First pick
Bois de la Grange
Wood or forest
118 ha20 km of path
4 h 25 minto walk all 20 km of path
1.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Allée du Général LejeuneAllée Saint-CatherineGo Diago Go+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Indif · CC BY-SA 3.012%woodland
Outdoors in Crosne · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Crosne has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 14 km across Crosne (5.8 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 5 km in Crosne. No protected area reaches Crosne; the nearest, Bassin de la Bièvre nature reserve, is 13 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: Bassin de la Bièvre nature reserve, 13 km
Woodland
12%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
14 km
5.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de la Grange
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.
Against French towns
How Crosne 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
Woodland12%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
45out of 100
Footpaths5.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Hiking routes1.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Crosne has the 3rd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (9,455 to 9,782 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bures-sur-Yvette (8.5 km per km²) to Tonneins (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bures-sur-Yvette Essonne | 8.5 | 26% | 0.2% | 155 km |
| 2 | Ville-la-Grand Haute-Savoie | 6 | 14% | 0% | 287 km |
| 3 | Crosne Essonne | 5.8 | 12% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 4.4 | 10% | 0.1% | 123 km |
| 5 | Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 4.2 | 37% | 0% | 53 km |
| 6 | Montlhéry Essonne | 4.1 | 9.8% | 0% | 165 km |
| 7 | Redon Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 32% | 28 km |
| 8 | Aytré Charente-Maritime | 3.7 | 1.1% | 0% | On it |
| 9 | Saint-Jean-le-Blanc Loiret | 3.6 | 4.8% | 11% | 207 km |
| 10 | Lesquin Nord | 3.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 68 km |
| 11 | Vernouillet Yvelines | 3.5 | 19% | 0% | 124 km |
| 12 | Séné Morbihan | 3.3 | 10% | 90% | On it |
| 13 | Montigny-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 78 km |
| 14 | Portet-sur-Garonne Haute-Garonne | 3 | 9.8% | 15% | 146 km |
| 15 | Grand-Couronne Seine-Maritime | 2.9 | 42% | 0.2% | 48 km |
| 16 | Quincy-sous-Sénart Essonne | 2.8 | 57% | 0% | 174 km |
| 17 | Leers Nord | 2.6 | 1.6% | 0% | 64 km |
| 18 | Aucamville Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 2.3% | 0% | 151 km |
| 19 | Basse-Goulaine Loire-Atlantique | 2.5 | 14% | 14% | 44 km |
| 20 | Savenay Loire-Atlantique | 2.3 | 14% | 7.7% | 20 km |
| 21 | Bondues Nord | 2.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 56 km |
| 22 | Clermont-l'Hérault Hérault | 2 | 22% | 46% | 32 km |
| 23 | Pérols Hérault | 1.9 | 0.6% | 37% | 2.2 km |
| 24 | Lescar Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.6 | 6.6% | 20% | 89 km |
| 25 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 23% | 100% | 37 km |
| 26 | Nort-sur-Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 9% | 6.6% | 53 km |
| 27 | Aire-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 1.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 43 km |
| 28 | Bernay Eure | 0.9 | 15% | 4.7% | 42 km |
| 29 | Elne Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.2% | 3% | On it |
| 30 | Albert Somme | 0.8 | 1.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 31 | L'Isle-Jourdain Gers | 0.7 | 7% | 0% | 173 km |
| 32 | Saint-Doulchard Cher | 0.7 | 8.8% | 7.2% | 282 km |
| 33 | Revel Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 4.3% | 0% | 99 km |
| 34 | Vallet Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 56 km |
| 35 | Saint-Sulpice-la-Pointe Tarn | 0.6 | 6.1% | 1.1% | 138 km |
| 36 | Saint-Jean-d'Illac Gironde | 0.5 | 79% | 0.5% | 23 km |
| 37 | Mézidon Vallée d'Auge Calvados | 0.5 | 8.1% | 0% | 24 km |
| 38 | Audenge Gironde | 0.4 | 72% | 100% | On it |
| 39 | Petit-Caux Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.6% | 1.1% | On it |
| 40 | Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire Nièvre | 0.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 295 km |
| 41 | Tonneins Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 2.8% | 3.5% | 99 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 Crosne
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de la Grange leads, at 118 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Caillebotte
Park or garden · 360 m outside the commune
9.7 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
1.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Moulin
Park or garden
6.2 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the center
Rue du Maroc
Directionsto a point inside
Verger Communal Auguste Pailleux
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Chevrette
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km north-westfrom the center
Ruelle des Bretons
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Petit-Bois
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Crosne
Directionsto a point inside
Square Monet
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Crosne
Directionsto a point inside
Square de la Mare
Park or garden · 120 m outside the commune
0.3 ha
1.3 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois de la GrangeWood or forest · 118 ha · 20 km of path
DirectionsParc CaillebottePark or garden · 9.7 ha · 2.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc du MoulinPark or garden · 6.2 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsVerger Communal Auguste PailleuxPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc de la ChevrettePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc du Petit-BoisPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare MonetPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare de la MarePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin médiévalPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Bassin de la Bièvre nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 13 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Bassin de la Bièvre nature reserve
13 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 Crosne
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
14 km
5.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.8 km
waymarked: 1.9 km per km²
Woodland
12%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CrosneEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths5.8
Hiking routes1.9
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CrosneEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 93% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less 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 Crosne 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)Other named walk
GR 23.6 km
Boucle de l'Yerres10 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois6.5 km
Liaison verte de l'Yerres et du Réveillon5.2 km
GR 2 passes within 2 km of Crosne.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Crosne: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Limeil, 4.1 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 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 46 | 46 | 48 | 67 | 56 | 55 | 60 | 49 | 56 | 57 | 66 |
February is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 67 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 40 nights a year. The climate in Crosne →
Neighbors
Next to Crosne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MontgeronYerresVilleneuve-Saint-GeorgesAblon-sur-SeineVigneux-sur-SeineValentonCrosne
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crosne | 0% | 12% | 5.8 |
| Montgeron 24,022 · 1.7 km | 0% | 46% | 4.6 |
| Yerres 27,906 · 2.2 km | 0% | 36% | 6.6 |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Georges 36,221 · 2.7 km | 0% | 4.3% | 6.6 |
| Ablon-sur-Seine 5,988 · 3.2 km | 0% | 6.2% | 5.8 |
| Vigneux-sur-Seine 31,466 · 3.2 km | 0% | 21% | 4.3 |
| Valenton 14,406 · 3.4 km | 0% | 6.6% | 8.7 |
Montgeron, Yerres and Vigneux-sur-Seine 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 Crosne
Is Crosne in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Bassin de la Bièvre nature reserve, 13 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Crosne?
OpenStreetMap maps 14 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 5 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Crosne is woodland?
12% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Crosne 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 Crosne?
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.