First pick
Parc du Château de Locguénolé
Park or garden · 210 m outside the commune
15 ha
4.4 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: XIIIfromTOKYO · CC BY-SA 3.013%woodland
Outdoors in Lanester · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lanester is on the coast
87 km of footpaths cross Lanester (5.2 km per km²). Lanester has 25 km of waymarked hiking routes. No protected area reaches Lanester; the nearest, Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre (Natura 2000), 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
0.1%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre, 1.5 km
Woodland
13%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
87 km
5.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du Château de Locguénolé
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Lanester?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1 km from its center.A place of footpaths5.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes25 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyRivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre (Natura 2000) is 1.5 km from the town center.
What sets Lanester apart: the sea, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How Lanester 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 areas0.1%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
49out of 100
Woodland13%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
50out of 100
Footpaths5.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
91out of 100
Hiking routes1.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
92out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lanester has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (22,208 to 24,220 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Torcy (11 km per km²) to Beaupréau-en-Mauges (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torcy Seine-et-Marne | 11 | 17% | 0% | 163 km |
| 2 | Sèvres Hauts-de-Seine | 8.9 | 24% | 0% | 147 km |
| 3 | Gif-sur-Yvette Essonne | 7.8 | 28% | 60% | 153 km |
| 4 | Vélizy-Villacoublay Yvelines | 7.6 | 33% | 0% | 150 km |
| 5 | Hérouville-Saint-Clair Calvados | 7 | 4.9% | 0% | 11 km |
| 6 | Montigny-lès-Cormeilles Val-d'Oise | 7 | 17% | 0% | 130 km |
| 7 | Les Lilas Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 4.4% | 0% | 150 km |
| 8 | Fontenay-aux-Roses Hauts-de-Seine | 6.1 | 1.8% | 0% | 153 km |
| 9 | Rodez Aveyron | 5.9 | 5.5% | 0% | 136 km |
| 10 | Roissy-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 46% | 0% | 168 km |
| 11 | Le Kremlin-Bicêtre Val-de-Marne | 5.8 | 1.8% | 0% | 154 km |
| 12 | Lanester Morbihan | 5.2 | 13% | 0.1% | On it |
| 13 | Loos Nord | 5 | 4.6% | 0% | 63 km |
| 14 | Saint-Jean-de-Braye Loiret | 5 | 16% | 4.3% | 207 km |
| 15 | Deuil-la-Barre Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 138 km |
| 16 | Montgeron Essonne | 4.6 | 46% | 0% | 168 km |
| 17 | Combs-la-Ville Seine-et-Marne | 4.4 | 14% | 0% | 176 km |
| 18 | Achères Yvelines | 3.7 | 3.4% | 0% | 129 km |
| 19 | Rochefort Charente-Maritime | 3.5 | 1.4% | 38% | On it |
| 20 | La Valette-du-Var Var | 3.4 | 23% | 32% | 3.7 km |
| 21 | Le Petit-Quevilly Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 0% | 0% | 51 km |
| 22 | Tassin-la-Demi-Lune Rhône | 3.2 | 18% | 0% | 250 km |
| 23 | Saint-Louis Haut-Rhin | 2.9 | 8.5% | 18% | 423 km |
| 24 | Dammarie-les-Lys Seine-et-Marne | 2.7 | 35% | 26% | 192 km |
| 25 | Maisons-Laffitte Yvelines | 2.6 | 6.5% | 0% | 133 km |
| 26 | Olivet Loiret | 2.5 | 23% | 0% | 208 km |
| 27 | Mantes-la-Ville Yvelines | 2.5 | 7.2% | 0% | 111 km |
| 28 | Dole Jura | 2.5 | 36% | 37% | 400 km |
| 29 | Oyonnax Ain | 2.4 | 59% | 0% | 312 km |
| 30 | Les Pennes-Mirabeau Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.4 | 11% | 0% | 4.3 km |
| 31 | Manosque Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.2 | 26% | 100% | 64 km |
| 32 | Montereau-Fault-Yonne Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 4.3% | 8.8% | 217 km |
| 33 | Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne | 2.1 | 47% | 0% | 293 km |
| 34 | Frontignan Hérault | 1.8 | 0.9% | 29% | On it |
| 35 | Auch Gers | 1.6 | 18% | 0% | 161 km |
| 36 | Couëron Loire-Atlantique | 1.3 | 6.6% | 33% | 28 km |
| 37 | Abbeville Somme | 1.3 | 11% | 100% | 14 km |
| 38 | Laon Aisne | 1.1 | 16% | 0% | 156 km |
| 39 | Challans Vendée | 0.9 | 10% | 0.9% | 15 km |
| 40 | Villeneuve-sur-Lot Lot-et-Garonne | 0.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 41 | Beaupréau-en-Mauges Maine-et-Loire | 0.4 | 5.1% | 0% | 78 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 Lanester
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Château de Locguénolé leads, at 15 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Bois du Château
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
2.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Plessis
Park or garden
9.4 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
0.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Château du Diable
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
6.3 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois de Saint-Nudec
Wood or forest
9.9 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
4.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Nelson Mandela
Park or garden
2.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lanester
Directionsto a point inside
Square Jules Kernec
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
1.1 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre 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.
Natura 2000 site
Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre
1.5 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.1%
Natura 2000 site0.1%
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
87 km of footpaths and 25 km of hiking routes cross Lanester
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
87 km
5.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked: 1.5 km per km²
Woodland
13%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LanesterMorbihan medianFrance median
Footpaths5.2
Hiking routes1.5
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LanesterMorbihan medianFrance median
Woodland13%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 91% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 50% 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 Lanester is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
10 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Chemin des Douaniers, Concarneau - Le Magouëro17 km
Chemin de Lorient15 km
Circuit du cimetière de bateaux de Kerhervy14 km
De Lanester au Lac de Guerlédan, Lanester - Saint-Gérand12 km
Kervignac - 15.9 km
Circuit du marais de la Goden4.8 km
Circuit de Pen Mané4.2 km
Circuit du Hingair1.6 km
Chemin des Douaniers, Concarneau - Le Magouëro variante par Batobus1.3 km
Circuit Tro Glas Kaodan1.3 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lanester: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lorient-Lann Bihoue, 7.1 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 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 109 | 83 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 52 | 55 | 53 | 66 | 104 | 108 | 115 |
June is the driest month (52 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 115 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 22 nights a year. The climate in Lanester →
Neighbors
Next to Lanester
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
LorientLocmiquélicCaudanQuévenRiantecPort-LouisLanester
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanester | 0.1% | 13% | 5.2 | On it |
| Lorient 58,329 · 3.2 km | 0.6% | 1.8% | 4.6 | On it |
| Locmiquélic 4,093 · 4.4 km | 19% | 7.2% | 3.3 | On it |
| Caudan 7,206 · 4.9 km | 3.4% | 16% | 1.2 | On it |
| Quéven 8,991 · 6 km | 5.9% | 26% | 2.9 | On it |
| Riantec 5,865 · 6.1 km | 7% | 27% | 2.6 | On it |
| Port-Louis 2,608 · 6.2 km | 0.1% | 1.6% | 9.2 | On it |
Locmiquélic has at least twice as much protected land. Quéven and Riantec 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 Lanester
Is Lanester in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Rivière Scorff, Forêt de Pont Calleck, Rivière Sarre, 1.5 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Lanester?
OpenStreetMap maps 87 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 5.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 25 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lanester is woodland?
13% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lanester near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Lanester?
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.