First pick
Parc de la Tuilerie
Park or garden
12 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: moi · CC BY-SA 4.017%of the land protected
Outdoors in Sandillon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Sandillon is within 800 m of a park or wood
20 km of footpaths cross Sandillon (0.5 km per km²). Protected areas cover 17% of Sandillon’s land. Mapped woodland covers 20% of Sandillon. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
17%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
20%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
0.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 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: Parc de la Tuilerie
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Sandillon 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 areas17%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
77out of 100
Woodland20%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
63out of 100
Footpaths0.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Sandillon has the 7th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,261 to 4,337 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sevrier (4.3 km per km²) to Rives de l'Yon (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sevrier Haute-Savoie | 4.3 | 49% | 100% | 255 km |
| 2 | Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost Ain | 4 | 21% | 17% | 262 km |
| 3 | Leuville-sur-Orge Essonne | 3.8 | 15% | 0% | 166 km |
| 4 | Tigery Essonne | 3.6 | 41% | 0% | 176 km |
| 5 | Agneaux Manche | 3.5 | 10% | 0% | 25 km |
| 6 | Villard-de-Lans Isère | 3.4 | 57% | 100% | 188 km |
| 7 | Barbentane Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.1 | 36% | 8.1% | 50 km |
| 8 | Roquettes Haute-Garonne | 2.8 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 147 km |
| 9 | Courseulles-sur-Mer Calvados | 2.7 | 1% | 0% | On it |
| 10 | Coignières Yvelines | 2.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 137 km |
| 11 | La Norville Essonne | 2.2 | 4% | 0% | 168 km |
| 12 | Combrit Finistère | 2.2 | 20% | 3.3% | On it |
| 13 | Châtenois Bas-Rhin | 2 | 33% | 0% | 458 km |
| 14 | Steenvoorde Nord | 1.8 | 1.9% | 0% | 29 km |
| 15 | Lanvallay Côtes-d'Armor | 1.8 | 17% | 100% | 4.9 km |
| 16 | Is-sur-Tille Côte-d'Or | 1.6 | 41% | 0% | 388 km |
| 17 | Millery Rhône | 1.6 | 14% | 0% | 237 km |
| 18 | Hillion Côtes-d'Armor | 1.6 | 6.9% | 9% | On it |
| 19 | Le Val Var | 1.5 | 63% | 7.3% | 37 km |
| 20 | Tonnerre Yonne | 1.5 | 41% | 0% | 308 km |
| 21 | Ecquevilly Yvelines | 1.4 | 26% | 0% | 124 km |
| 22 | Vimy Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 16% | 0% | 80 km |
| 23 | Rognonas Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 0% | 13% | 50 km |
| 24 | Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 38 km |
| 25 | Beaumont-lès-Valence Drôme | 0.8 | 9.8% | 0% | 157 km |
| 26 | Chabanière Rhône | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 230 km |
| 27 | Rang-du-Fliers Pas-de-Calais | 0.6 | 23% | 13% | 4.7 km |
| 28 | Nozay Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.7% | 0% | 52 km |
| 29 | Cours Rhône | 0.6 | 46% | 0% | 283 km |
| 30 | Bessières Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 9.9% | 2.4% | 145 km |
| 31 | Châteauneuf-sur-Isère Drôme | 0.6 | 6.5% | 2.1% | 173 km |
| 32 | Friville-Escarbotin Somme | 0.5 | 2.1% | 100% | 7.2 km |
| 33 | Saint-Savin Isère | 0.5 | 17% | 15% | 244 km |
| 34 | Eyragues Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0.4% | 0% | 43 km |
| 35 | Sandillon Loiret | 0.5 | 20% | 17% | 215 km |
| 36 | Valence-en-Poitou Vienne | 0.4 | 20% | 0% | 100 km |
| 37 | Ussac Corrèze | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 167 km |
| 38 | Pontorson Manche | 0.4 | 0.4% | 6.2% | On it |
| 39 | Montélier Drôme | 0.3 | 2.2% | 0% | 165 km |
| 40 | Breteuil Eure | 0.3 | 31% | 0.2% | 78 km |
| 41 | Rives de l'Yon Vendée | 0.3 | 7.1% | 0% | 25 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 Sandillon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Tuilerie leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
17% of Sandillon 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
Sologne
12% of the commune3.8 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Loire de Tavers à Belleville-sur-Loire
5.7% of the commune1.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Vallée de la Loire du Loiret
5.7% of the commune1.1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area17%
Natura 2000 site17%
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.
17% of Sandillon’s land is protected, more than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Loiret has 4%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
20 km of footpaths cross Sandillon
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
20 km
0.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
20%
about 8.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SandillonLoiret medianFrance median
Footpaths0.5
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SandillonLoiret medianFrance median
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 63% 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 Sandillon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de Bou via Mardié9.3 km
Via Turonensis par Orléans, Etréchy - Orléans5.4 km
De Pithiviers à Orléans1.9 km
La Balade du Marinier1.4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sandillon: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fleury-Les-Aub., 12 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 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 59 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 75 | 53 | 58 | 58 | 56 | 67 | 69 | 75 |
March is the driest month (52 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 55 nights a year. The climate in Sandillon →
Neighbors
Next to Sandillon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-Cyr-en-ValMardiéChécySaint-Denis-en-ValJargeauSaint-Denis-de-l'HôtelSandillon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandillon | 17% | 20% | 0.5 |
| Saint-Cyr-en-Val 3,467 · 5.4 km | 36% | 33% | 0.7 |
| Mardié 3,078 · 6 km | 2.8% | 35% | 1.5 |
| Chécy 9,083 · 6.2 km | 9.7% | 18% | 2.9 |
| Saint-Denis-en-Val 7,766 · 6.3 km | 14% | 8.5% | 1.3 |
| Jargeau 4,610 · 7.3 km | 20% | 7.3% | 1 |
| Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel 3,065 · 8.1 km | 4% | 38% | 0.4 |
Saint-Cyr-en-Val has at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Cyr-en-Val, Mardié and Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel 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 Sandillon
Is Sandillon in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 17% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Sandillon?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Sandillon is woodland?
20% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sandillon near the sea?
No: the coast is 215 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sandillon?
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 8, 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.