First pick
Grosswald
Wood or forest
168 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
2.3 km northfrom the center
RussawagSentier forestier
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: J.Nicolas KONDA YANS… · CC BY 3.042%woodland
Outdoors in Pulversheim · protected areas, woods and footpaths
42% of Pulversheim is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 6 km in Pulversheim. No protected area reaches Pulversheim; the nearest, L’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve, is 5.1 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 13 km across Pulversheim (1.5 km per km²). 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: L’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve, 5.1 km
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
1.5 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
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Grosswald
Throughout this page, the Haut-Rhin 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 Pulversheim?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune42% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyL’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve is 5.1 km from the town center.
What sets Pulversheim apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Pulversheim 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
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
46out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
73out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Pulversheim has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,043 to 3,097 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Albigny-sur-Saône (4.8 km per km²) to Bérat (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albigny-sur-Saône Rhône | 4.8 | 25% | 0% | 263 km |
| 2 | Coupvray Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 19% | 0% | 164 km |
| 3 | Feucherolles Yvelines | 3.2 | 33% | 0% | 133 km |
| 4 | Villers-Bocage Calvados | 3.1 | 7.7% | 0% | 29 km |
| 5 | La Turbie Alpes-Maritimes | 3.1 | 32% | 18% | 2 km |
| 6 | Tarascon-sur-Ariège Ariège | 3 | 48% | 1.5% | 118 km |
| 7 | La Chapelle-en-Serval Oise | 2.9 | 45% | 100% | 132 km |
| 8 | Pont-à-Vendin Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 72 km |
| 9 | Chéreng Nord | 2.5 | 11% | 0% | 69 km |
| 10 | Beaumont Haute-Savoie | 2.2 | 40% | 48% | 280 km |
| 11 | Chapareillan Isère | 2.2 | 57% | 98% | 221 km |
| 12 | Custines Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2 | 38% | 0% | 355 km |
| 13 | Fumay Ardennes | 2 | 92% | 100% | 185 km |
| 14 | Chens-sur-Léman Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 41% | 5% | 299 km |
| 15 | Paimbœuf Loire-Atlantique | 1.9 | 0.6% | 70% | 10 km |
| 16 | Damelevières Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.6 | 46% | 0% | 386 km |
| 17 | Pulversheim Haut-Rhin | 1.5 | 42% | 0% | 450 km |
| 18 | La Motte Var | 1.3 | 34% | 25% | 18 km |
| 19 | Gréoux-les-Bains Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.2 | 62% | 20% | 63 km |
| 20 | Saint-Genix-les-Villages Savoie | 1.2 | 33% | 4.4% | 247 km |
| 21 | Guichainville Eure | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 78 km |
| 22 | Gasny Eure | 0.8 | 35% | 9.7% | 98 km |
| 23 | Commelle-Vernay Loire | 0.7 | 6.3% | 34% | 271 km |
| 24 | Nontron Dordogne | 0.7 | 37% | 100% | 110 km |
| 25 | Colayrac-Saint-Cirq Lot-et-Garonne | 0.7 | 14% | 3.8% | 126 km |
| 26 | Port-Saint-Père Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.5% | 16% | 20 km |
| 27 | Breuillet Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 20% | 13% | On it |
| 28 | Noé Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 7.6% | 5.6% | 150 km |
| 29 | Senonches Eure-et-Loir | 0.7 | 68% | 100% | 109 km |
| 30 | Pommeuse Seine-et-Marne | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 179 km |
| 31 | Lapeyrouse-Fossat Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 14% | 0% | 146 km |
| 32 | Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel Loiret | 0.4 | 38% | 4% | 217 km |
| 33 | Le Grand-Lemps Isère | 0.4 | 24% | 10% | 220 km |
| 34 | Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret | 0.4 | 15% | 9.3% | 271 km |
| 35 | Crouy Aisne | 0.3 | 23% | 0% | 148 km |
| 36 | Blancs-Coteaux Marne | 0.2 | 35% | 2.1% | 220 km |
| 37 | Miramont-de-Guyenne Lot-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 11% | 0% | 88 km |
| 38 | Gémozac Charente-Maritime | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 39 | Montesquieu-Volvestre Haute-Garonne | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 151 km |
| 40 | La Roche-Chalais Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 6.7% | 50 km |
| 41 | Bérat Haute-Garonne | 0 | 11% | 0% | 159 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 Pulversheim
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Grosswald leads, at 168 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Place du Lutin
Park or garden · 370 m outside the commune
0.8 ha
2.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place Saint-Pierre
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
0.5 ha
2.5 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place Charles de Gaulle
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Pulversheim
Directionsto a point inside
Place de la Forêt
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
2.5 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
L’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 5.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
L’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve
5.1 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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
13 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Pulversheim
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
13 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
6.2 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 3.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
PulversheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes0.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PulversheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 54% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 87% 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 Pulversheim is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
8 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Voie de Fessenheim10 km
Circuit de la potasse9.1 km
Circuit entre Thur et vignoble8.9 km
Circuit des tumuli - Ensisheim7.4 km
Circuit de l’Écomusée6.6 km
Circuit du Nonnenbruch - Richwiller1.5 km
Circuit Wittyru - Wittenheim/Ruelisheim1.4 km
Circuit des Cités1.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Pulversheim: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mulhouse, 9.8 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 49 | 50 | 50 | 78 | 68 | 63 | 67 | 61 | 70 | 59 | 75 |
February is the driest month (49 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 78 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 69 nights a year. The climate in Pulversheim →
Neighbors
Next to Pulversheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
WittenheimRuelisheimStaffelfeldenEnsisheimBollwillerKingersheimPulversheim
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulversheim | 0% | 42% | 1.5 |
| Wittenheim 15,553 · 3.4 km | 0% | 32% | 1.6 |
| Ruelisheim 2,519 · 3.4 km | 0% | 14% | 0.6 |
| Staffelfelden 4,072 · 3.7 km | 0% | 34% | 1.5 |
| Ensisheim 7,306 · 4.2 km | 21% | 35% | 0.6 |
| Bollwiller 4,184 · 4.3 km | 0% | 26% | 0.3 |
| Kingersheim 13,354 · 5.4 km | 0% | 13% | 2.7 |
Ensisheim has at least twice as much protected land.
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 Pulversheim
Is Pulversheim in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is L’Eiblen et l’Illfeld nature reserve, 5.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Pulversheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Pulversheim is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Pulversheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 450 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Pulversheim?
April and June 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.