First pick
Parc de l'Ermitage
Park or garden · 110 m outside the commune
28 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
4.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Allée Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Lgraniczny · CC010%of the land protected
Outdoors in Bordeaux · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Bordeaux has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
242 km of footpaths cross Bordeaux (4.9 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 1.2% of Bordeaux. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 15 km in Bordeaux. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
10%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
1.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
242 km
4.9 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
30
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de l'Ermitage
The sea
18 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Bordeaux?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.9 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Little mapped woodland1.2% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Bordeaux apart: its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Bordeaux 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 areas10%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
72out of 100
Woodland1.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
7out of 100
Footpaths4.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
90out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
45out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bordeaux has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (118,489 to 514,819 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 12e (16.7 km per km²) to Nîmes (1.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 12e Paris | 16.7 | 30% | 0% | 153 km |
| 2 | Paris 16e Paris | 11.9 | 25% | 0% | 147 km |
| 3 | Grenoble Isère | 11.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 204 km |
| 4 | Paris 19e Paris | 11.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 148 km |
| 5 | Paris 20e Paris | 10.9 | 0.1% | 0% | 151 km |
| 6 | Rennes Ille-et-Vilaine | 10.8 | 6.4% | 0% | 49 km |
| 7 | Paris 14e Paris | 10.6 | 0.4% | 0% | 151 km |
| 8 | Paris 15e Paris | 9.6 | 0% | 0% | 149 km |
| 9 | Paris 13e Paris | 9.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 152 km |
| 10 | Tours Indre-et-Loire | 7.8 | 6.3% | 4.7% | 184 km |
| 11 | Lille Nord | 7.7 | 2.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 12 | Villeurbanne Rhône | 7.4 | 2.8% | 0.3% | 253 km |
| 13 | Nantes Loire-Atlantique | 7.3 | 7.3% | 6.3% | 39 km |
| 14 | Saint-Denis Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 2.4% | 1.8% | 142 km |
| 15 | Metz Moselle | 6.8 | 8% | 0% | 329 km |
| 16 | Strasbourg Bas-Rhin | 6.4 | 17% | 22% | 451 km |
| 17 | Montpellier Hérault | 6.3 | 5.5% | 0.6% | 11 km |
| 18 | Angers Maine-et-Loire | 6.3 | 5.6% | 17% | 118 km |
| 19 | Boulogne-Billancourt Hauts-de-Seine | 6 | 2% | 0% | 147 km |
| 20 | Dijon Côte-d'Or | 6 | 6.5% | 0% | 402 km |
| 21 | Brest Finistère | 5.9 | 6.7% | 0% | On it |
| 22 | Toulouse Haute-Garonne | 5.9 | 3.7% | 3.3% | 147 km |
| 23 | Le Mans Sarthe | 5.5 | 6.6% | 0% | 135 km |
| 24 | Paris 11e Paris | 5.4 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 25 | Besançon Doubs | 5.3 | 37% | 0.6% | 402 km |
| 26 | Paris 17e Paris | 5.1 | 0.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 27 | Bordeaux Gironde | 4.9 | 1.2% | 10% | 18 km |
| 28 | Reims Marne | 4.8 | 2.1% | 1.1% | 199 km |
| 29 | Annecy Haute-Savoie | 4.6 | 29% | 0.2% | 260 km |
| 30 | Paris 18e Paris | 4.4 | 0.5% | 0% | 146 km |
| 31 | Amiens Somme | 3.8 | 3% | 0.7% | 55 km |
| 32 | Clermont-Ferrand Puy-de-Dôme | 3.7 | 4.6% | 0.7% | 258 km |
| 33 | Le Havre Seine-Maritime | 3.6 | 5.8% | 3.3% | On it |
| 34 | Toulon Var | 3.6 | 23% | 26% | On it |
| 35 | Saint-Étienne Loire | 3.5 | 31% | 33% | 210 km |
| 36 | Limoges Haute-Vienne | 3.3 | 15% | 0% | 163 km |
| 37 | Nice Alpes-Maritimes | 2.5 | 20% | 6.2% | On it |
| 38 | Perpignan Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.2 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 12 km |
| 39 | Aix-en-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.1 | 18% | 9.1% | 21 km |
| 40 | Saint-Denis Réunion | 1.6 | 62% | 73% | On it |
| 41 | Nîmes Gard | 1.3 | 29% | 4.6% | 37 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 Bordeaux
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de l'Ermitage leads, at 28 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Bordelais
Park or garden
25 ha5.3 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.3 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Berges de Garonne
Park or garden
24 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
5.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Berges de Garonne
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Bourran
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
18 ha4.5 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.5 km of path
4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Public
Park or garden
11 ha4.8 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 4.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Bordeaux
Directionsto a point inside
Parc aux Angéliques
Park or garden
8.1 ha3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the center
Promenade Michel Corajoud
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Carriet
Park or garden · 370 m outside the commune
9.8 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
5.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Le Fil Vert
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Iris
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
6.9 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
4.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de l'ErmitagePark or garden · 28 ha · 4.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc BordelaisPark or garden · 25 ha · 5.3 km of path
DirectionsBerges de GaronnePark or garden · 24 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsParc de BourranPark or garden · 18 ha · 4.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin PublicPark or garden · 11 ha · 4.8 km of path
DirectionsParc aux AngéliquesPark or garden · 8.1 ha · 3.2 km of path
DirectionsParc CarrietPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc des IrisPark or garden · 6.9 ha · 1.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin BotaniquePark or garden · 4.8 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsParc Denis et Eugène BülherPark or garden · 4 ha · 1.9 km of path
DirectionsBois SourreilPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 1.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc RivièrePark or garden · 3.9 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsParc PinçonPark or garden · 4.5 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc MonséjourPark or garden · 2.8 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsParc des ÉtangsPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de BacalanPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc du Port de la LunePark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc de TenetPark or garden · 2 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc André MeunierPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsEspace Paul LangevinPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc des sports de Saint-MichelPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin de l'ArsPark or garden · 2.9 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Bel Air LussyPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsParc LacostePark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Victor SchœlcherPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc MarceauPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin de la BéchadePark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc du pont roulantPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsJardins de la MairiePark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc L'Orée des deux villesPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
10% of Bordeaux 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
La Garonne en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
10% of the commune0.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area10%
Natura 2000 site10%
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.
10% of Bordeaux’s land is protected, more than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Gironde has 7.7%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Bordeaux
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
242 km
4.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
15 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
1.2%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BordeauxGironde medianFrance median
Footpaths4.9
Hiking routes0.3
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BordeauxGironde medianFrance median
Woodland1.2%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 90% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 93% 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 Bordeaux is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Via Sancti Martini - Camino de Zaragoza / Chemin de Saragosse15 km
Étape 7 • Chemin d'Amadour9.6 km
Étape 6 • Chemin d'Amadour5.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bordeaux: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Talence, 4 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) | 9.1 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 11 |
| Rain (mm) | 87 | 67 | 62 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 46 | 53 | 72 | 74 | 109 | 105 |
July is the driest month (46 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 109 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 26 nights a year. The climate in Bordeaux →
Gardens
5 gardens to visit in Bordeaux
Named gardens in the commune.
Aire de compostage du Port de la LuneIn Bordeaux
DirectionsJardin botanique de BordeauxIn Bordeaux
DirectionsJardin public de BordeauxIn Bordeaux
DirectionsParc bordelaisIn Bordeaux
DirectionsSquare du Professeur Jacques LasserreIn Bordeaux
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Bordeaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le BouscatBrugesTalenceFloiracCenonBèglesBordeaux
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
Bruges has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Bordeaux
Is Bordeaux in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 10% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Bordeaux?
OpenStreetMap maps 242 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 15 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bordeaux is woodland?
1.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bordeaux near the sea?
No: the coast is 18 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bordeaux?
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.