First pick
Parc Paul Mistral
Park or garden · 240 m outside the commune
28 ha11.5 km of path
2 h 35 minto walk all 11.5 km of path
2.2 km southfrom the center
Allée des JustesBoulevard Jean PainBoulevard Clémenceau+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Milky · CC BY-SA 3.043%of the land protected
Outdoors in La Tronche · protected areas, woods and footpaths
La Tronche has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
58 km of footpaths cross La Tronche (9 km per km²). 43% of La Tronche’s land lies in protected areas. La Tronche has 19 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
43%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
46%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
58 km
9 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
20
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Paul Mistral
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 La Tronche?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths9 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes19 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A wooded commune46% mapped woodland, more than in 89% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected countryside43% of the land lies in protected areas.
What sets La Tronche apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How La Tronche 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 areas43%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
85out of 100
Woodland46%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
89out of 100
Footpaths9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
99out of 100
Hiking routes2.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
99out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
La Tronche has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,355 to 6,486 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Tronche (9 km per km²) to Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tronche Isère | 9 | 46% | 43% | 206 km |
| 2 | Bonsecours Seine-Maritime | 7.5 | 34% | 0% | 55 km |
| 3 | Ambilly Haute-Savoie | 6.6 | 1.9% | 0% | 287 km |
| 4 | Vezin-le-Coquet Ille-et-Vilaine | 3.9 | 3.6% | 0% | 45 km |
| 5 | Saint-Laurent-Blangy Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 7.9% | 0% | 80 km |
| 6 | Saint-Priest-en-Jarez Loire | 3.3 | 0.6% | 0% | 214 km |
| 7 | Longpont-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.2 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 8 | Villers-Saint-Paul Oise | 3.2 | 16% | 0% | 115 km |
| 9 | Frouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3.1 | 59% | 0% | 358 km |
| 10 | Calvisson Gard | 2.7 | 27% | 0% | 27 km |
| 11 | Péronnas Ain | 2.7 | 38% | 8.7% | 304 km |
| 12 | Jœuf Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 311 km |
| 13 | Sciez Haute-Savoie | 2.1 | 38% | 4.6% | 297 km |
| 14 | Saint-Jorioz Haute-Savoie | 2 | 50% | 100% | 251 km |
| 15 | Magnanville Yvelines | 1.9 | 17% | 0% | 109 km |
| 16 | Embrun Hautes-Alpes | 1.8 | 37% | 100% | 114 km |
| 17 | Plescop Morbihan | 1.8 | 6.3% | 100% | 4.6 km |
| 18 | Grézieu-la-Varenne Rhône | 1.7 | 9.3% | 0% | 248 km |
| 19 | Le Perray-en-Yvelines Yvelines | 1.6 | 33% | 100% | 137 km |
| 20 | Cuincy Nord | 1.6 | 13% | 0% | 87 km |
| 21 | Saint-Rémy Saône-et-Loire | 1.5 | 9.7% | 0% | 361 km |
| 22 | Givet Ardennes | 1.5 | 23% | 100% | 179 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pathus Seine-et-Marne | 1.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 147 km |
| 24 | Entrelacs Savoie | 1.3 | 37% | 9.9% | 254 km |
| 25 | Arpajon-sur-Cère Cantal | 1.2 | 24% | 0.2% | 192 km |
| 26 | Bréal-sous-Montfort Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.1 | 11% | 0% | 50 km |
| 27 | Mûrs-Erigné Maine-et-Loire | 1 | 6.9% | 21% | 117 km |
| 28 | Louhans-Châteaurenaud Saône-et-Loire | 0.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 353 km |
| 29 | Saint-Florent-sur-Cher Cher | 0.9 | 22% | 3.7% | 270 km |
| 30 | Baud Morbihan | 0.8 | 37% | 0% | 17 km |
| 31 | Saint-Flour Cantal | 0.7 | 10% | 15% | 180 km |
| 32 | Saint-André-de-Sangonis Hérault | 0.7 | 3.2% | 11% | 30 km |
| 33 | Mehun-sur-Yèvre Cher | 0.7 | 7.1% | 0% | 272 km |
| 34 | Plonéour-Lanvern Finistère | 0.6 | 10% | 0.8% | 5 km |
| 35 | Izon Gironde | 0.6 | 5.7% | 49% | 21 km |
| 36 | Arès Gironde | 0.6 | 87% | 1.3% | On it |
| 37 | Combourg Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 9% | 0% | 19 km |
| 38 | Courthézon Vaucluse | 0.4 | 5.9% | 2.4% | 70 km |
| 39 | Condom Gers | 0.4 | 11% | 0% | 136 km |
| 40 | Sèvremont Vendée | 0.3 | 5.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 41 | Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien Eure-et-Loir | 0.3 | 12% | 1% | 148 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 La Tronche
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Paul Mistral leads, at 28 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt communale de Corenc
Wood or forest · 190 m outside the commune
80 ha5 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
3.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Île d'Amour
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
21 ha5.8 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 5.8 km of path
1.6 km eastfrom the center
Chemin de l'Île d'Amour
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Berges de l'Isère
Park or garden · 30 m outside the commune
10 ha4.4 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.4 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the center
Chemin de la Digue
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt communale de Quaix
Wood or forest · 200 m outside the commune
18 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
3.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin du musée Hébert
Park or garden
2 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Tronche
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Ile verte
Park or garden · 190 m outside the commune
1.9 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardins pédagogiques
Park or garden · 230 m outside the commune
1.3 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Paul MistralPark or garden · 28 ha · 11.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsForêt communale de CorencWood or forest · 80 ha · 5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de l'Île d'AmourPark or garden · 21 ha · 5.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc des Berges de l'IsèrePark or garden · 10 ha · 4.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsForêt communale de QuaixWood or forest · 18 ha · 1.6 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin du musée HébertPark or garden · 2 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'Ile vertePark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardins pédagogiquesPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Marie VolaitPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc du VercorsPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc du CarmelPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc du RachaisPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare Gabriel PériPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsLe Pré VertPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Brise des NeigesPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de la Villa des AlpesPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSquare le PérierPark or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin anglaisPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc des CèdresPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsUn Jardin Sans FrontièrePark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
43% of La Tronche lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Chartreuse Regional Nature Park
43% of the commune0.9 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area43%
Regional nature park43%
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.
43% of La Tronche’s land is protected, more than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Isère has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in La Tronche
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
58 km
9 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 km
waymarked: 2.9 km per km²
Woodland
46%
about 3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La TroncheIsère medianFrance median
Footpaths9
Hiking routes2.9
05.511 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La TroncheIsère medianFrance median
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 99% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 89% 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 La Tronche is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 96513 km
Traversée de la Chartreuse14 km
Grande Traverse de Meylan2.4 km
La Tronche0.7 km
GR 965 passes within 2 km of La Tronche.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Tronche: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chatte_Sapc, 35 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 | 9.4 | 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 La Tronche →
Neighbors
Next to La Tronche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CorencMeylanGrenobleSaint-Martin-d'HèresSaint-Martin-le-VinouxGièresLa Tronche
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Tronche | 43% | 46% | 9 |
| Corenc 4,215 · 1.7 km | 45% | 50% | 3.8 |
| Meylan 18,770 · 2.7 km | 12% | 18% | 9.2 |
| Grenoble 156,140 · 3.2 km | 0% | 4.6% | 11.6 |
| Saint-Martin-d'Hères 37,695 · 3.3 km | 0% | 14% | 10.1 |
| Saint-Martin-le-Vinoux 6,078 · 3.5 km | 71% | 52% | 5.7 |
| Gières 7,376 · 4.1 km | 0% | 35% | 7.2 |
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 La Tronche
Is La Tronche in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: La Tronche lies in Chartreuse Regional Nature Park (43% of the commune).
Are there good walks in La Tronche?
OpenStreetMap maps 58 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 9 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 19 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Tronche is woodland?
46% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Tronche near the sea?
No: the coast is 206 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Tronche?
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.