First pick
Palmetum de Guyane
Park or garden
4.1 ha0.5 km of path
4.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.050%woodland
Outdoors in Macouria · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Macouria is on the coast
50% of Macouria is mapped woodland. 17 km of footpaths cross Macouria (0.1 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 1 km in Macouria. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Mont Grand Matoury nature reserve, 17 km
Woodland
50%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
17 km
0.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 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: Palmetum de Guyane
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.1 km from its center
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Macouria?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.1 km from its center.A wooded commune50% mapped woodland, more than in 92% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Few mapped footpaths0.1 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Macouria apart: the sea, then its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Macouria 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 areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
22out of 100
Woodland50%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
92out of 100
Footpaths0.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
0out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
24out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Macouria has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (19,251 to 20,566 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Villefontaine (9.1 km per km²) to Macouria (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Villefontaine Isère | 9.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 241 km |
| 2 | Gentilly Val-de-Marne | 8 | 1.8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 3 | Le Mée-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne | 7.9 | 34% | 0% | 190 km |
| 4 | Mont-Saint-Aignan Seine-Maritime | 7.3 | 12% | 0% | 50 km |
| 5 | La Celle-Saint-Cloud Yvelines | 6.6 | 29% | 0% | 142 km |
| 6 | Juvisy-sur-Orge Essonne | 6.4 | 1.3% | 0% | 166 km |
| 7 | Chevilly-Larue Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 3.8% | 0% | 158 km |
| 8 | Fougères Ille-et-Vilaine | 4.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 33 km |
| 9 | Paris 2e Paris | 4.6 | 0% | 0% | 148 km |
| 10 | Joinville-le-Pont Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 158 km |
| 11 | Chilly-Mazarin Essonne | 4.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 163 km |
| 12 | Albertville Savoie | 4.1 | 47% | 0% | 228 km |
| 13 | Bouguenais Loire-Atlantique | 4 | 18% | 8.4% | 33 km |
| 14 | Mougins Alpes-Maritimes | 4 | 28% | 0% | 5.1 km |
| 15 | Bruz Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 55 km |
| 16 | Bruges Gironde | 3.7 | 9.3% | 23% | 14 km |
| 17 | Ronchin Nord | 3.7 | 1.8% | 0% | 66 km |
| 18 | Forbach Moselle | 3.5 | 32% | 0% | 359 km |
| 19 | Croix Nord | 3.4 | 4.6% | 0% | 61 km |
| 20 | Cournon-d'Auvergne Puy-de-Dôme | 3.3 | 6.6% | 6.3% | 251 km |
| 21 | Saint-Dié-des-Vosges Vosges | 3.2 | 58% | 1.9% | 436 km |
| 22 | Le Creusot Saône-et-Loire | 3 | 23% | 0% | 361 km |
| 23 | Saint-Lô Manche | 2.9 | 5% | 0% | 26 km |
| 24 | Royan Charente-Maritime | 2.8 | 8.7% | 12% | On it |
| 25 | Grande-Synthe Nord | 2.8 | 5.3% | 7.4% | On it |
| 26 | Sarreguemines Moselle | 2.6 | 32% | 0.9% | 374 km |
| 27 | Beaune Côte-d'Or | 2.6 | 16% | 25% | 389 km |
| 28 | Lisieux Calvados | 2.4 | 1.9% | 0% | 26 km |
| 29 | Lannion Côtes-d'Armor | 2.3 | 15% | 5.9% | On it |
| 30 | La Crau Var | 2.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 6.1 km |
| 31 | Saint-Fons Rhône | 2.3 | 4.1% | 0% | 246 km |
| 32 | Vence Alpes-Maritimes | 2.2 | 28% | 64% | 8.3 km |
| 33 | Vitré Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.2 | 4.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 34 | Cahors Lot | 1.9 | 42% | 0% | 172 km |
| 35 | Bourg-lès-Valence Drôme | 1.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 166 km |
| 36 | Pertuis Vaucluse | 1.5 | 18% | 100% | 40 km |
| 37 | Sélestat Bas-Rhin | 1 | 40% | 56% | 462 km |
| 38 | Mitry-Mory Seine-et-Marne | 1 | 4.8% | 0% | 151 km |
| 39 | L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue Vaucluse | 0.8 | 4.8% | 7.3% | 54 km |
| 40 | Bressuire Deux-Sèvres | 0.6 | 2.4% | 0% | 77 km |
| 41 | Macouria French Guiana | 0.1 | 50% | 0% | 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 Macouria
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Palmetum de Guyane leads, at 4.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Mont Grand Matoury nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 17 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Mont Grand Matoury nature reserve
17 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
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
17 km of footpaths cross Macouria
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
17 km
0.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.1 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
50%
about 141.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MacouriaFrench Guiana medianFrance median
Footpaths0.1
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MacouriaFrench Guiana medianFrance median
Woodland50%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 99% 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 Macouria is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood (INSEE’s population grid doesn’t cover French Guiana).
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de la pointe Liberté1.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The walking year in Macouria
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cayenne-Matoury, 24 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) | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 |
| High (°C) | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 30 |
| Rain (mm) | 399 | 335 | 315 | 443 | 600 | 392 | 262 | 135 | 63 | 55 | 135 | 352 |
October is the driest month (55 mm) and the warmest (highs of 33 °C). 600 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 33 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Macouria →
Gardens
2 gardens to visit in Macouria
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin botanique de GuyaneIn Macouria
DirectionsPalmetum de GuyaneIn Macouria
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Macouria
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Montsinéry-TonnegrandeCayenneMatouryKourouRemire-MontjolyMacouria
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macouria | 0% | 50% | 0.1 | On it |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande 3,626 · 14 km | 0% | 83% | 0 | On it |
| Cayenne 62,675 · 18 km | 0% | 14% | 2.6 | On it |
| Matoury 36,512 · 24 km | 14% | 54% | 0.2 | On it |
| Kourou 24,824 · 25 km | 0% | 91% | 0.1 | On it |
| Remire-Montjoly 27,723 · 25 km | 0% | 36% | 0.9 | On it |
Matoury has at least twice as much protected land. Montsinéry-Tonnegrande and Kourou 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 Macouria
Is Macouria in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Mont Grand Matoury nature reserve, 17 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Macouria?
OpenStreetMap maps 17 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 1 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Macouria is woodland?
50% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Macouria near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.1 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 October 30, 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.