First pick
Forêt du Coulin
Wood or forest · 340 m outside the commune
686 ha22.8 km of path
5 h 5 minto walk all 22.8 km of path
6.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ville de Lanton · CC BY-SA 4.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lanton · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lanton lies inside Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Lanton’s land. 83% of Lanton is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 24 km across Lanton (0.2 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
83%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
0.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.2 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt du Coulin
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.2 km from its center
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 Lanton?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park100% of the commune is in the regional nature park.A wooded commune83% mapped woodland, more than in 99% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.2 km from its center.Few mapped footpaths0.2 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Lanton apart: the regional nature park around it, then its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Lanton 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 areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
93out of 100
Woodland83%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
100out of 100
Footpaths0.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
2out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
27out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lanton has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (7,262 to 7,415 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gières (7.2 km per km²) to Lanton (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gières Isère | 7.2 | 35% | 0% | 202 km |
| 2 | Gournay-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6 | 4.3% | 0% | 159 km |
| 3 | Villemoisson-sur-Orge Essonne | 4.3 | 13% | 0% | 167 km |
| 4 | Lisses Essonne | 3.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 176 km |
| 5 | Remiremont Vosges | 3.5 | 70% | 18% | 432 km |
| 6 | Cournonterral Hérault | 3.4 | 3.1% | 62% | 13 km |
| 7 | Vendargues Hérault | 3.3 | 11% | 0% | 12 km |
| 8 | Roquefort-les-Pins Alpes-Maritimes | 3.3 | 52% | 15% | 8 km |
| 9 | Saint-Benoît Vienne | 3.3 | 25% | 0% | 116 km |
| 10 | Audun-le-Tiche Moselle | 3 | 42% | 0% | 288 km |
| 11 | Courdimanche Val-d'Oise | 3 | 17% | 0% | 118 km |
| 12 | Barlin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 5.8% | 0% | 65 km |
| 13 | Perros-Guirec Côtes-d'Armor | 2.9 | 17% | 7% | On it |
| 14 | Vizille Isère | 2.8 | 48% | 0% | 193 km |
| 15 | Courtry Seine-et-Marne | 2.5 | 19% | 0% | 155 km |
| 16 | Moyeuvre-Grande Moselle | 2.4 | 45% | 0% | 310 km |
| 17 | Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Yvelines | 2.2 | 13% | 100% | 140 km |
| 18 | Waziers Nord | 2.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 88 km |
| 19 | Pontcharra Isère | 2 | 39% | 0% | 217 km |
| 20 | Carhaix-Plouguer Finistère | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 40 km |
| 21 | Paimpol Côtes-d'Armor | 1.9 | 12% | 12% | On it |
| 22 | Nanteuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 26% | 0% | 164 km |
| 23 | La Gaude Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 44% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 24 | Bourg-Saint-Maurice Savoie | 1.8 | 15% | 0.4% | 211 km |
| 25 | Le Pian-Médoc Gironde | 1.6 | 60% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 26 | Fresnes-sur-Escaut Nord | 1.5 | 24% | 100% | 100 km |
| 27 | Yssingeaux Haute-Loire | 1.2 | 39% | 15% | 176 km |
| 28 | Saint-Christol-lez-Alès Gard | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 57 km |
| 29 | Lagnieu Ain | 1.1 | 35% | 0% | 274 km |
| 30 | Montoir-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.9 | 0.2% | 50% | On it |
| 31 | Trélissac Dordogne | 0.9 | 43% | 0% | 109 km |
| 32 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Port Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.9 | 11% | 0% | 376 km |
| 33 | Salazie Réunion | 0.9 | 63% | 100% | 16 km |
| 34 | Ruelle-sur-Touvre Charente | 0.8 | 6.5% | 8% | 81 km |
| 35 | Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 0.8 | 12% | 6.1% | 325 km |
| 36 | Rosny-sur-Seine Yvelines | 0.7 | 60% | 62% | 104 km |
| 37 | Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.6 | 37% | 6.3% | 8.8 km |
| 38 | Ensisheim Haut-Rhin | 0.6 | 35% | 21% | 453 km |
| 39 | Guipry-Messac Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 8.9% | 0% | 55 km |
| 40 | La Ferté-Saint-Aubin Loiret | 0.4 | 68% | 100% | 224 km |
| 41 | Lanton Gironde | 0.2 | 83% | 100% | On it |
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 Lanton
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt du Coulin leads, at 686 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parcours santé de Lanton
Park or garden
17 ha0.9 km of path
15 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Lanton
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park
100% of the commune
Regional nature park
Médoc Regional Nature Park
12 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Bassin d’Arcachon et banc d’Arguin
0.6% of the commune1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Bassin d’Arcachon et Cap Ferret
0.6% of the commune1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
Regional nature park100%
Natura 2000 site0.6%
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.
100% of Lanton’s land is protected, more than in 93% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Gironde has 7.7%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
24 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Lanton
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
24 km
0.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.2 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
83%
about 114 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LantonGironde medianFrance median
Footpaths0.2
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LantonGironde medianFrance median
Woodland83%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 99% 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 Lanton is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
SLR Longarisse - Bayonne20 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lanton: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cazaux, 21 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 12 |
| Rain (mm) | 99 | 74 | 67 | 73 | 63 | 66 | 44 | 61 | 76 | 88 | 128 | 109 |
July is the driest month (44 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 27 °C). 128 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Lanton →
Neighbors
Next to Lanton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AudengeAndernos-les-BainsArèsBiganosGujan-MestrasLe TeichLanton
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanton | 100% | 83% | 0.2 | On it |
| Audenge 9,596 · 4.7 km | 100% | 72% | 0.4 | On it |
| Andernos-les-Bains 12,710 · 4.7 km | 3.4% | 46% | 2.6 | On it |
| Arès 6,482 · 9 km | 1.3% | 87% | 0.6 | On it |
| Biganos 11,431 · 9.8 km | 100% | 71% | 1.1 | On it |
| Gujan-Mestras 22,153 · 9.9 km | 0.3% | 48% | 1.4 | On it |
| Le Teich 9,180 · 10 km | 100% | 81% | 0.6 | 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 Lanton
Is Lanton in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Lanton lies in Landes de Gascogne Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Lanton?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lanton is woodland?
83% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lanton near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Lanton?
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.