First pick
Forêt régionale de Rougeau
Wood or forest
1,146 ha53.2 km of path
11 h 50 minto walk all 53.2 km of path
3.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Route de TraverseParcours SportifRoute de Saint-Paul+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Lecheminlu · CC BY-SA 3.025%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saint-Pierre-du-Perray has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
49 km of footpaths cross Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (4.2 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 9 km in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray. Mapped woodland covers 25% of Saint-Pierre-du-Perray. 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: Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park, 4.7 km
Woodland
25%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
49 km
4.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.5 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt régionale de Rougeau
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 Saint-Pierre-du-Perray?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes9 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyGâtinais Français Regional Nature Park is 4.7 km from the town center.
What sets Saint-Pierre-du-Perray apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Saint-Pierre-du-Perray 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
Woodland25%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
70out of 100
Footpaths4.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
86out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Pierre-du-Perray has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (11,698 to 12,301 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Talant (8 km per km²) to Saint-Gaudens (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talant Côte-d'Or | 8 | 5.6% | 0% | 399 km |
| 2 | Seyssinet-Pariset Isère | 6.6 | 60% | 57% | 203 km |
| 3 | Valbonne Alpes-Maritimes | 6.4 | 53% | 0% | 8.4 km |
| 4 | La Queue-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 6.3 | 47% | 0% | 165 km |
| 5 | Saint-Cyprien Pyrénées-Orientales | 6.1 | 0.4% | 3% | On it |
| 6 | Ferney-Voltaire Ain | 5.2 | 20% | 0% | 296 km |
| 7 | Le Relecq-Kerhuon Finistère | 4.8 | 7.6% | 0% | On it |
| 8 | Ifs Calvados | 4.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 17 km |
| 9 | Riedisheim Haut-Rhin | 4.4 | 29% | 0% | 440 km |
| 10 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Alpes-Maritimes | 4.3 | 23% | 36% | On it |
| 11 | Harnes Pas-de-Calais | 4.2 | 7.3% | 0% | 75 km |
| 12 | Saint-Pierre-du-Perray Essonne | 4.2 | 25% | 0% | 178 km |
| 13 | Hœnheim Bas-Rhin | 3.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 448 km |
| 14 | Beausoleil Alpes-Maritimes | 3.6 | 11% | 2.9% | 0.7 km |
| 15 | Dugny Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.5 | 6.8% | 9.5% | 144 km |
| 16 | Bully-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 3.1% | 0% | 71 km |
| 17 | Arpajon Essonne | 3.3 | 2.4% | 0% | 167 km |
| 18 | Raismes Nord | 3.2 | 71% | 100% | 100 km |
| 19 | Triel-sur-Seine Yvelines | 2.8 | 34% | 0% | 124 km |
| 20 | Cogolin Var | 2.7 | 46% | 0% | On it |
| 21 | Craponne Rhône | 2.7 | 12% | 0% | 248 km |
| 22 | Septèmes-les-Vallons Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.5 | 49% | 20% | 5.5 km |
| 23 | Villepreux Yvelines | 2.5 | 8.4% | 0% | 137 km |
| 24 | Creutzwald Moselle | 2.4 | 57% | 0% | 348 km |
| 25 | Vedène Vaucluse | 2.4 | 4% | 0% | 58 km |
| 26 | Marly Nord | 2.3 | 1.5% | 0% | 107 km |
| 27 | Sarrebourg Moselle | 2.3 | 17% | 0% | 403 km |
| 28 | Barentin Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 11% | 0% | 38 km |
| 29 | Pacé Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 3.6% | 0% | 41 km |
| 30 | La Motte-Servolex Savoie | 2.1 | 41% | 0% | 238 km |
| 31 | Onet-le-Château Aveyron | 1.7 | 2.3% | 1.4% | 137 km |
| 32 | Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0% | 76 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 | Cernay Haut-Rhin | 1.4 | 26% | 0.1% | 448 km |
| 36 | Bischwiller Bas-Rhin | 1.2 | 7.2% | 0% | 443 km |
| 37 | Florange Moselle | 0.9 | 24% | 0% | 309 km |
| 38 | Mios Gironde | 0.8 | 81% | 100% | 9.9 km |
| 39 | Castelnaudary Aude | 0.4 | 2% | 0% | 96 km |
| 40 | Baugé-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 31% | 0.5% | 151 km |
| 41 | Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.3% | 3.9% | 186 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 Saint-Pierre-du-Perray
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt régionale de Rougeau leads, at 1,146 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc François Mitterrand
Park or garden
34 ha3.5 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Pierre-du-Perray
Allée de Villeray
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Prés-Hauts
Wood or forest
40 ha6.9 km of path
1 h 30 minto walk all 6.9 km of path
1.4 km northfrom the center
Chemin de la FlâcheChemin du Pont à Poulets
Directionsto a point inside
La Marronneraie
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
1.4 ha
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Le Bois de Rapoil
Wood or forest · 330 m outside the commune
3.1 ha
2.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Roger
Park or garden · 390 m outside the commune
0.4 ha
1.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Abbé Guiot
Park or garden · 350 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
1.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park 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.
Regional nature park
Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park
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
Footpaths and woods in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray
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
49 km
4.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.5 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
25%
about 2.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-Pierre-du-PerrayEssonne medianFrance median
Footpaths4.2
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Pierre-du-PerrayEssonne medianFrance median
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 86% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 70% 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 Saint-Pierre-du-Perray 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 213 km
GR 11C1.7 km
Du Val d'Yerres à l'Étampois17 km
Boucle de Savigny16 km
En forêt de Rougeau13 km
Villages briards1.1 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Saint-Pierre-du-Perray: GR 2 and GR 11C.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Seine-Port, 8.9 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 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 52 | 47 | 48 | 51 | 64 | 60 | 55 | 53 | 52 | 61 | 60 | 69 |
February is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 69 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 65 nights a year. The climate in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Pierre-du-Perray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Germain-lès-CorbeilSaintry-sur-SeineCorbeil-EssonnesTigeryÉtiollesLieusaintSaint-Pierre-du-Perray
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pierre-du-Perray | 0% | 25% | 4.2 |
| Saint-Germain-lès-Corbeil 7,469 · 1.6 km | 0% | 28% | 4.8 |
| Saintry-sur-Seine 5,882 · 2.1 km | 0% | 21% | 3.1 |
| Corbeil-Essonnes 54,471 · 2.7 km | 0% | 5.5% | 3 |
| Tigery 4,333 · 3.1 km | 0% | 41% | 3.6 |
| Étiolles 3,105 · 3.7 km | 0% | 72% | 3.7 |
| Lieusaint 14,017 · 4 km | 0% | 6.3% | 8.8 |
Tigery and Étiolles 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 Saint-Pierre-du-Perray
Is Saint-Pierre-du-Perray in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Gâtinais Français Regional Nature Park, 4.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray?
OpenStreetMap maps 49 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 9 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saint-Pierre-du-Perray is woodland?
25% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Pierre-du-Perray near the sea?
No: the coast is 178 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray?
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.