First pick
Parc de la Seille
Park or garden
8.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Marly
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Original uploader was Aimelaime at fr.wikipedia · Public domain4.4%woodland
Outdoors in Marly · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Marly is within 800 m of a park or wood
32 km of footpaths cross Marly (3 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 4.4% of Marly. No protected area reaches Marly; the nearest, Pelouses du pays Messin (Natura 2000), is 0.8 km from the town center. 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: Pelouses du pays Messin, 0.8 km
Woodland
4.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
32 km
3 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
7
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Seille
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 Marly 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
45out of 100
Woodland4.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
20out of 100
Footpaths3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
73out 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
Marly has the 11th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (10,109 to 10,467 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Mondeville (5.2 km per km²) to Carentan-les-Marais (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mondeville Calvados | 5.2 | 5.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 2 | Aubière Puy-de-Dôme | 5.2 | 0.4% | 0% | 254 km |
| 3 | Serris Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 2.1% | 0% | 168 km |
| 4 | Courrières Pas-de-Calais | 4.1 | 11% | 0% | 76 km |
| 5 | Cabestany Pyrénées-Orientales | 4 | 1.8% | 0% | 7.9 km |
| 6 | Villebon-sur-Yvette Essonne | 3.8 | 23% | 0% | 159 km |
| 7 | Oignies Pas-de-Calais | 3.7 | 12% | 0% | 77 km |
| 8 | Cabriès Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 1.6% | 11 km |
| 9 | Feyzin Rhône | 3.4 | 12% | 0% | 242 km |
| 10 | Thorigny-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 3.4 | 15% | 12% | 162 km |
| 11 | Marly Moselle | 3 | 4.4% | 0% | 332 km |
| 12 | Sainte-Savine Aube | 2.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 271 km |
| 13 | Beaumont-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 26% | 35% | 121 km |
| 14 | Pierrelaye Val-d'Oise | 2.4 | 20% | 0% | 126 km |
| 15 | Buxerolles Vienne | 2.3 | 10% | 0% | 119 km |
| 16 | Pfastatt Haut-Rhin | 2.2 | 22% | 0.1% | 443 km |
| 17 | Divonne-les-Bains Ain | 2.1 | 52% | 57% | 306 km |
| 18 | Fouesnant Finistère | 2 | 3.5% | 9.8% | On it |
| 19 | Miribel Ain | 2 | 17% | 14% | 262 km |
| 20 | Parthenay Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 3.8% | 0.1% | 78 km |
| 21 | Avranches Manche | 1.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 2.5 km |
| 22 | La Ferté-sous-Jouarre Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 172 km |
| 23 | Fuveau Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 21 km |
| 24 | Gignac-la-Nerthe Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.9 | 2.5% | 0.7% | 5.8 km |
| 25 | Jeumont Nord | 1.8 | 25% | 0.1% | 133 km |
| 26 | Le Muy Var | 1.7 | 35% | 46% | 16 km |
| 27 | Le Beausset Var | 1.5 | 18% | 69% | 7.1 km |
| 28 | Andrézieux-Bouthéon Loire | 1.4 | 3.5% | 7.1% | 219 km |
| 29 | Apt Vaucluse | 1.2 | 29% | 100% | 58 km |
| 30 | Lézignan-Corbières Aude | 1.2 | 14% | 7% | 31 km |
| 31 | Ploërmel Morbihan | 1.1 | 15% | 0% | 39 km |
| 32 | Couzeix Haute-Vienne | 1.1 | 21% | 0% | 163 km |
| 33 | Douchy-les-Mines Nord | 1 | 11% | 0% | 106 km |
| 34 | Marck Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 3.4% | 0% | On it |
| 35 | Borgo Haute-Corse | 0.8 | 11% | 28% | On it |
| 36 | Aizenay Vendée | 0.8 | 8.2% | 0% | 24 km |
| 37 | Gerzat Puy-de-Dôme | 0.8 | 0.5% | 0% | 261 km |
| 38 | Auterive Haute-Garonne | 0.6 | 4.6% | 1.2% | 134 km |
| 39 | Blain Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 15% | 0% | 37 km |
| 40 | Lillers Pas-de-Calais | 0.5 | 7.8% | 0% | 53 km |
| 41 | Carentan-les-Marais Manche | 0.3 | 0.2% | 100% | On it |
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 Marly
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Seille leads, at 8.3 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Bois Joli
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Saint-Vincent de Paul
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
1.5 ha0.4 km of path
2.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Nec
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Roseraie Jouin
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Place des Droits de l'Homme
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Freinet
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Marly
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses du pays Messin is the nearest protected area, 0.8 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
Pelouses du pays Messin
0.8 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
32 km of footpaths cross Marly
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
32 km
3 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
4.4%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MarlyMoselle medianFrance median
Footpaths3
Hiking routes0
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MarlyMoselle medianFrance median
Woodland4.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 73% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 80% 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 Marly 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 5015 km
GR 50.8 km
Tour entre Côtes de Moselle et Côtes de Meuse5.7 km
Nancy - Metz4.9 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Marly: GR 501 and GR 5.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Marly: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Metz-Frescaty, 2.4 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 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 62 | 56 | 51 | 45 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 65 | 77 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 77 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 61 nights a year. The climate in Marly →
Neighbors
Next to Marly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Montigny-lès-MetzMoulins-lès-MetzLongeville-lès-MetzMetzScy-ChazellesArs-sur-MoselleMarly
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marly | 0% | 4.4% | 3 |
| Montigny-lès-Metz 21,718 · 3.2 km | 0% | 3.4% | 4.9 |
| Moulins-lès-Metz 5,265 · 4.2 km | 0% | 17% | 3.5 |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 5.4 km | 0% | 9.3% | 7.3 |
| Metz 122,572 · 5.5 km | 0% | 8% | 6.8 |
| Scy-Chazelles 2,753 · 5.6 km | 16% | 21% | 6.6 |
| Ars-sur-Moselle 4,616 · 6.4 km | 100% | 59% | 3.7 |
Scy-Chazelles and Ars-sur-Moselle have at least twice as much protected land. Scy-Chazelles and Ars-sur-Moselle 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 Marly
Is Marly in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses du pays Messin, 0.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Marly?
OpenStreetMap maps 32 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Marly is woodland?
4.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Marly near the sea?
No: the coast is 332 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Marly?
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 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.