First pick
Parc Malbosc
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
24 ha5.5 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.5 km of path
2.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Rue Henri Lagatu
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Sadakolee · CC BY-SA 4.09.7%woodland
Outdoors in Grabels · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Grabels has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 101 km across Grabels (6.1 km per km²). Grabels has 16 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches Grabels; the nearest, Le Lez (Natura 2000), is 4.2 km from the town center. 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: Le Lez, 4.2 km
Woodland
9.7%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
101 km
6.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
16 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
13
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Malbosc
The sea
17 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Grabels?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths6.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes16 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyLe Lez (Natura 2000) is 4.2 km from the town center.
What sets Grabels apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Grabels 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
Woodland9.7%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
39out of 100
Footpaths6.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
94out of 100
Hiking routes1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
83out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Grabels has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (8,925 to 9,267 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Magny-le-Hongre (6.5 km per km²) to Valréas (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magny-le-Hongre Seine-et-Marne | 6.5 | 11% | 0% | 167 km |
| 2 | Grabels Hérault | 6.1 | 9.7% | 0% | 17 km |
| 3 | Capbreton Landes | 5.9 | 58% | 11% | On it |
| 4 | Le Crès Hérault | 5.2 | 9.9% | 0% | 12 km |
| 5 | Bougival Yvelines | 4.8 | 20% | 0% | 140 km |
| 6 | Évian-les-Bains Haute-Savoie | 4.8 | 11% | 0% | 299 km |
| 7 | Ouistreham Calvados | 4.6 | 3.8% | 8.5% | On it |
| 8 | Epagny Metz-Tessy Haute-Savoie | 4.4 | 24% | 0% | 264 km |
| 9 | Tomblaine Meurthe-et-Moselle | 4.3 | 2.9% | 0% | 368 km |
| 10 | Quetigny Côte-d'Or | 4 | 0.7% | 0% | 406 km |
| 11 | Meulan-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 3.8 | 11% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 12 | Condé-sur-l'Escaut Nord | 3.5 | 44% | 99% | 98 km |
| 13 | Fontaine-lès-Dijon Côte-d'Or | 3.4 | 2.6% | 0% | 400 km |
| 14 | Velaux Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.2 | 29% | 25% | 19 km |
| 15 | Pibrac Haute-Garonne | 3 | 27% | 0% | 159 km |
| 16 | Quéven Morbihan | 2.9 | 26% | 5.9% | On it |
| 17 | Prévessin-Moëns Ain | 2.9 | 17% | 0% | 297 km |
| 18 | Chécy Loiret | 2.9 | 18% | 9.7% | 210 km |
| 19 | Escaudain Nord | 2.9 | 6.3% | 0.2% | 101 km |
| 20 | Breuillet Essonne | 2.8 | 33% | 0% | 164 km |
| 21 | Dardilly Rhône | 2.8 | 20% | 0% | 256 km |
| 22 | Irigny Rhône | 2.8 | 13% | 0% | 242 km |
| 23 | Launaguet Haute-Garonne | 2.7 | 7.2% | 0% | 149 km |
| 24 | Bellerive-sur-Allier Allier | 2.7 | 23% | 2.2% | 289 km |
| 25 | Cébazat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.6 | 5.6% | 0% | 263 km |
| 26 | Lamorlaye Oise | 2.5 | 42% | 100% | 125 km |
| 27 | Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux Drôme | 2.3 | 19% | 0% | 100 km |
| 28 | Boucau Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 2.2 | 26% | 5.8% | 3.1 km |
| 29 | Morières-lès-Avignon Vaucluse | 2.1 | 4.7% | 0% | 54 km |
| 30 | Beuvry Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 14% | 0% | 61 km |
| 31 | Sarzeau Morbihan | 2 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 32 | Cornebarrieu Haute-Garonne | 1.9 | 13% | 0% | 158 km |
| 33 | Scionzier Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 56% | 9.8% | 264 km |
| 34 | Varennes-Vauzelles Nièvre | 0.9 | 20% | 0% | 336 km |
| 35 | Joigny Yonne | 0.9 | 70% | 0% | 274 km |
| 36 | Veauche Loire | 0.9 | 1.5% | 3.3% | 223 km |
| 37 | Ussel Corrèze | 0.7 | 38% | 0.1% | 235 km |
| 38 | Le Teich Gironde | 0.6 | 81% | 100% | On it |
| 39 | Grenade Haute-Garonne | 0.5 | 9.5% | 14% | 165 km |
| 40 | La Fare-les-Oliviers Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.2 | 0.8% | 44% | 23 km |
| 41 | Valréas Vaucluse | 0.1 | 21% | 0% | 104 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 Grabels
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Malbosc leads, at 24 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Berges de la Mosson - Nord
Wood or forest
32 ha6.1 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.1 km of path
1.6 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Initiation au parcours d'orientation
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the center
Sentier de Découverte
Directionsto a point inside
Bau de Rochas
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the center
Place Alphonse Beau de Rochas
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Georges Brassens
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Fontanelles
Wood or forest · 50 m outside the commune
4.3 ha
1.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square d'Ajaccio
Park or garden · 270 m outside the commune
1.3 ha
1.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc La Carriera
Park or garden · 190 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.2 km of path
1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc MalboscPark or garden · 24 ha · 5.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBerges de la Mosson - NordWood or forest · 32 ha · 6.1 km of path
DirectionsInitiation au parcours d'orientationPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsBau de RochasPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Georges BrassensPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsBois des FontanellesWood or forest · 4.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare d'AjaccioPark or garden · 1.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsParc La CarrieraPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin aux oiseauxPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc Toussain LouverturePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc CarignanPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSquare du Soleil LevantPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside
DirectionsSquare René MauryPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Le Lez is the nearest protected area, 4.2 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Le Lez
4.2 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
Footpaths and woods in Grabels
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
101 km
6.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
16 km
waymarked: 1 km per km²
Woodland
9.7%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GrabelsHérault medianFrance median
Footpaths6.1
Hiking routes1
03.57 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GrabelsHérault medianFrance median
Woodland9.7%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 94% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 61% 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 Grabels is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
L’OASIS DES GARRIGUES11 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Grabels: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Prades le Lez, 8.7 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 79 | 52 | 57 | 75 | 64 | 45 | 23 | 45 | 112 | 128 | 106 | 84 |
July is the driest month (23 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 128 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 53 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grabels →
Neighbors
Next to Grabels
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
JuvignacMontferrier-sur-LezSaint-Clément-de-RivièreSaint-Gély-du-FescSaint-Georges-d'OrquesMontpellierGrabels
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grabels | 0% | 9.7% | 6.1 | 17 km |
| Juvignac 14,055 · 3.6 km | 0% | 4.2% | 4.2 | 14 km |
| Montferrier-sur-Lez 4,135 · 3.9 km | 8.3% | 33% | 5.3 | 16 km |
| Saint-Clément-de-Rivière 5,218 · 4.4 km | 2.7% | 43% | 6.3 | 18 km |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 4.6 km | 0% | 39% | 3.4 | 21 km |
| Saint-Georges-d'Orques 5,676 · 5 km | 0% | 0.3% | 2.7 | 14 km |
| Montpellier 310,240 · 5.8 km | 0.6% | 5.5% | 6.3 | 11 km |
Montferrier-sur-Lez, Saint-Clément-de-Rivière and Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 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 Grabels
Is Grabels in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Le Lez, 4.2 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Grabels?
OpenStreetMap maps 101 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 6.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 16 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Grabels is woodland?
9.7% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Grabels near the sea?
No: the coast is 17 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Grabels?
April to June: 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 4, 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.