First pick
Parc du Château de l'Étang
Park or garden
46 ha7.5 km of path
1 h 40 minto walk all 7.5 km of path
1.7 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: ryanblu · Public domain24%woodland
Outdoors in Saran · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Saran has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
79 km of footpaths cross Saran (3.9 km per km²). Saran has 16 km of waymarked hiking routes. Mapped woodland covers 24% of Saran. 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: Forêt d’Orléans et périphérie, 3.1 km
Woodland
24%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
79 km
3.9 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
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Château de l'Étang
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Saran?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.9 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 nearbyForêt d’Orléans et périphérie (Natura 2000) is 3.1 km from the town center.
What sets Saran apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Saran 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
Woodland24%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
69out of 100
Footpaths3.9 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
84out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Saran has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (16,712 to 17,954 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jouy-le-Moutier (10.3 km per km²) to Marmande (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jouy-le-Moutier Val-d'Oise | 10.3 | 23% | 0% | 123 km |
| 2 | Viroflay Yvelines | 9.5 | 42% | 0% | 148 km |
| 3 | Marly-le-Roi Yvelines | 7.6 | 37% | 0% | 138 km |
| 4 | Les Clayes-sous-Bois Yvelines | 6.3 | 35% | 0% | 137 km |
| 5 | Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.8 | 0% | 0% | 149 km |
| 6 | L'Isle-d'Abeau Isère | 5.2 | 9.8% | 0% | 242 km |
| 7 | Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Indre-et-Loire | 5 | 9.4% | 1.9% | 184 km |
| 8 | Villeneuve-Loubet Alpes-Maritimes | 5 | 30% | 16% | On it |
| 9 | Boissy-Saint-Léger Val-de-Marne | 4.4 | 50% | 0% | 166 km |
| 10 | Balma Haute-Garonne | 4.2 | 6.4% | 0% | 142 km |
| 11 | Chamalières Puy-de-Dôme | 4.1 | 3.4% | 0.1% | 258 km |
| 12 | Saran Loiret | 3.9 | 24% | 0% | 200 km |
| 13 | Écully Rhône | 3.8 | 14% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | Garches Hauts-de-Seine | 3.7 | 2.5% | 0% | 144 km |
| 15 | Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle Loiret | 3.5 | 4.9% | 3% | 203 km |
| 16 | Avion Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 13% | 0% | 77 km |
| 17 | Osny Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 14% | 0.1% | 119 km |
| 18 | Firminy Loire | 3 | 25% | 0% | 204 km |
| 19 | Cluses Haute-Savoie | 2.8 | 33% | 0% | 264 km |
| 20 | Yutz Moselle | 2.6 | 18% | 0% | 310 km |
| 21 | Carvin Pas-de-Calais | 2.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 73 km |
| 22 | Annonay Ardèche | 2.3 | 30% | 0.2% | 193 km |
| 23 | Fécamp Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 25% | 2.9% | On it |
| 24 | Lattes Hérault | 2.2 | 0.8% | 22% | 5.5 km |
| 25 | Limay Yvelines | 2.1 | 16% | 6.1% | 112 km |
| 26 | Sallanches Haute-Savoie | 2 | 32% | 35% | 250 km |
| 27 | Montceau-les-Mines Saône-et-Loire | 1.8 | 6.6% | 0% | 347 km |
| 28 | La Baule-Escoublac Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 9.6% | 37% | 0.8 km |
| 29 | Valserhône Ain | 1.7 | 59% | 19% | 292 km |
| 30 | Blanquefort Gironde | 1.7 | 15% | 7.6% | 11 km |
| 31 | Guérande Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.1% | 76% | On it |
| 32 | Verdun Meuse | 1.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 290 km |
| 33 | Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume Var | 1 | 41% | 34% | 33 km |
| 34 | Brignoles Var | 0.9 | 48% | 17% | 34 km |
| 35 | Lamballe-Armor Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 5% | 2% | On it |
| 36 | Vire Normandie Calvados | 0.6 | 3.9% | 0% | 41 km |
| 37 | Orée d'Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 11% | 12% | 66 km |
| 38 | Segré-en-Anjou Bleu Maine-et-Loire | 0.5 | 4.6% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Loire-Authion Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 10% | 100% | 130 km |
| 40 | Ambarès-et-Lagrave Gironde | 0.4 | 4.8% | 35% | 11 km |
| 41 | Marmande Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 11% | 4% | 82 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 Saran
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Château de l'Étang leads, at 46 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Médecinerie
Park or garden
14 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc et Lac du Bois Salé
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Forêt d’Orléans et périphérie is the nearest protected area, 3.1 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
Forêt d’Orléans et périphérie
3.1 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 Saran
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
79 km
3.9 km per km²
Hiking routes
16 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
24%
about 4.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SaranLoiret medianFrance median
Footpaths3.9
Hiking routes0.8
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SaranLoiret medianFrance median
Woodland24%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 84% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 69% 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 Saran is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Saran une Ville à la Campagne14 km
Circuit Fleury-les-Aubrais10 km
PR95 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saran: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Fleury-Les-Aub., 2.9 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 | 15.7 | 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 Saran →
Neighbors
Next to Saran
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Fleury-les-AubraisSaint-Jean-de-la-RuelleIngréSemoyOrmesOrléansSaran
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saran | 0% | 24% | 3.9 |
| Fleury-les-Aubrais 21,804 · 2.6 km | 0% | 16% | 4.9 |
| Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 16,768 · 3.7 km | 3% | 4.9% | 3.5 |
| Ingré 10,062 · 4.8 km | 0% | 11% | 1.8 |
| Semoy 3,269 · 4.9 km | 0.1% | 40% | 3.8 |
| Ormes 4,376 · 5 km | 0% | 12% | 1.4 |
| Orléans 116,357 · 5.7 km | 4.3% | 5.4% | 6.3 |
Semoy 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 Saran
Is Saran in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Forêt d’Orléans et périphérie, 3.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saran?
OpenStreetMap maps 79 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); 16 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Saran is woodland?
24% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saran near the sea?
No: the coast is 200 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saran?
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 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.