First pick
Parc de la Chaumière
Park or garden
1 ha0.5 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jacques Rocquet · CC BY-SA 4.032%of the land protected
Outdoors in Camiers · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Camiers is on the coast
Protected areas cover 32% of Camiers’ land. Mapped woodland covers 30% of Camiers. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 12 km in Camiers. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
32%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
30%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
32 km
2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de la Chaumière
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.9 km from its center
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Camiers?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.9 km from its center.Protected countryside32% of the land lies in protected areas.A wooded commune30% mapped woodland, more than in 77% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.A nature reserveBaie de Canche nature reserve covers 22% of the commune.
What sets Camiers apart: the sea, then its protected countryside.
Against French towns
How Camiers 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 areas32%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
83out of 100
Woodland30%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
77out of 100
Footpaths2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
57out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Camiers has the 6th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,556 to 2,606 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From École-Valentin (3.9 km per km²) to Hilsenheim (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 2 | Josselin Morbihan | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 36 km |
| 3 | Villejust Essonne | 2.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 4 | Sainte-Feyre Creuse | 2.1 | 30% | 0% | 222 km |
| 5 | Tourville-la-Rivière Seine-Maritime | 2 | 15% | 15% | 55 km |
| 6 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 7 | Sain-Bel Rhône | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 253 km |
| 8 | Damparis Jura | 1.6 | 35% | 0% | 401 km |
| 9 | Hardricourt Yvelines | 1.6 | 15% | 0.4% | 118 km |
| 10 | Longueil-Annel Oise | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 116 km |
| 11 | Mornas Vaucluse | 1.5 | 35% | 5% | 84 km |
| 12 | Le Palais Morbihan | 1.5 | 5% | 26% | On it |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-du-Gard Gard | 1.4 | 84% | 100% | 62 km |
| 14 | Watten Nord | 1.4 | 24% | 100% | 18 km |
| 15 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 16 | Bessèges Gard | 1.3 | 66% | 100% | 81 km |
| 17 | Villenauxe-la-Grande Aube | 1.3 | 13% | 0% | 223 km |
| 18 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 19 | Pîtres Eure | 0.9 | 47% | 0.2% | 64 km |
| 20 | Grâces Côtes-d'Armor | 0.8 | 12% | 0% | 17 km |
| 21 | Villages du Lac de Paladru Isère | 0.8 | 21% | 0% | 230 km |
| 22 | La Calmette Gard | 0.7 | 29% | 0% | 43 km |
| 23 | Avelin Nord | 0.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 24 | La Châtaigneraie Vendée | 0.6 | 4.5% | 0% | 48 km |
| 25 | Trélon Nord | 0.6 | 78% | 100% | 156 km |
| 26 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 27 | Xertigny Vosges | 0.4 | 42% | 0% | 417 km |
| 28 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 29 | Baldersheim Haut-Rhin | 0.4 | 63% | 60% | 446 km |
| 30 | Toucy Yonne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 288 km |
| 31 | Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac Gironde | 0.3 | 13% | 3% | 19 km |
| 32 | Charly-sur-Marne Aisne | 0.3 | 21% | 0% | 177 km |
| 33 | Clairac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 7.7% | 0% | 105 km |
| 34 | Semussac Charente-Maritime | 0.3 | 3.8% | 6.9% | 5.1 km |
| 35 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 36 | Nogent-sur-Vernisson Loiret | 0.2 | 46% | 0.3% | 249 km |
| 37 | Eymet Dordogne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 0.4% | 86 km |
| 38 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 39 | Noyen-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.1 | 28% | 0% | 126 km |
| 40 | Cauchy-à-la-Tour Pas-de-Calais | 0.1 | 0.4% | 0% | 54 km |
| 41 | Hilsenheim Bas-Rhin | 0 | 28% | 18% | 465 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 Camiers
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de la Chaumière leads, at 1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
32% of Camiers lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park
1.3 km from the town center
Nature reserve
Baie de Canche nature reserve
22% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Estuaire de la Canche, dunes picardes plaquées sur l’ancienne falaise, forêt d’Hardelot et falaise d’Equihen
26% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Estuaire de la Canche
25% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Coteau de Dannes et de Camiers
3.6% of the commune1.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Baie de Canche et couloir des trois estuaires
0.7% of the commune1.8 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area32%
Nature reserve22%
Natura 2000 site32%
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.
32% of Camiers’ land is protected, more than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Pas-de-Calais has 0%. 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
32 km of footpaths and 12 km of hiking routes cross Camiers
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
2 km per km²
Hiking routes
12 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
30%
about 4.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
CamiersPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Footpaths2
Hiking routes0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CamiersPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 57% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 77% 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 Camiers is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
13 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 12018 km
Sentier de Rombly13 km
Le Mont de l'Epine8.7 km
La Butte aux Signaux3.2 km
Sentier du Chablis2.6 km
Boucle du Tadorne2.2 km
Sentier de la Dune Vive1.8 km
Sentier de la Pomme d'Or1.6 km
Chemin des Molières1.6 km
Sentier de la Dune Cotière1.4 km
Chemin du Domaine du Rohart1.4 km
Sentier des Fourrés1.3 km
+1 more
GR 120 passes within 2 km of Camiers.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Camiers: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Le-Touquet, 6.2 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) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 62 | 54 | 50 | 59 | 56 | 59 | 73 | 77 | 101 | 114 | 107 |
April is the driest month (50 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 22 °C). 114 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Camiers →
Neighbors
Next to Camiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le Touquet-Paris-PlageÉtaplesNeufchâtel-HardelotCucqSaint-Étienne-au-MontÉquihen-PlageCamiers
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camiers | 32% | 30% | 2 | On it |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 5.8 km | 9.8% | 23% | 5 | On it |
| Étaples 10,710 · 6.1 km | 7% | 29% | 3.2 | On it |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 6.4 km | 100% | 27% | 2.5 | On it |
| Cucq 5,129 · 9.2 km | 8.6% | 2.7% | 1.5 | On it |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 12 km | 100% | 35% | 2.8 | On it |
| Équihen-Plage 2,619 · 12 km | 100% | 3.8% | 2.7 | On it |
Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont and Équihen-Plage have at least twice as much protected land.
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 Camiers
Is Camiers in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 32% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Camiers?
OpenStreetMap maps 32 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 12 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Camiers is woodland?
30% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Camiers near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.9 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Camiers?
May 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.