First pick
Forêt domaniale de la Hardt
Wood or forest
13,453 ha65.3 km of path
14 h 30 minto walk all 65.3 km of path
7.4 km north-eastfrom the center
Sentier DécouverteParcours de santéSentier Sylvicole+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: MlibFR · CC BY-SA 3.025%of the land protected
Outdoors in Sausheim · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Sausheim is within 800 m of a park or wood
30% of Sausheim is mapped woodland. 25% of Sausheim’s land lies in protected areas. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 10 km in Sausheim. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
25%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
30%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
17 km
1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de la Hardt
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.
Against French towns
How Sausheim 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 areas25%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland30%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
76out of 100
Footpaths1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
31out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
66out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Sausheim has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,623 to 5,711 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Montbonnot-Saint-Martin (4.6 km per km²) to Missillac (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Montbonnot-Saint-Martin Isère | 4.6 | 9.5% | 0% | 205 km |
| 2 | Carry-le-Rouet Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 19% | 59% | On it |
| 3 | Challes-les-Eaux Savoie | 3.9 | 32% | 40% | 229 km |
| 4 | Cancale Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.8 | 10% | 22% | On it |
| 5 | Mourenx Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.6 | 20% | 9.2% | 73 km |
| 6 | L'Isle-d'Espagnac Charente | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 78 km |
| 7 | Santes Nord | 3 | 11% | 0% | 62 km |
| 8 | Lèves Eure-et-Loir | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 135 km |
| 9 | Saint-Georges-d'Orques Hérault | 2.7 | 0.3% | 0% | 14 km |
| 10 | Longueau Somme | 2.6 | 0.4% | 4% | 60 km |
| 11 | Saleilles Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 12 | Parmain Val-d'Oise | 2.1 | 45% | 100% | 120 km |
| 13 | La Roquette-sur-Siagne Alpes-Maritimes | 2.1 | 22% | 0% | 4.6 km |
| 14 | Dainville Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 4.1% | 0% | 75 km |
| 15 | Delle Territoire de Belfort | 1.8 | 32% | 20% | 416 km |
| 16 | Rocbaron Var | 1.8 | 53% | 0% | 24 km |
| 17 | Altkirch Haut-Rhin | 1.6 | 23% | 0% | 427 km |
| 18 | Sainghin-en-Weppes Nord | 1.5 | 4.8% | 0% | 64 km |
| 19 | Saint-Privat-des-Vieux Gard | 1.4 | 24% | 0% | 65 km |
| 20 | Caumont-sur-Durance Vaucluse | 1.4 | 16% | 18% | 50 km |
| 21 | Montrond-les-Bains Loire | 1.2 | 3.1% | 17% | 231 km |
| 22 | Mondelange Moselle | 1.2 | 2% | 0% | 316 km |
| 23 | Lannilis Finistère | 1.2 | 5.5% | 14% | On it |
| 24 | Marcheprime Gironde | 1.2 | 83% | 100% | 14 km |
| 25 | Marolles-en-Hurepoix Essonne | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 172 km |
| 26 | Pouzauges Vendée | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 57 km |
| 27 | Cugand-la-Bernardière Vendée | 1 | 7.5% | 0% | 55 km |
| 28 | Sausheim Haut-Rhin | 1 | 30% | 25% | 445 km |
| 29 | Montval-sur-Loir Sarthe | 1 | 5.9% | 0% | 168 km |
| 30 | Sigean Aude | 0.9 | 6.3% | 98% | 7.1 km |
| 31 | Saint-Xandre Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 1.2% | 7.3% | 5.2 km |
| 32 | Wallers Nord | 0.8 | 28% | 99% | 99 km |
| 33 | Aimargues Gard | 0.7 | 1.6% | 19% | 17 km |
| 34 | La Crèche Deux-Sèvres | 0.6 | 3.7% | 0% | 63 km |
| 35 | Gan Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.5 | 38% | 4.7% | 97 km |
| 36 | Tournus Saône-et-Loire | 0.4 | 9.6% | 6.5% | 340 km |
| 37 | Bédarrides Vaucluse | 0.3 | 5.1% | 6.2% | 65 km |
| 38 | Valdahon Doubs | 0.3 | 28% | 0% | 385 km |
| 39 | Rives-du-Loir-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 17% | 26% | 131 km |
| 40 | Valdallière Calvados | 0.2 | 2% | 12% | 52 km |
| 41 | Missillac Loire-Atlantique | 0 | 19% | 100% | 16 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 Sausheim
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de la Hardt leads, at 13,453 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Modenheim
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
4.5 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
La Colline des Jeux
Park or garden
1.9 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
25% of Sausheim lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Forêt domaniale de la Harth
25% of the commune2.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area25%
Natura 2000 site25%
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.
25% of Sausheim’s land is protected, more than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Haut-Rhin has 12%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
17 km of footpaths and 10 km of hiking routes cross Sausheim
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
1 km per km²
Hiking routes
9.9 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
30%
about 5.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SausheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Footpaths1
Hiking routes0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SausheimHaut-Rhin medianFrance median
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 69% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 76% 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 Sausheim is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
9 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier de l'Ill7.3 km
Circuit de Sausheim6.9 km
Circuit des 5 quartiers - Rixheim6.9 km
Sentier interregio - Wanderweg - Losange rouge6.1 km
Circuit des Cités5.5 km
Circuit du Dollerbaechlein4.6 km
Circuit du Quatelbach - Baldersheim3.5 km
Circuit Wittyru - Wittenheim/Ruelisheim3.3 km
Circuit des trois canaux - Mulhouse1.5 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sausheim: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mulhouse, 7.3 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 | 11.8 | 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 Sausheim →
Neighbors
Next to Sausheim
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
IllzachBaldersheimKingersheimWittenheimRiedisheimRixheimSausheim
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sausheim | 25% | 30% | 1 |
| Illzach 14,923 · 1.8 km | 0% | 2.6% | 1.9 |
| Baldersheim 2,596 · 1.9 km | 60% | 63% | 0.4 |
| Kingersheim 13,354 · 3 km | 0% | 13% | 2.7 |
| Wittenheim 15,553 · 4.1 km | 0% | 32% | 1.6 |
| Riedisheim 12,200 · 4.4 km | 0% | 29% | 4.4 |
| Rixheim 14,380 · 4.5 km | 23% | 41% | 2.8 |
Baldersheim has at least twice as much protected land. Baldersheim is 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 Sausheim
Is Sausheim in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 25% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Sausheim?
OpenStreetMap maps 17 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 10 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Sausheim is woodland?
30% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sausheim near the sea?
No: the coast is 445 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sausheim?
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.