First pick
Forêt de la Combe
Wood or forest
222 ha18.7 km of path
4 h 10 minto walk all 18.7 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the center
Chemin de Larocadevieille sente des chasseurslayon
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Patafisik · CC BY-SA 4.024%of the land protected
Outdoors in Champ-sur-Drac · protected areas, woods and footpaths
51% of Champ-sur-Drac is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 18 km in Champ-sur-Drac. Footpaths add up to 35 km across Champ-sur-Drac (3.9 km per km²). 24% of Champ-sur-Drac’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
24%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
51%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
35 km
3.9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt de la Combe
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Champ-sur-Drac?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune51% mapped woodland, more than in 92% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes18 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A place of footpaths3.9 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.A nature reserveIsles du Drac nature reserve covers 24% of the commune.
What sets Champ-sur-Drac apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Champ-sur-Drac 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 areas24%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland51%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
92out of 100
Footpaths3.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
84out of 100
Hiking routes2.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Champ-sur-Drac has the 3rd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,302 to 3,360 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Collégien (5.9 km per km²) to La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collégien Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 29% | 0% | 165 km |
| 2 | Frépillon Val-d'Oise | 4.3 | 19% | 0.2% | 126 km |
| 3 | Champ-sur-Drac Isère | 3.9 | 51% | 24% | 193 km |
| 4 | Bernin Isère | 3.7 | 28% | 14% | 207 km |
| 5 | Briis-sous-Forges Essonne | 3.5 | 22% | 0.1% | 157 km |
| 6 | Lavérune Hérault | 3.1 | 6.9% | 0% | 11 km |
| 7 | Renage Isère | 3.1 | 31% | 0% | 215 km |
| 8 | Saint-Maximin Oise | 3 | 54% | 88% | 120 km |
| 9 | Roscoff Finistère | 3 | 0% | 0.4% | On it |
| 10 | Seilh Haute-Garonne | 3 | 15% | 12% | 156 km |
| 11 | Houplin-Ancoisne Nord | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 66 km |
| 12 | Buchelay Yvelines | 2.8 | 7.5% | 0% | 108 km |
| 13 | Cocheren Moselle | 2.6 | 36% | 0% | 360 km |
| 14 | Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon Loire-Atlantique | 2.2 | 18% | 31% | 29 km |
| 15 | Ceyzériat Ain | 2 | 41% | 0.6% | 305 km |
| 16 | Doubs Doubs | 2 | 37% | 0% | 361 km |
| 17 | Le Folgoët Finistère | 1.9 | 3.7% | 0% | 8.1 km |
| 18 | Vourles Rhône | 1.8 | 6.6% | 0% | 240 km |
| 19 | Merlimont Pas-de-Calais | 1.6 | 28% | 63% | On it |
| 20 | La Roche-Blanche Puy-de-Dôme | 1.5 | 12% | 7.8% | 249 km |
| 21 | Aigues-Vives Gard | 1.3 | 4.2% | 13% | 21 km |
| 22 | Mareuil-lès-Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 18% | 0.6% | 163 km |
| 23 | Boissy-le-Châtel Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 20% | 0% | 184 km |
| 24 | Bonifacio Corse-du-Sud | 1.1 | 11% | 18% | On it |
| 25 | Précy-sur-Oise Oise | 1 | 14% | 100% | 119 km |
| 26 | Villelongue-de-la-Salanque Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.8 | 0.1% | 0% | 4.5 km |
| 27 | Montanay Rhône | 0.8 | 7.1% | 0% | 265 km |
| 28 | Wizernes Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 6.8% | 100% | 32 km |
| 29 | Louvigné-du-Désert Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 4.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 30 | Morhange Moselle | 0.5 | 7% | 0% | 367 km |
| 31 | Veuzain-sur-Loire Loir-et-Cher | 0.5 | 24% | 6.2% | 220 km |
| 32 | Saint-Andiol Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 43 km |
| 33 | Chaumont-en-Vexin Oise | 0.5 | 18% | 0% | 93 km |
| 34 | Évry-Grégy-sur-Yerre Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 180 km |
| 35 | Palau-del-Vidre Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.2 | 1% | 2.8% | 7.1 km |
| 36 | Val-au-Perche Orne | 0.2 | 21% | 100% | 128 km |
| 37 | Airvault Deux-Sèvres | 0.2 | 13% | 18% | 95 km |
| 38 | Cérans-Foulletourte Sarthe | 0.2 | 34% | 0% | 139 km |
| 39 | Castillon-la-Bataille Gironde | 0.1 | 12% | 1.5% | 47 km |
| 40 | Ambès Gironde | 0.1 | 5.4% | 58% | 4.6 km |
| 41 | La Ville-Dieu-du-Temple Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 9% | 0% | 180 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 Champ-sur-Drac
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de la Combe leads, at 222 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
24% of Champ-sur-Drac lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Isles du Drac nature reserve
24% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area24%
Nature reserve24%
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.
24% of Champ-sur-Drac’s land is protected, more than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Isère has 0%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
35 km of footpaths and 18 km of hiking routes cross Champ-sur-Drac
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
35 km
3.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
18 km
waymarked: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
51%
about 4.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Champ-sur-DracIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths3.9
Hiking routes2.1
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Champ-sur-DracIsère medianFrance median
Woodland51%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 84% 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. Every home in Champ-sur-Drac is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
GR (long-distance)
GR 9655.5 km
GR 965 passes within 2 km of Champ-sur-Drac.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Champ-sur-Drac: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chatte_Sapc, 34 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 66 | 54 | 64 | 84 | 96 | 81 | 68 | 82 | 101 | 108 | 99 | 66 |
February is the driest month (54 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 108 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 67 nights a year. The climate in Champ-sur-Drac →
Neighbors
Next to Champ-sur-Drac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
VizilleJarrieVarces-Allières-et-RissetSaint-Georges-de-CommiersVifClaixChamp-sur-Drac
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champ-sur-Drac | 24% | 51% | 3.9 |
| Vizille 7,292 · 3.2 km | 0% | 48% | 2.8 |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 3.4 km | 0.8% | 33% | 3.2 |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 4.3 km | 32% | 33% | 2.4 |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 4.9 km | 9.7% | 70% | 4.5 |
| Vif 8,530 · 5.6 km | 7% | 48% | 1.8 |
| Claix 7,836 · 6.4 km | 64% | 55% | 3.5 |
Claix 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 Champ-sur-Drac
Is Champ-sur-Drac in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 24% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Champ-sur-Drac?
OpenStreetMap maps 35 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 18 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Champ-sur-Drac is woodland?
51% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Champ-sur-Drac near the sea?
No: the coast is 193 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Champ-sur-Drac?
April and June to August: 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.