
6.7 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Butte aux Grès
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
7 ha
1.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la mairie
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
4.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc urbain des Bourguignons
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de La Folatière
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Arpajon
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Théophile Guesdon
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Arpajon
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois LabetteWood or forest · 337 ha · 5 km of path
DirectionsParc de ChanteloupWood or forest · 25 ha · 3.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de l'EauPark or garden · 6.7 ha · 1.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de la Butte aux GrèsPark or garden · 7 ha · just outside
DirectionsParc de la mairiePark or garden · 4.6 ha · 1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc urbain des BourguignonsPark or garden · 5 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de La FolatièrePark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Théophile GuesdonPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc de FreisingPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc ChevrierPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc du 100 Grande RuePark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 5.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park
5.1 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
8 km of footpaths and 5 km of hiking routes cross Arpajon
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
7.8 km
3.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.3 km
waymarked: 2.2 km per km²
Woodland
2.4%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ArpajonEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.3
Hiking routes2.2
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ArpajonEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland2.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 88% 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 Arpajon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 655ET8.1 km
De la Bièvre à l'Orge8.2 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois8.2 km
Promenade de l'Orge5.2 km
Bassin de l'Orge et moulin de Trévoix4.8 km
GR 655ET passes within 2 km of Arpajon.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Arpajon: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 6.1 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) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 48 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 61 | 56 | 53 | 58 | 49 | 53 | 55 | 63 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 63 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Arpajon →
Neighbors
Next to Arpajon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La NorvilleÉglySaint-Germain-lès-ArpajonOllainvilleLeuville-sur-OrgeBruyères-le-ChâtelArpajon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arpajon | 0% | 2.4% | 3.3 |
| La Norville 4,268 · 1.1 km | 0% | 4% | 2.2 |
| Égly 7,166 · 1.4 km | 0% | 13% | 3.9 |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 1.7 km | 0% | 16% | 3 |
| Ollainville 5,455 · 1.7 km | 0% | 37% | 1.7 |
| Leuville-sur-Orge 4,271 · 3.4 km | 0% | 15% | 3.8 |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel 3,788 · 4.3 km | 0.1% | 64% | 4.2 |
Ollainville and Bruyères-le-Châtel are 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 Arpajon
Is Arpajon in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 5.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Arpajon?
OpenStreetMap maps 8 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Arpajon is woodland?
2.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Arpajon near the sea?
No: the coast is 167 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Arpajon?
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.