First pick
Bois de Cangies
Wood or forest
330 ha6.2 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.2 km of path
4.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Maurice Utrillo · Public domain18%of the land protected
Outdoors in Noyon · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Noyon is within 800 m of a park or wood
Protected areas cover 18% of Noyon’s land. 19% of Noyon is mapped woodland. Noyon has 6 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
18%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
19%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
29 km
1.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.9 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
5
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Bois de Cangies
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Noyon 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 areas18%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
77out of 100
Woodland19%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
60out of 100
Footpaths1.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
49out of 100
Hiking routes0.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
48out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Noyon has the 14th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,648 to 13,301 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Graulhet (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Bayeux Calvados | 6.1 | 2.8% | 0% | 7.4 km |
| 3 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 4 | Châlette-sur-Loing Loiret | 5.1 | 43% | 0% | 234 km |
| 5 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 6 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 7 | Chambray-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 3.5 | 24% | 0% | 181 km |
| 8 | Pornichet Loire-Atlantique | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | On it |
| 9 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 10 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 11 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 12 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 13 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 14 | Andernos-les-Bains Gironde | 2.6 | 46% | 3.4% | On it |
| 15 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 16 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 17 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 18 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 19 | Saint-André-les-Vergers Aube | 2.5 | 4.4% | 0% | 273 km |
| 20 | Aubergenville Yvelines | 2.4 | 9.1% | 0% | 121 km |
| 21 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 22 | La Chapelle-Saint-Luc Aube | 2.3 | 12% | 0% | 270 km |
| 23 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 24 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 25 | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 26% | 8.9% | 213 km |
| 26 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 27 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 28 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 29 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 30 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 31 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 32 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 33 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 34 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 35 | Comines Nord | 0.9 | 2.3% | 0% | 48 km |
| 36 | Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 168 km |
| 37 | Monteux Vaucluse | 0.7 | 2.6% | 26% | 65 km |
| 38 | Petite-Île Réunion | 0.6 | 22% | 4.9% | On it |
| 39 | Bras-Panon Réunion | 0.6 | 69% | 83% | On it |
| 40 | Mèze Hérault | 0.5 | 5.2% | 27% | 6.3 km |
| 41 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 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 Noyon
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois de Cangies leads, at 330 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Le vivier
Wood or forest · 140 m outside the commune
23 ha
3.1 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Franklin Roosevelt
Park or garden
2 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Noyon
Directionsto a point inside
Harmoye
Wood or forest · 60 m outside the commune
7 ha
2.6 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
parc des Tanneurs
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Noyon
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
18% of Noyon 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
Prairies alluviales de l’Oise de la Fère à Sempigny
18% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Moyenne vallée de l’Oise
17% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area18%
Natura 2000 site18%
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.
18% of Noyon’s land is protected, more than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Oise has 0.1%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
29 km of footpaths and 6 km of hiking routes cross Noyon
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
29 km
1.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
5.9 km
waymarked: 0.3 km per km²
Woodland
19%
about 3.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NoyonOise medianFrance median
Footpaths1.6
Hiking routes0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NoyonOise medianFrance median
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 51% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 60% 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 Noyon is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 2257.3 km
de Saint-Quentin à Orrouy (selon GR 655)13 km
Tour du Noyonnais9.4 km
GR 225 passes within 2 km of Noyon.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Noyon: April to July and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chauny, 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 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 54 | 55 | 44 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 69 | 52 | 64 | 58 | 75 |
April is the driest month (44 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Noyon →
Neighbors
Next to Noyon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Ribécourt-DreslincourtThourotteChaunyLongueil-AnnelChoisy-au-BacHamNoyon
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noyon | 18% | 19% | 1.6 |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 9.3 km | 1.5% | 37% | 1.2 |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 14 km | 0.8% | 8% | 2.8 |
| Chauny 11,596 · 16 km | 10% | 5.7% | 1.2 |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 16 km | 0% | 21% | 1.5 |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 18 km | 56% | 62% | 2.5 |
| Ham 4,378 · 19 km | 0% | 6.1% | 0.9 |
Choisy-au-Bac has at least twice as much protected land. Ribécourt-Dreslincourt and Choisy-au-Bac 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 Noyon
Is Noyon in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 18% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Noyon?
OpenStreetMap maps 29 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 6 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Noyon is woodland?
19% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Noyon near the sea?
No: the coast is 116 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Noyon?
April to July and 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 October 30, 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.