First pick
Forêt d'Halatte
Wood or forest
7,101 ha202.1 km of path
44 h 55 minto walk all 202.1 km of path
3.5 km south-eastfrom the center
Chemin de BrenouilleRoute des Blancs SablonsRoute de la Valroy+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr58%of the land protected
Outdoors in Verneuil-en-Halatte · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Verneuil-en-Halatte lies inside Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park
58% of Verneuil-en-Halatte’s land lies in protected areas. 49% of Verneuil-en-Halatte is mapped woodland. 28 km of footpaths cross Verneuil-en-Halatte (1.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
58%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
49%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
28 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.5 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: Forêt d'Halatte
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Verneuil-en-Halatte?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park58% of the commune is in the regional nature park.A wooded commune49% mapped woodland, more than in 91% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Verneuil-en-Halatte apart: the regional nature park around it, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Verneuil-en-Halatte 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 areas58%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
88out of 100
Woodland49%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
91out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
40out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
26out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Verneuil-en-Halatte has the 20th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,740 to 4,811 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Marolles-en-Brie (6.1 km per km²) to Sanilhac (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marolles-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 6.1 | 42% | 0% | 169 km |
| 2 | Pompey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.3 | 68% | 0% | 356 km |
| 3 | Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Vienne | 3.4 | 6.9% | 30% | 121 km |
| 4 | Teyran Hérault | 3.2 | 11% | 10% | 15 km |
| 5 | Dagneux Ain | 2.5 | 18% | 0% | 266 km |
| 6 | Écouflant Maine-et-Loire | 2.1 | 10% | 46% | 123 km |
| 7 | Ingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2 | 17% | 1.3% | 469 km |
| 8 | L'Horme Loire | 2 | 3.4% | 0% | 217 km |
| 9 | Soufflenheim Bas-Rhin | 1.8 | 46% | 0.8% | 444 km |
| 10 | La Haie-Fouassière Loire-Atlantique | 1.7 | 12% | 0% | 47 km |
| 11 | La Grand-Combe Gard | 1.7 | 71% | 0% | 73 km |
| 12 | Saint-Martin-des-Champs Finistère | 1.7 | 17% | 1.4% | On it |
| 13 | Charly Rhône | 1.7 | 0.2% | 0% | 239 km |
| 14 | Locminé Morbihan | 1.6 | 7.8% | 0% | 24 km |
| 15 | Rilhac-Rancon Haute-Vienne | 1.6 | 33% | 0% | 170 km |
| 16 | Marvejols Lozère | 1.6 | 19% | 0.1% | 125 km |
| 17 | Bourgbarré Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.5 | 5.3% | 0% | 62 km |
| 18 | Limas Rhône | 1.4 | 8.5% | 0% | 273 km |
| 19 | Sadirac Gironde | 1.4 | 37% | 3.6% | 29 km |
| 20 | Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 3.5% | 0% | 9.6 km |
| 21 | Grésy-sur-Aix Savoie | 1.3 | 26% | 1.2% | 248 km |
| 22 | Verneuil-en-Halatte Oise | 1.3 | 49% | 58% | 117 km |
| 23 | Le Coudray-Montceaux Essonne | 1.2 | 19% | 0% | 182 km |
| 24 | Cléon Seine-Maritime | 1.1 | 16% | 2% | 51 km |
| 25 | Cerizay Deux-Sèvres | 1.1 | 3.5% | 0% | 67 km |
| 26 | Vittel Vosges | 1.1 | 23% | 0% | 381 km |
| 27 | Casteljaloux Lot-et-Garonne | 0.7 | 49% | 0.8% | 94 km |
| 28 | La Plaine-sur-Mer Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 6% | 0.1% | On it |
| 29 | Sanguinet Landes | 0.6 | 73% | 21% | 14 km |
| 30 | Maraussan Hérault | 0.6 | 1.3% | 0% | 17 km |
| 31 | Les Monts d'Aunay Calvados | 0.6 | 23% | 25% | 37 km |
| 32 | Venansault Vendée | 0.5 | 6.2% | 0% | 27 km |
| 33 | Salies-de-Béarn Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.5 | 34% | 27% | 46 km |
| 34 | La Ferté-Gaucher Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 7.6% | 0% | 195 km |
| 35 | Ruy-Montceau Isère | 0.4 | 21% | 12% | 240 km |
| 36 | Saint-Germain-du-Puy Cher | 0.4 | 7.4% | 0% | 290 km |
| 37 | Billom Puy-de-Dôme | 0.4 | 7.1% | 100% | 247 km |
| 38 | Argenton-sur-Creuse Indre | 0.3 | 25% | 3.9% | 205 km |
| 39 | Saverdun Ariège | 0.2 | 13% | 0.7% | 123 km |
| 40 | Salbris Loir-et-Cher | 0.2 | 81% | 100% | 256 km |
| 41 | Sanilhac Dordogne | 0.1 | 56% | 0% | 105 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 Verneuil-en-Halatte
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt d'Halatte leads, at 7,101 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Saint-Rieul
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
2.7 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
3 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Chopin
Park or garden · 200 m outside the commune
1 ha0.4 km of path
2.8 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Verneuil-en-Halatte
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park
58% of the commune0.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Coteaux de l’Oise autour de Creil
2 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area58%
Regional nature park58%
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.
58% of Verneuil-en-Halatte’s land is protected, more than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Oise has 0.1%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
28 km of footpaths cross Verneuil-en-Halatte
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
28 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.5 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
49%
about 10.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Verneuil-en-HalatteOise medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Verneuil-en-HalatteOise medianFrance median
Woodland49%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 60% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 91% 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 Verneuil-en-Halatte 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 12B8.3 km
Via Sancti Martini - Chemin d'Utrecht8.6 km
La Croix Méfroid3.8 km
Chemin du Marronnier0.4 km
GR 12B passes within 2 km of Verneuil-en-Halatte.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Verneuil-en-Halatte: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Creil, 3 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) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 56 | 47 | 48 | 45 | 60 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 45 | 61 | 59 | 71 |
September is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 71 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Verneuil-en-Halatte →
Neighbors
Next to Verneuil-en-Halatte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Villers-Saint-PaulNogent-sur-OiseCreilLaignevillePont-Sainte-MaxenceMontataireVerneuil-en-Halatte
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verneuil-en-Halatte | 58% | 49% | 1.3 |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 2.8 km | 0% | 16% | 3.2 |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 4 km | 0% | 19% | 3.3 |
| Creil 36,301 · 4.1 km | 41% | 25% | 5.8 |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 6.1 km | 0% | 29% | 1.5 |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 6.5 km | 99% | 47% | 1.8 |
| Montataire 14,257 · 6.7 km | 0.1% | 11% | 2.9 |
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 Verneuil-en-Halatte
Is Verneuil-en-Halatte in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Verneuil-en-Halatte lies in Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park (58% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Verneuil-en-Halatte?
OpenStreetMap maps 28 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Verneuil-en-Halatte is woodland?
49% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Verneuil-en-Halatte near the sea?
No: the coast is 117 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Verneuil-en-Halatte?
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.