First pick
Ile Grande Arouaba
Wood or forest · 130 m outside the commune
524 ha
8.4 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Don-vip · CC BY-SA 4.013%of the land protected
Outdoors in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni · protected areas, woods and footpaths
96% of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
73 km of footpaths cross Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 km per km²). 13% of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
13%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
96%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
73 km
0 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
11
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Ile Grande Arouaba
The sea
27 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune96% mapped woodland, more than in 99% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A nature reserveLucifer - Dékou-Dékou nature reserve covers 13% of the commune.Few mapped footpaths0 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni apart: its woods, then its nature reserve. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni 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 areas13%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
74out of 100
Woodland96%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
100out of 100
Footpaths0 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
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (49,603 to 59,854 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 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (0 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 | Maisons-Alfort Val-de-Marne | 10.3 | 2.1% | 0% | 158 km |
| 3 | Massy Essonne | 9.4 | 5.3% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Sevran Seine-Saint-Denis | 9.1 | 10% | 7.9% | 150 km |
| 5 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 144 km |
| 6 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 7 | Bobigny Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 149 km |
| 8 | Saint-Herblain Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 12% | 1.9% | 34 km |
| 9 | Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 155 km |
| 10 | Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 0.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 11 | Lyon 9e Rhône | 5.9 | 9.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 12 | Bondy Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.1 | 1.6% | 0% | 151 km |
| 13 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 14 | Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 7.8% | 5.5% | 162 km |
| 15 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 16 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 17 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 18 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 19 | Vannes Morbihan | 4.6 | 12% | 33% | On it |
| 20 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 21 | Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 3.9 | 16% | 35% | 255 km |
| 22 | Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.9 | 23% | 17% | 5.5 km |
| 23 | Gennevilliers Hauts-de-Seine | 3.4 | 2.1% | 0% | 141 km |
| 24 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 25 | Saint-Quentin Aisne | 3.2 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 121 km |
| 26 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 27 | Sartrouville Yvelines | 3 | 0.9% | 0% | 135 km |
| 28 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 29 | Hyères Var | 3 | 25% | 83% | On it |
| 30 | Les Sables-d'Olonne Vendée | 2.8 | 16% | 26% | On it |
| 31 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 32 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 33 | Grasse Alpes-Maritimes | 1.8 | 23% | 32% | 12 km |
| 34 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 35 | Albi Tarn | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 118 km |
| 36 | Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 20% | 2.1% | On it |
| 37 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 38 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
| 40 | Arles Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.4 | 3.1% | 90% | On it |
| 41 | Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni French Guiana | 0 | 96% | 13% | 27 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 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Ile Grande Arouaba leads, at 524 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Ile Arouaba-Sud
Wood or forest · 60 m outside the commune
182 ha
6.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Île de la Quarantaine
Wood or forest
122 ha
4.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks, gardens and woods
Ile Grande ArouabaWood or forest · 524 ha · just outside
DirectionsÎle Arouaba-NordWood or forest · 221 ha
DirectionsIle Arouaba-SudWood or forest · 182 ha · just outside
DirectionsÎle de la QuarantaineWood or forest · 122 ha
DirectionsIle Arouaba-EstWood or forest · 97 ha
DirectionsÎle BastienWood or forest · 49 ha
DirectionsÎle PimpinWood or forest · 35 ha
DirectionsÎlet BastienWood or forest · 34 ha
DirectionsIle aux pigeonsWood or forest · 4.2 ha
DirectionsSquare Marcel Florent-BlézésPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsSquare du Colonel PrévelPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
13% of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Guyane Regional Nature Park
9.8 km from the town center
Nature reserve
Lucifer - Dékou-Dékou nature reserve
13% of the commune58 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area13%
Nature reserve13%
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.
13% of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni’s land is protected, more than in 74% of compared French towns. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it. 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
73 km of footpaths cross Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
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
73 km
0 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
96%
about 4,120.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniFrench Guiana medianFrance median
Footpaths0
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Laurent-du-MaroniFrench Guiana medianFrance median
Woodland96%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 99% 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. The center of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood (INSEE’s population grid doesn’t cover French Guiana).
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The walking year in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Charvein, 15 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) | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.8 |
| High (°C) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 31 |
| Rain (mm) | 265 | 241 | 209 | 347 | 447 | 352 | 249 | 166 | 82 | 68 | 141 | 272 |
October is the driest month (68 mm) and the warmest (highs of 34 °C). 447 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 34 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni →
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 Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
Is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 13% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni?
OpenStreetMap maps 73 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni is woodland?
96% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni near the sea?
No: the coast is 27 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
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.