First pick
Parc naturel du Perray
Park or garden
23 ha5.5 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.5 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Naudinsylvain · CC BY-SA 3.015%woodland
Outdoors in Longpont-sur-Orge · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Longpont-sur-Orge is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 8 km in Longpont-sur-Orge. 17 km of footpaths cross Longpont-sur-Orge (3.2 km per km²). No protected area reaches Longpont-sur-Orge; the nearest, Sites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve, is 4.7 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: Sites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve, 4.7 km
Woodland
15%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
17 km
3.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc naturel du Perray
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 Longpont-sur-Orge?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes8 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbySites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve is 4.7 km from the town center.
What sets Longpont-sur-Orge apart: its hiking routes, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Longpont-sur-Orge 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
Woodland15%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
53out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
76out of 100
Hiking routes1.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
93out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Longpont-sur-Orge has the 7th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,442 to 6,537 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Bonsecours (7.5 km per km²) to Lezoux (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonsecours Seine-Maritime | 7.5 | 34% | 0% | 55 km |
| 2 | La Montagne Loire-Atlantique | 5.6 | 18% | 9.4% | 28 km |
| 3 | La Mulatière Rhône | 4 | 9.1% | 0% | 248 km |
| 4 | Vezin-le-Coquet Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 3.6% | 0% | 45 km |
| 5 | Saint-Laurent-Blangy Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 7.9% | 0% | 80 km |
| 6 | Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Loire | 3.3 | 0.6% | 0% | 214 km |
| 7 | Longpont-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.2 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 8 | Villers-Saint-Paul Oise | 3.2 | 16% | 0% | 115 km |
| 9 | Limours Essonne | 3.1 | 22% | 0.1% | 153 km |
| 10 | Frouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.1 | 59% | 0% | 358 km |
| 11 | Saint-Alban Haute-Garonne | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 152 km |
| 12 | Cormontreuil Marne | 2.9 | 6.1% | 1.5% | 202 km |
| 13 | L'Arbresle Rhône | 2.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 256 km |
| 14 | Calvisson Gard | 2.7 | 27% | 0% | 27 km |
| 15 | Péronnas Ain | 2.7 | 38% | 8.7% | 304 km |
| 16 | Ondres Landes | 2.5 | 59% | 5.2% | On it |
| 17 | Marignier Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 56% | 3.3% | 268 km |
| 18 | Changé Mayenne | 2.3 | 2.7% | 0% | 73 km |
| 19 | Neuves-Maisons Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.2 | 5.8% | 0% | 365 km |
| 20 | Sciez Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 38% | 4.6% | 297 km |
| 21 | Gouesnou Finistère | 1.7 | 7.4% | 0% | 6.2 km |
| 22 | Grézieu-la-Varenne Rhône | 1.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 248 km |
| 23 | Ploudalmézeau Finistère | 1.7 | 3.4% | 4.3% | On it |
| 24 | Bon-Encontre Lot-et-Garonne | 1.6 | 8.4% | 0% | 134 km |
| 25 | Le Perray-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 1.6 | 33% | 100% | 137 km |
| 26 | Cuincy Nord | 1.6 | 13% | 0% | 87 km |
| 27 | Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 147 km |
| 28 | Entrelacs Savoie | 1.3 | 37% | 9.9% | 254 km |
| 29 | Champagne-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 66% | 0% | 210 km |
| 30 | Eu Seine-Maritime | 1 | 24% | 0.6% | 3.3 km |
| 31 | Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 0.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 353 km |
| 32 | Saint-Florent-sur-Cher Cher | 0.9 | 22% | 3.7% | 270 km |
| 33 | Ambert Puy-de-Dôme | 0.7 | 44% | 100% | 223 km |
| 34 | Brioude Haute-Loire | 0.7 | 7.1% | 1.6% | 200 km |
| 35 | Chatuzange-le-Goubet Drôme | 0.6 | 11% | 0% | 175 km |
| 36 | Plonéour-Lanvern Finistère | 0.6 | 10% | 0.8% | 5 km |
| 37 | Arès Gironde | 0.6 | 87% | 1.3% | On it |
| 38 | Gueugnon Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 17% | 0% | 338 km |
| 39 | Estaires Nord | 0.4 | 0.7% | 0% | 50 km |
| 40 | Condom Gers | 0.4 | 11% | 0% | 136 km |
| 41 | Lezoux Puy-de-Dôme | 0.2 | 19% | 5.3% | 258 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 Longpont-sur-Orge
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc naturel du Perray leads, at 23 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois du Gros Chêne
Wood or forest · 340 m outside the commune
57 ha6 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6 km of path
2 km north-westfrom the center
Voie des RochesChemin des VauxChemin Neuf des Auvergnes+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Archers
Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune
2.2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Longpont-sur-Orge
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Sites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 4.7 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Sites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve
4.7 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
17 km of footpaths and 8 km of hiking routes cross Longpont-sur-Orge
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
17 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked: 1.6 km per km²
Woodland
15%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Longpont-sur-OrgeEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes1.6
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Longpont-sur-OrgeEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 53% 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 Longpont-sur-Orge 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 655ET14 km
Promenade de l'Orge23 km
De la Bièvre à l'Orge10 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois10 km
GR 655ET passes within 2 km of Longpont-sur-Orge.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Longpont-sur-Orge: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bretigny_Sapc, 5.7 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 Longpont-sur-Orge →
Neighbors
Next to Longpont-sur-Orge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MontlhéryVilliers-sur-OrgeLa Ville-du-BoisSaint-Michel-sur-OrgeLinasBallainvilliersLongpont-sur-Orge
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longpont-sur-Orge | 0% | 15% | 3.2 |
| Montlhéry 9,772 · 1.2 km | 0% | 9.8% | 4.1 |
| Villiers-sur-Orge 4,545 · 1.8 km | 0% | 7.5% | 4.7 |
| La Ville-du-Bois 8,161 · 2.3 km | 0% | 28% | 4.4 |
| Saint-Michel-sur-Orge 21,776 · 2.4 km | 0% | 6.7% | 5.3 |
| Linas 7,987 · 2.5 km | 0% | 32% | 2.5 |
| Ballainvilliers 4,904 · 3.1 km | 0% | 2.3% | 2.4 |
La Ville-du-Bois and Linas 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 Longpont-sur-Orge
Is Longpont-sur-Orge in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Sites Géologiques du Département de l’Essonne nature reserve, 4.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Longpont-sur-Orge?
OpenStreetMap maps 17 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Longpont-sur-Orge is woodland?
15% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Longpont-sur-Orge near the sea?
No: the coast is 166 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Longpont-sur-Orge?
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 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.