First pick
Bois Soulain
Wood or forest · 270 m outside the commune
56 ha
4.6 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: L'Illustration · Public domain0%woodland
Outdoors in Bétheny · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Bétheny is within 800 m of a park or wood
15 km of footpaths cross Bétheny (0.7 km per km²). No protected area reaches Bétheny; the nearest, Marais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims (Natura 2000), is 5.6 km from the town center. Bétheny has almost no mapped woodland. 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: Marais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims, 5.6 km
Woodland
0%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
15 km
0.7 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
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois Soulain
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Bétheny?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyMarais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims (Natura 2000) is 5.6 km from the town center.Little mapped woodland0% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Bétheny apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on woodland.
Against French towns
How Bétheny 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
Woodland0%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
1out of 100
Footpaths0.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
23out 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
Bétheny has the 13th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,895 to 7,052 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Jacou (10.3 km per km²) to Cadaujac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacou Hérault | 10.3 | 16% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Sathonay-Camp Rhône | 8.3 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 3 | Sainte-Adresse Seine-Maritime | 6.5 | 8.4% | 7.6% | On it |
| 4 | Bailly-Romainvilliers Seine-et-Marne | 4.6 | 10% | 0% | 169 km |
| 5 | Lésigny Seine-et-Marne | 4.2 | 42% | 0% | 171 km |
| 6 | Trévoux Ain | 3.9 | 8.3% | 0% | 270 km |
| 7 | Cognin Savoie | 3.6 | 16% | 44% | 234 km |
| 8 | Luisant Eure-et-Loir | 3.4 | 11% | 6.4% | 139 km |
| 9 | Binic-Étables-sur-Mer Côtes-d'Armor | 3.3 | 7.5% | 0% | On it |
| 10 | Fontaines-sur-Saône Rhône | 3 | 14% | 0% | 259 km |
| 11 | Étréchy Essonne | 2.8 | 29% | 0% | 170 km |
| 12 | Escalquens Haute-Garonne | 2.5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 13 | Soultz-Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin | 2.4 | 60% | 100% | 456 km |
| 14 | Uckange Moselle | 2.3 | 3.2% | 0% | 312 km |
| 15 | Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 1.8 | 6.2% | 1.6% | 201 km |
| 16 | Houdain Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 17 | Saint-André-des-Eaux Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.8% | 100% | 6.4 km |
| 18 | Changé Sarthe | 1.5 | 33% | 0% | 142 km |
| 19 | Bourbourg Nord | 1.4 | 0.3% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 20 | Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 16% | 2.6% | 161 km |
| 21 | Saint-Pol-de-Léon Finistère | 1.2 | 2% | 4% | On it |
| 22 | Morteau Doubs | 1.2 | 28% | 100% | 371 km |
| 23 | Brech Morbihan | 1.1 | 18% | 0% | On it |
| 24 | Trans-en-Provence Var | 1.1 | 26% | 0% | 23 km |
| 25 | Épône Yvelines | 1.1 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 26 | Plédran Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 8.8% | 0% | 6.7 km |
| 27 | Jurançon Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 45% | 5.5% | 94 km |
| 28 | Surgères Charente-Maritime | 0.9 | 5% | 0% | 24 km |
| 29 | Bétheny Marne | 0.7 | 0% | 0% | 198 km |
| 30 | Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure Rhône | 0.7 | 4.8% | 0% | 249 km |
| 31 | Sénas Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.6 | 2.8% | 100% | 36 km |
| 32 | Marsillargues Hérault | 0.6 | 0.5% | 32% | 13 km |
| 33 | Valognes Manche | 0.5 | 4.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 34 | Nérac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.5 | 6.7% | 0.5% | 122 km |
| 35 | Montluel Ain | 0.5 | 27% | 35% | 267 km |
| 36 | La Plaine-des-Palmistes Réunion | 0.5 | 64% | 100% | 14 km |
| 37 | Manduel Gard | 0.5 | 0.5% | 63% | 40 km |
| 38 | Lucciana Haute-Corse | 0.4 | 4.8% | 3% | On it |
| 39 | Chauvigny Vienne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 140 km |
| 40 | Beaufort-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 100% | 141 km |
| 41 | Cadaujac Gironde | 0.2 | 14% | 45% | 29 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 Bétheny
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois Soulain leads, at 56 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Espace de loisirs Orgeval
Park or garden · 230 m outside the commune
3.1 ha0.2 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Jean Vancraeyenest
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Marie-Louise Dupont
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.1 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Maryse Bastié
Park or garden · 80 m outside the commune
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
1.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Paul Vieille
Park or garden · 60 m outside the commune
0.8 ha0.5 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Dannstadt-Schauernheim
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Terrain rue de la Maladrerie
Park or garden · 190 m outside the commune
0.9 ha
1.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois SoulainWood or forest · 56 ha · just outside
DirectionsEspace de loisirs OrgevalPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Jean VancraeyenestPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Marie-Louise DupontPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc Maryse BastiéPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSquare Paul VieillePark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Dannstadt-SchauernheimPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsTerrain rue de la MaladreriePark or garden · 0.9 ha · just outside
DirectionsParc Camille GuérinPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Marais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims is the nearest protected area, 5.6 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
Marais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims
5.6 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
15 km of footpaths cross Bétheny
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
15 km
0.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
0%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BéthenyMarne medianFrance median
Footpaths0.7
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BéthenyMarne medianFrance median
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 77% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 99% 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 Bétheny is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin de Trèves, Lavannes - Bezannes5.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bétheny: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mailly-Civc, 15 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 56 | 52 | 46 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 56 | 69 | 70 | 86 |
April is the driest month (46 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 86 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in Bétheny →
Neighbors
Next to Bétheny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ReimsWitry-lès-ReimsSaint-Brice-CourcellesTinqueuxCormontreuilBezannesBétheny
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bétheny | 0% | 0% | 0.7 |
| Reims 177,674 · 3.8 km | 1.1% | 2.1% | 4.8 |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 4.6 km | 0% | 3.6% | 0.4 |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 5.1 km | 0% | 15% | 3.7 |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 5.8 km | 0% | 2.4% | 2.8 |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 7 km | 1.5% | 6.1% | 2.9 |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 7.9 km | 0.1% | 1.8% | 3.4 |
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 Bétheny
Is Bétheny in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Marais et pelouses du tertiaire au nord de Reims, 5.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bétheny?
OpenStreetMap maps 15 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Bétheny is woodland?
0% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bétheny near the sea?
No: the coast is 198 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bétheny?
April 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 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.