First pick
Parc Antoine Hippomène Léauva Shakir
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
3.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Florence Mirval · CC BY-SA 4.077%of the land protected
Outdoors in Les Abymes · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Les Abymes lies in the outer area of Guadeloupe National Park
77% of Les Abymes’ land lies in protected areas. Footpaths add up to 44 km across Les Abymes (0.6 km per km²). 14% of Les Abymes is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
77%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
14%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
44 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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: Parc Antoine Hippomène Léauva Shakir
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 4.4 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 Les Abymes?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Part of Guadeloupe National Park9% of the commune is in the park’s core, its strictly protected zone.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 4.4 km from its center.In the outer area of Guadeloupe National Park68% of the commune is in the park’s outer area, whose communes signed its charter.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Les Abymes apart: its share of Guadeloupe National Park, then the sea. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Les Abymes 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 areas77%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
90out of 100
Woodland14%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
51out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
19out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Les Abymes has the 2nd fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (47,167 to 55,252 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 5e (12.9 km per km²) to Arles (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 5e Paris | 12.9 | 1% | 0% | 151 km |
| 2 | Lyon 6e Rhône | 12.3 | 7% | 0% | 253 km |
| 3 | Massy Essonne | 9.4 | 5.3% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Suresnes Hauts-de-Seine | 9.2 | 5.9% | 0% | 143 km |
| 5 | Sevran Seine-Saint-Denis | 9.1 | 10% | 7.9% | 150 km |
| 6 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 144 km |
| 7 | Paris 7e Paris | 6.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 148 km |
| 8 | Saint-Herblain Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 12% | 1.9% | 34 km |
| 9 | Marseille 4e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6.4 | 0.8% | 0% | 2.5 km |
| 10 | Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 0.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 12 | Lyon 5e Rhône | 5.9 | 8.8% | 0% | 251 km |
| 13 | Lyon 9e Rhône | 5.9 | 9.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | La Courneuve Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 15% | 23% | 145 km |
| 15 | Vincennes Val-de-Marne | 5.5 | 0.1% | 0% | 154 km |
| 16 | Bondy Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.1 | 1.6% | 0% | 151 km |
| 17 | Rosny-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.1 | 3.2% | 2.7% | 154 km |
| 18 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 19 | Laval Mayenne | 4.5 | 8.6% | 0% | 76 km |
| 20 | Saint-Priest Rhône | 4.4 | 4.1% | 0% | 247 km |
| 21 | Blois Loir-et-Cher | 4.3 | 30% | 5.8% | 216 km |
| 22 | Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 3.9 | 16% | 35% | 255 km |
| 23 | Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.9 | 23% | 17% | 5.5 km |
| 24 | Évreux Eure | 3.6 | 26% | 12% | 74 km |
| 25 | Saint-Malo Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.5 | 3.8% | 33% | On it |
| 26 | Gennevilliers Hauts-de-Seine | 3.4 | 2.1% | 0% | 141 km |
| 27 | Saint-Quentin Aisne | 3.2 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 121 km |
| 28 | Livry-Gargan Seine-Saint-Denis | 3.1 | 10% | 0.7% | 152 km |
| 29 | Sartrouville Yvelines | 3 | 0.9% | 0% | 135 km |
| 30 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 31 | Martigues Bouches-du-Rhône | 3 | 13% | 0.2% | On it |
| 32 | Les Sables-d'Olonne Vendée | 2.8 | 16% | 26% | On it |
| 33 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 34 | Grasse Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 23% | 32% | 12 km |
| 35 | Aubagne Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.8 | 30% | 13% | 8.9 km |
| 36 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 37 | Albi Tarn | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 118 km |
| 38 | Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 20% | 2.1% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 40 | Les Abymes Guadeloupe | 0.6 | 14% | 77% | On it |
| 41 | Arles Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.4 | 3.1% | 90% | 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 Les Abymes
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Antoine Hippomène Léauva Shakir leads, at 1.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Les Abymes
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, core
Guadeloupe National Park
9% of the commune3 km from the center
National park, outer area
Guadeloupe National Park
68% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area77%
National park, core9%
National park, outer area68%
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.
77% of Les Abymes’ land is protected, more than in 90% of compared French towns. 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
44 km of footpaths cross Les Abymes
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
44 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
14%
about 9.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Les AbymesGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Les AbymesGuadeloupe medianFrance median
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 81% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 51% 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 Les Abymes is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood (INSEE’s population grid doesn’t cover Guadeloupe).
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The walking year in Les Abymes
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le Raizet Aero, 1.4 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) | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 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 Les Abymes →
Neighbors
Next to Les Abymes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Pointe-à-PitreLe GosierMorne-à-l'EauBaie-MahaultPetit-CanalPetit-BourgLes Abymes
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Abymes | 77% | 14% | 0.6 | On it |
| Pointe-à-Pitre 15,040 · 4.5 km | 0% | 11% | 5.1 | On it |
| Le Gosier 27,757 · 7.4 km | 0.2% | 34% | 0.6 | On it |
| Morne-à-l'Eau 16,228 · 8.5 km | 100% | 18% | 0.1 | On it |
| Baie-Mahault 30,924 · 8.7 km | 73% | 5.6% | 0.5 | On it |
| Petit-Canal 8,212 · 12 km | 100% | 5.9% | 0.4 | On it |
| Petit-Bourg 24,665 · 13 km | 99% | 70% | 0.8 | On it |
Le Gosier and Petit-Bourg are 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 Les Abymes
Is Les Abymes in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Les Abymes lies in Guadeloupe National Park (9% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Les Abymes?
OpenStreetMap maps 44 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Les Abymes is woodland?
14% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Les Abymes near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 4.4 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 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.