First pick
Forêt de Sainte-Marie
Wood or forest
377 ha
8.8 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Capesterre-Belle-Eau · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Capesterre-Belle-Eau lies in the outer area of Guadeloupe National Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Capesterre-Belle-Eau’s land. 50% of Capesterre-Belle-Eau is mapped woodland. Footpaths add up to 37 km across Capesterre-Belle-Eau (0.4 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
50%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
37 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
20 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt de Sainte-Marie
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 0.1 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Capesterre-Belle-Eau?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Part of Guadeloupe National Park33% of the commune is in the park’s core, its strictly protected zone.A wooded commune50% mapped woodland, more than in 92% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 0.1 km from its center.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Capesterre-Belle-Eau apart: its share of Guadeloupe National Park, then its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Capesterre-Belle-Eau 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
Woodland50%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
92out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
9out of 100
Hiking routes0.2 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
37out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Capesterre-Belle-Eau has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (17,060 to 18,300 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jouy-le-Moutier (10.3 km per km²) to Marmande (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jouy-le-Moutier Val-d'Oise | 10.3 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 2 | Viroflay Yvelines | 9.5 | 42% | 0% | 148 km |
| 3 | Saint-Égrève Isère | 5.8 | 22% | 30% | 208 km |
| 4 | Bonneuil-sur-Marne Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.6% | 0% | 163 km |
| 5 | L'Isle-d'Abeau Isère | 5.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 242 km |
| 6 | Floirac Gironde | 5.1 | 16% | 2.6% | 19 km |
| 7 | Villeneuve-Loubet Alpes-Maritimes | 5 | 30% | 16% | On it |
| 8 | Boissy-Saint-Léger Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 50% | 0% | 166 km |
| 9 | Balma Haute-Garonne | 4.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 142 km |
| 10 | Chamalières Puy-de-Dôme | 4.1 | 3.4% | 0.1% | 258 km |
| 11 | Saran Loiret | 3.9 | 24% | 0% | 200 km |
| 12 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 13 | Garches Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 144 km |
| 14 | Avion Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 77 km |
| 15 | Hendaye Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.4 | 8% | 26% | On it |
| 16 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 17 | Firminy Loire | 3 | 25% | 0% | 204 km |
| 18 | Cluses Haute-Savoie | 2.8 | 33% | 0% | 264 km |
| 19 | Yutz Moselle | 2.6 | 18% | 0% | 310 km |
| 20 | Soisy-sous-Montmorency Val-d'Oise | 2.6 | 5% | 0% | 135 km |
| 21 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 22 | Digne-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.5 | 50% | 4% | 85 km |
| 23 | Pontarlier Doubs | 2.4 | 48% | 0% | 359 km |
| 24 | Annonay Ardèche | 2.3 | 30% | 0.2% | 193 km |
| 25 | Fécamp Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 25% | 2.9% | On it |
| 26 | Lattes Hérault | 2.2 | 0.8% | 22% | 5.5 km |
| 27 | Lunéville Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.1 | 9% | 0.1% | 389 km |
| 28 | Limay Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 6.1% | 112 km |
| 29 | Sallanches Haute-Savoie | 2 | 32% | 35% | 250 km |
| 30 | Montceau-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 1.8 | 6.6% | 0% | 347 km |
| 31 | Blanquefort Gironde | 1.7 | 15% | 7.6% | 11 km |
| 32 | Bagnols-sur-Cèze Gard | 1.6 | 27% | 8.2% | 79 km |
| 33 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 34 | Brignoles Var | 0.9 | 48% | 17% | 34 km |
| 35 | Lamballe-Armor Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 5% | 2% | On it |
| 36 | Vire Normandie Calvados | 0.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 41 km |
| 37 | Orée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 11% | 12% | 66 km |
| 38 | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.6% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Ambarès-et-Lagrave Gironde | 0.4 | 4.8% | 35% | 11 km |
| 40 | Capesterre-Belle-Eau Guadeloupe | 0.4 | 50% | 100% | On it |
| 41 | Marmande Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 11% | 4% | 82 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 Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Sainte-Marie leads, at 377 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Paul Lacavé
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt Domaniale du Littorale
Wood or forest
7 ha
1.8 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Forêt de Sainte-MarieWood or forest · 377 ha
DirectionsForêt ColombierWood or forest · 273 ha
DirectionsForêt la DigueWood or forest · 227 ha
DirectionsForêt GeorgesWood or forest · 205 ha
DirectionsForêt de FrédyWood or forest · 154 ha
DirectionsForêt Bois-RiantWood or forest · 26 ha
DirectionsParc Paul LacavéPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsForêt Domaniale du LittoraleWood or forest · 7 ha
DirectionsEspace des FlamboyantsPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Capesterre-Belle-Eau
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, outer area
Guadeloupe National Park
67% of the commune
National park, core
Guadeloupe National Park
33% of the commune6.2 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
National park, core33%
National park, outer area67%
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 Capesterre-Belle-Eau’s land is protected, more than in 93% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Guadeloupe has –. A national park’s outer area (aire d’adhésion) is made of the communes that signed the park’s charter: it guides how they grow, but it isn’t strict protection like the core. Natura 2000 doesn’t apply in the overseas départements.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
37 km of footpaths and 20 km of hiking routes cross Capesterre-Belle-Eau
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
37 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
20 km
waymarked: 0.2 km per km²
Woodland
50%
about 51.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Woodland50%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 92% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. The center of Capesterre-Belle-Eau is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood (INSEE’s population grid doesn’t cover Guadeloupe).
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Nez Cassé via Beau-Soleil2.1 km
Le sentier de la Grande Pointe2 km
Cascade Bras de Fort1.4 km
Trace des Chutes Moreau0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The walking year in Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Raizet Aero, 25 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) | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| High (°C) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Rain (mm) | 89 | 58 | 72 | 99 | 123 | 105 | 135 | 163 | 198 | 203 | 186 | 127 |
February is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 203 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Capesterre-Belle-Eau →
Neighbors
Next to Capesterre-Belle-Eau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
GoyaveTrois-RivièresSaint-ClaudeGourbeyrePetit-BourgBasse-TerreCapesterre-Belle-Eau
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capesterre-Belle-Eau | 100% | 50% | 0.4 | On it |
| Goyave 7,565 · 10 km | 99% | 72% | 0.6 | On it |
| Trois-Rivières 7,415 · 11 km | 100% | 45% | 0.5 | On it |
| Saint-Claude 10,177 · 14 km | 36% | 58% | 1.2 | 5.2 km |
| Gourbeyre 7,307 · 15 km | 100% | 57% | 1 | On it |
| Petit-Bourg 24,665 · 17 km | 99% | 70% | 0.8 | On it |
| Basse-Terre 9,417 · 19 km | 97% | 12% | 1.9 | 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 Capesterre-Belle-Eau
Is Capesterre-Belle-Eau in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Capesterre-Belle-Eau lies in Guadeloupe National Park (67% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Capesterre-Belle-Eau?
OpenStreetMap maps 37 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 20 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Capesterre-Belle-Eau is woodland?
50% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Capesterre-Belle-Eau near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 0.1 km from its center.
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.