First pick
Bois des Mouches
Wood or forest · 330 m outside the commune
33 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin du Taureau
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: U.S. Army Air Forces photo 342-FH-3A18812-55169AC · Public domain9.3%woodland
Outdoors in Champhol · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Champhol has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
20 km of footpaths cross Champhol (3.7 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 6 km in Champhol. No protected area reaches Champhol; the nearest, Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents (Natura 2000), is 3.8 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: Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents, 3.8 km
Woodland
9.3%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
3.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois des Mouches
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Champhol?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.7 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes6 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyVallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents (Natura 2000) is 3.8 km from the town center.
What sets Champhol apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Champhol 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
Woodland9.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
38out of 100
Footpaths3.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
82out of 100
Hiking routes1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
84out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Champhol has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,617 to 3,670 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Le Vaudreuil (3.9 km per km²) to Étrépagny (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Le Vaudreuil Eure | 3.9 | 43% | 6.2% | 64 km |
| 2 | Champhol Eure-et-Loir | 3.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 137 km |
| 3 | Saint-Erblon Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 58 km |
| 4 | Ézy-sur-Eure Eure | 2.3 | 42% | 8.3% | 100 km |
| 5 | Plestin-les-Grèves Côtes-d'Armor | 2.3 | 16% | 6% | On it |
| 6 | Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 39% | 4.6% | 55 km |
| 7 | Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 64% | 100% | 19 km |
| 8 | Templemars Nord | 2.1 | 0.6% | 0% | 68 km |
| 9 | Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis Orne | 1.8 | 11% | 4.1% | 98 km |
| 10 | Saint-Jean-de-Moirans Isère | 1.8 | 5.5% | 0% | 217 km |
| 11 | Saint-Brès Hérault | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 12 | Forges-les-Eaux Seine-Maritime | 1.7 | 24% | 4.9% | 47 km |
| 13 | Pradines Lot | 1.6 | 32% | 0% | 169 km |
| 14 | Boujan-sur-Libron Hérault | 1.6 | 9.8% | 0% | 14 km |
| 15 | Montussan Gironde | 1.6 | 11% | 0% | 19 km |
| 16 | Gallargues-le-Montueux Gard | 1.3 | 2% | 2% | 19 km |
| 17 | Viviers Ardèche | 1.3 | 49% | 2.6% | 113 km |
| 18 | Gelos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1.3 | 37% | 7.4% | 96 km |
| 19 | Bourgueil Indre-et-Loire | 1.1 | 49% | 100% | 148 km |
| 20 | Champagney Haute-Saône | 1.1 | 76% | 100% | 440 km |
| 21 | Châteauneuf-du-Faou Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 8% | 20 km |
| 22 | Martillac Gironde | 1 | 18% | 0% | 32 km |
| 23 | Arcangues Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 32% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 24 | Pont-de-Buis-lès-Quimerch Finistère | 1 | 27% | 100% | On it |
| 25 | Estrées-Saint-Denis Oise | 1 | 2% | 0% | 109 km |
| 26 | Belleu Aisne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 150 km |
| 27 | Canet Hérault | 0.8 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 27 km |
| 28 | Salindres Gard | 0.8 | 4.3% | 0% | 68 km |
| 29 | Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour Isère | 0.7 | 19% | 0% | 240 km |
| 30 | Saint-Philbert-de-Bouaine Vendée | 0.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 35 km |
| 31 | Champagné Sarthe | 0.7 | 40% | 3.5% | 142 km |
| 32 | Gouffern en Auge Orne | 0.6 | 25% | 33% | 59 km |
| 33 | Marzy Nièvre | 0.6 | 8.6% | 20% | 332 km |
| 34 | Lizy-sur-Ourcq Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 17% | 0% | 161 km |
| 35 | Rivery Somme | 0.4 | 6.1% | 9.4% | 56 km |
| 36 | Chauffailles Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 32% | 0% | 295 km |
| 37 | Lectoure Gers | 0.4 | 10% | 0% | 154 km |
| 38 | Garchizy Nièvre | 0.3 | 9% | 12% | 333 km |
| 39 | Montoire-sur-le-Loir Loir-et-Cher | 0.3 | 14% | 0.4% | 185 km |
| 40 | Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont Seine-Maritime | 0.2 | 14% | 2.4% | 9.8 km |
| 41 | Étrépagny Eure | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 78 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 Champhol
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Mouches leads, at 33 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de Javersy
Wood or forest · 0 m outside the commune
30 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'ancienne abbaye de Josaphat
Park or garden · 270 m outside the commune
4.4 ha0.5 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents is the nearest protected area, 3.8 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents
3.8 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 Champhol
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
20 km
3.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.7 km
waymarked: 1 km per km²
Woodland
9.3%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
ChampholEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Footpaths3.7
Hiking routes1
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChampholEure-et-Loir medianFrance median
Woodland9.3%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 62% 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 Champhol is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
De Maintenon à Fontenay12 km
Via Turonensis, Rambouillet - Chartres10 km
Chemin de Trèves, Rambouillet - Chartres7.8 km
Chemin de Trèves, Chartres - Châteaudun1.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Champhol: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chartres, 0.7 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 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 55 | 52 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 58 | 56 | 61 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 61 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Champhol →
Neighbors
Next to Champhol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
LèvesChartresMainvilliersLe CoudrayLucéLuisantChamphol
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champhol | 0% | 9.3% | 3.7 |
| Lèves 5,685 · 2.4 km | 0% | 24% | 2.7 |
| Chartres 38,324 · 2.4 km | 0% | 2.4% | 5.5 |
| Mainvilliers 10,629 · 3.4 km | 0% | 9.3% | 1.4 |
| Le Coudray 4,038 · 4.5 km | 0% | 2.6% | 3 |
| Lucé 15,921 · 4.7 km | 0% | 2.6% | 3 |
| Luisant 6,945 · 5.2 km | 6.4% | 11% | 3.4 |
Lèves is 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 Champhol
Is Champhol in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallée de l’Eure de Maintenon à Anet et vallons affluents, 3.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Champhol?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Champhol is woodland?
9.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Champhol near the sea?
No: the coast is 137 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Champhol?
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.