First pick
Bois Labette
Wood or forest
337 ha5 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
3.4 km westfrom the center
Chemin Rural de Bruyères-le-Châtel à Saint-Maurice
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Shev123 · CC BY-SA 3.013%woodland
Outdoors in Égly · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Égly has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 15 km across Égly (3.9 km per km²). No protected area reaches Égly; the nearest, Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, is 4.2 km from the town center. Égly has 2 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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, 4.2 km
Woodland
13%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
3.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
7
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 Égly?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.9 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 4.2 km from the town center.
What sets Égly apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Égly 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
Woodland13%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
49out of 100
Footpaths3.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
83out of 100
Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
61out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Égly has the 6th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,071 to 7,266 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Guingamp (6.8 km per km²) to Herbignac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guingamp Côtes-d'Armor | 6.8 | 16% | 0% | 16 km |
| 2 | Colombelles Calvados | 4.9 | 3.1% | 0% | 9.7 km |
| 3 | Saint-Ismier Isère | 4.5 | 40% | 31% | 206 km |
| 4 | Labenne Landes | 4 | 54% | 20% | 2.8 km |
| 5 | Écouen Val-d'Oise | 4 | 16% | 0% | 135 km |
| 6 | Égly Essonne | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 7 | Balaruc-les-Bains Hérault | 3.5 | 0.7% | 33% | 3.8 km |
| 8 | Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 52% | 0% | 47 km |
| 9 | Vendargues Hérault | 3.3 | 11% | 0% | 12 km |
| 10 | Eckbolsheim Bas-Rhin | 3.1 | 7.3% | 0% | 448 km |
| 11 | Auby Nord | 2.8 | 16% | 1.7% | 84 km |
| 12 | Ugine Savoie | 2.2 | 58% | 2.4% | 236 km |
| 13 | Waziers Nord | 2.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 88 km |
| 14 | Wissous Essonne | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 159 km |
| 15 | Chauray Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 2.4% | 0% | 58 km |
| 16 | La Gaude Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 44% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 17 | Montauroux Var | 1.8 | 61% | 9.8% | 16 km |
| 18 | Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes Nord | 1.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 108 km |
| 19 | Bagnères-de-Bigorre Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.6 | 30% | 42% | 144 km |
| 20 | Kervignac Morbihan | 1.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 21 | La Talaudière Loire | 1.5 | 6.6% | 0% | 215 km |
| 22 | Templeuve-en-Pévèle Nord | 1.4 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 23 | Eyguières Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 13% | 100% | 30 km |
| 24 | Pont-Saint-Martin Loire-Atlantique | 1.3 | 17% | 1.7% | 33 km |
| 25 | Caudan Morbihan | 1.2 | 16% | 3.4% | On it |
| 26 | Mably Loire | 1.2 | 6.8% | 4.4% | 279 km |
| 27 | Pleurtuit Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 9.8% | 100% | On it |
| 28 | Divatte-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 1.2 | 7.5% | 5.6% | 56 km |
| 29 | Orgeval Yvelines | 1.1 | 27% | 0% | 129 km |
| 30 | Les Trois-Bassins Réunion | 1 | 20% | 82% | On it |
| 31 | Villemandeur Loiret | 1 | 13% | 0% | 236 km |
| 32 | Lodève Hérault | 1 | 51% | 100% | 47 km |
| 33 | Péronne Somme | 1 | 6.5% | 12% | 94 km |
| 34 | Trégunc Finistère | 0.9 | 9.6% | 6.1% | On it |
| 35 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 37% | 6.3% | 8.8 km |
| 36 | Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux Vendée | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Sainte-Pazanne Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 4.9% | 0% | 15 km |
| 38 | Viriat Ain | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 311 km |
| 39 | Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton Eure | 0.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 87 km |
| 40 | Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados | 0.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 32 km |
| 41 | Herbignac Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 14% | 100% | 7.8 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 Égly
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 l'Eau
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
6.7 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc urbain des Bourguignons
Park or garden
5 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Égly
Directionsto a point inside
Promenade de Villelouvette
Park or garden
3.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.4 km westfrom the center
Promenade de Villelouvette
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Meurier
Wood or forest
5.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Rue de la Montagne
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.6 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © 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, 4.2 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
4.2 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 Égly
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
15 km
3.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
2 km
waymarked: 0.5 km per km²
Woodland
13%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ÉglyEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.9
Hiking routes0.5
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ÉglyEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 51% 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 Égly is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
6 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 655ET8 km
Bassin de l'Orge et moulin de Trévoix9.7 km
De la Bièvre à l'Orge8.8 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois8.8 km
Promenade de l'Orge4.2 km
Sur les traces de la Renarde3.7 km
GR 655ET passes within 2 km of Égly.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Égly: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fontenay-Les-B., 6 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 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 49 | 50 | 48 | 69 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 51 | 61 | 61 | 71 |
April is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 71 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. The climate in Égly →
Neighbors
Next to Égly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ArpajonOllainvilleLa NorvilleBoissy-sous-Saint-YonSaint-Germain-lès-ArpajonBruyères-le-ChâtelÉgly
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Égly | 0% | 13% | 3.9 |
| Arpajon 11,698 · 1.4 km | 0% | 2.4% | 3.3 |
| Ollainville 5,455 · 1.8 km | 0% | 37% | 1.7 |
| La Norville 4,268 · 2.2 km | 0% | 4% | 2.2 |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon 3,882 · 3.1 km | 0% | 28% | 1.1 |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon 11,623 · 3.1 km | 0% | 16% | 3 |
| Bruyères-le-Châtel 3,788 · 3.5 km | 0.1% | 64% | 4.2 |
Ollainville, Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon 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 Égly
Is Égly in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Regional Nature Park, 4.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Égly?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Égly is woodland?
13% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Égly 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 Égly?
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 October 30, 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.