First pick
Parc Claude Goude
Park or garden
2.2 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
1.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.014%of the land protected
Outdoors in Carantec · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Carantec is on the coast
Carantec has 15 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 3.6% of Carantec. Protected areas cover 14% of Carantec’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
14%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
3.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
2.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Claude Goude
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.7 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Finistère 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 Carantec?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.7 km from its center.On waymarked routes15 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Little mapped woodland3.6% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Carantec apart: the sea, then its hiking routes. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Carantec 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 areas14%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
75out of 100
Woodland3.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
17out of 100
Footpaths2.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
61out of 100
Hiking routes1.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
94out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Carantec has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,234 to 3,308 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Exincourt (3.3 km per km²) to Albias (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exincourt Doubs | 3.3 | 4% | 0% | 416 km |
| 2 | Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie Seine-Maritime | 3.2 | 24% | 3.5% | 56 km |
| 3 | Lavérune Hérault | 3.1 | 6.9% | 0% | 11 km |
| 4 | Volx Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 3.1 | 37% | 100% | 71 km |
| 5 | Les Noës-près-Troyes Aube | 3.1 | 0% | 0% | 270 km |
| 6 | Luc-sur-Mer Calvados | 3 | 1.1% | 0% | On it |
| 7 | Lespinasse Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 1.6% | 0% | 156 km |
| 8 | Bousse Moselle | 2.6 | 33% | 0% | 316 km |
| 9 | La Membrolle-sur-Choisille Indre-et-Loire | 2.2 | 19% | 0% | 184 km |
| 10 | Carantec Finistère | 2.2 | 3.6% | 14% | On it |
| 11 | Jard-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.1 | 21% | 43% | On it |
| 12 | Dieulefit Drôme | 2 | 66% | 0% | 120 km |
| 13 | Bonne Haute-Savoie | 1.7 | 34% | 3.3% | 281 km |
| 14 | Mireval Hérault | 1.6 | 0.1% | 18% | 4.3 km |
| 15 | Pontpoint Oise | 1.5 | 41% | 100% | 120 km |
| 16 | Bernis Gard | 1.4 | 26% | 2.6% | 28 km |
| 17 | Rostrenen Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 18% | 0% | 45 km |
| 18 | La Chapelle-Longueville Eure | 1.3 | 31% | 0% | 86 km |
| 19 | Montmorot Jura | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 357 km |
| 20 | Romilly-sur-Andelle Eure | 1.1 | 39% | 5.8% | 66 km |
| 21 | Magnac-sur-Touvre Charente | 1 | 22% | 3.1% | 82 km |
| 22 | Carling Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 351 km |
| 23 | Montanay Rhône | 0.8 | 7.1% | 0% | 265 km |
| 24 | Offranville Seine-Maritime | 0.8 | 4.5% | 0% | 5.3 km |
| 25 | Moussy-le-Neuf Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 26% | 0.2% | 141 km |
| 26 | Frévent Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 13% | 0% | 44 km |
| 27 | Podensac Gironde | 0.5 | 14% | 4.6% | 44 km |
| 28 | Gouville-sur-Mer Manche | 0.5 | 2.6% | 0.4% | 2.9 km |
| 29 | Rouans Loire-Atlantique | 0.5 | 5.5% | 30% | 18 km |
| 30 | Morhange Moselle | 0.5 | 7% | 0% | 367 km |
| 31 | Sainte-Florine Haute-Loire | 0.5 | 8.3% | 0% | 213 km |
| 32 | Bavay Nord | 0.4 | 4% | 100% | 121 km |
| 33 | Dordives Loiret | 0.4 | 30% | 0% | 228 km |
| 34 | Azay-sur-Cher Indre-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 0% | 189 km |
| 35 | Sarrola-Carcopino Corse-du-Sud | 0.3 | 6.7% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 36 | Vonnas Ain | 0.3 | 9.9% | 0% | 304 km |
| 37 | Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis Aube | 0.3 | 26% | 0.9% | 263 km |
| 38 | Malissard Drôme | 0.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 161 km |
| 39 | Airvault Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 13% | 18% | 95 km |
| 40 | Puiseaux Loiret | 0.2 | 2.6% | 1% | 207 km |
| 41 | Albias Tarn-et-Garonne | 0 | 4.8% | 1.4% | 173 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 Carantec
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Claude Goude leads, at 2.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
14% of Carantec lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Morlaix
14% of the commune0.4 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Morlaix
14% of the commune0.4 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area14%
Natura 2000 site14%
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.
14% of Carantec’s land is protected, more than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Finistère has 0.5%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
20 km of footpaths and 15 km of hiking routes cross Carantec
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
2.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked: 1.7 km per km²
Woodland
3.6%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CarantecFinistère medianFrance median
Footpaths2.2
Hiking routes1.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CarantecFinistère medianFrance median
Woodland3.6%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 61% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 83% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Carantec’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
8 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Le Tour de Carantec22 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Morlaix - Portsall21 km
Voie de Moguériec14 km
Boucle du Vanneg8.6 km
Circuit du Phare de la Lande7 km
De St-Thégonnec à Henvic3 km
Le long de la Penzé1.6 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Keriec - Morlaix0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Carantec: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pleyber-Christ Sa, 19 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) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 128 | 107 | 82 | 79 | 70 | 62 | 58 | 63 | 74 | 113 | 124 | 141 |
July is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 141 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in Carantec →
Neighbors
Next to Carantec
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Pol-de-LéonTauléPlouénanRoscoffPlougasnouSaint-Martin-des-ChampsCarantec
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carantec | 14% | 3.6% | 2.2 | On it |
| Saint-Pol-de-Léon 6,941 · 5.8 km | 4% | 2% | 1.2 | On it |
| Taulé 2,914 · 6.2 km | 1.5% | 14% | 1.6 | On it |
| Plouénan 2,610 · 6.2 km | 4.3% | 13% | 1.1 | On it |
| Roscoff 3,334 · 7.9 km | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | On it |
| Plougasnou 3,192 · 8.4 km | 5.2% | 7.3% | 1.8 | On it |
| Saint-Martin-des-Champs 4,773 · 11 km | 1.4% | 17% | 1.7 | On it |
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 Carantec
Is Carantec in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 14% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Carantec?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 15 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Carantec is woodland?
3.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Carantec near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.7 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Carantec?
May 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.