First pick
Forêt de la Combe
Wood or forest · 120 m outside the commune
222 ha18.7 km of path
4 h 10 minto walk all 18.7 km of path
3.1 km southfrom the center
Chemin de Larocadevieille sente des chasseurslayon
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Marc Kossa · CC BY-SA 3.033%woodland
Outdoors in Jarrie · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Jarrie is within 800 m of a park or wood
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 33 km in Jarrie. 43 km of footpaths cross Jarrie (3.2 km per km²). No protected area reaches Jarrie; the nearest, Étang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve, is 1.5 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.8%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Étang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve, 1.5 km
Woodland
33%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
43 km
3.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
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 Jarrie?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On waymarked routes33 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A wooded commune33% mapped woodland, more than in 80% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyÉtang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve is 1.5 km from the town center.
What sets Jarrie apart: its hiking routes, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Jarrie 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 areas0.8%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
55out of 100
Woodland33%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
80out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
77out of 100
Hiking routes2.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
98out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Jarrie has the 3rd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,923 to 3,982 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Rochette (3.6 km per km²) to Aiguillon (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Rochette Seine-et-Marne | 3.6 | 67% | 56% | 193 km |
| 2 | Ferrières-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 3.3 | 45% | 0% | 168 km |
| 3 | Jarrie Isère | 3.2 | 33% | 0.8% | 196 km |
| 4 | Saint-Nabord Vosges | 2.1 | 62% | 3.6% | 429 km |
| 5 | Allevard Isère | 2 | 55% | 0% | 211 km |
| 6 | Pujaut Gard | 2 | 10% | 0% | 62 km |
| 7 | Condrieu Rhône | 2 | 20% | 100% | 219 km |
| 8 | Montry Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 20% | 0% | 166 km |
| 9 | Mozac Puy-de-Dôme | 2 | 1.7% | 0% | 270 km |
| 10 | Mézières-sur-Seine Yvelines | 1.9 | 28% | 5.5% | 117 km |
| 11 | Toufflers Nord | 1.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 65 km |
| 12 | Hondschoote Nord | 1.6 | 0% | 0% | 12 km |
| 13 | Argences Calvados | 1.5 | 16% | 0% | 18 km |
| 14 | Porte-de-Savoie Savoie | 1.4 | 18% | 86% | 224 km |
| 15 | Erquy Côtes-d'Armor | 1.4 | 6.8% | 15% | On it |
| 16 | Quévert Côtes-d'Armor | 1.3 | 12% | 100% | 6.9 km |
| 17 | Allaire Morbihan | 1.2 | 17% | 6.3% | 22 km |
| 18 | Boos Seine-Maritime | 1.2 | 21% | 0% | 60 km |
| 19 | Boissise-le-Roi Seine-et-Marne | 1.2 | 10% | 100% | 190 km |
| 20 | Rousies Nord | 1.2 | 20% | 100% | 132 km |
| 21 | Pierrevert Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.1 | 36% | 100% | 61 km |
| 22 | Tinténiac Ille-et-Vilaine | 1 | 3.9% | 2.2% | 22 km |
| 23 | Plouvien Finistère | 1 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 3.9 km |
| 24 | Fontaine-le-Comte Vienne | 0.9 | 20% | 0% | 110 km |
| 25 | Saint-Martin-en-Haut Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 236 km |
| 26 | Cires-lès-Mello Oise | 0.8 | 36% | 0% | 112 km |
| 27 | Sailly-sur-la-Lys Pas-de-Calais | 0.8 | 1.3% | 0.9% | 51 km |
| 28 | Le Bignon Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 14% | 0% | 37 km |
| 29 | Maing Nord | 0.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 108 km |
| 30 | Villeveyrac Hérault | 0.6 | 7% | 85% | 12 km |
| 31 | Gourin Morbihan | 0.6 | 12% | 1.7% | 34 km |
| 32 | Châtelaudren-Plouagat Côtes-d'Armor | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 14 km |
| 33 | Verfeil Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 7.7% | 0% | 133 km |
| 34 | Poligny Jura | 0.4 | 77% | 0.1% | 368 km |
| 35 | Salses-le-Château Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 4.1% | 34% | 10 km |
| 36 | Replonges Ain | 0.3 | 9.3% | 19% | 311 km |
| 37 | Moreuil Somme | 0.3 | 21% | 1.9% | 73 km |
| 38 | Val d'Anast Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 52 km |
| 39 | Suippes Marne | 0.2 | 24% | 0% | 237 km |
| 40 | Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Lozère | 0.2 | 21% | 0% | 150 km |
| 41 | Aiguillon Lot-et-Garonne | 0.1 | 1.4% | 2.5% | 108 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 Jarrie
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.
Bois de Lauzet
Wood or forest · 240 m outside the commune
32 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.5 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Robert Buisson
Park or garden · 300 m outside the commune
6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
4.3 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
3.2 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
3.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Étang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve is the nearest protected area, 1.5 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Étang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve
0.8% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.8%
Nature reserve0.8%
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
43 km of footpaths and 33 km of hiking routes cross Jarrie
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
43 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked: 2.5 km per km²
Woodland
33%
about 4.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
JarrieIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes2.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
JarrieIsère medianFrance median
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 80% 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 Jarrie 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 96519 km
GR 965 passes within 2 km of Jarrie.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Jarrie: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at St-Jean-En-Roya, 37 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 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 75 | 65 | 74 | 101 | 114 | 91 | 89 | 86 | 116 | 127 | 124 | 75 |
February is the driest month (65 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 127 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 57 nights a year. The climate in Jarrie →
Neighbors
Next to Jarrie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Champ-sur-DracVizilleLe Pont-de-ClaixEybensVarces-Allières-et-RissetÉchirollesJarrie
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrie | 0.8% | 33% | 3.2 |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 3.4 km | 24% | 51% | 3.9 |
| Vizille 7,292 · 3.8 km | 0% | 48% | 2.8 |
| Le Pont-de-Claix 10,956 · 4.8 km | 2.9% | 15% | 4.3 |
| Eybens 10,493 · 5.2 km | 0% | 17% | 7.6 |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 5.5 km | 32% | 33% | 2.4 |
| Échirolles 37,491 · 5.5 km | 0% | 11% | 9.9 |
Champ-sur-Drac and Varces-Allières-et-Risset have at least twice as much protected land. Champ-sur-Drac 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 Jarrie
Is Jarrie in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Étang de Haute-Jarrie nature reserve, 1.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Jarrie?
OpenStreetMap maps 43 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 33 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Jarrie is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Jarrie near the sea?
No: the coast is 196 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Jarrie?
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 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.