First pick
Parc de La Falaise
Park or garden · 370 m outside the commune
33 ha5.3 km of path
1 h 10 minto walk all 5.3 km of path
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 4.04.8%woodland
Outdoors in Outreau · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Outreau is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 18 km across Outreau (2.6 km per km²). 4.8% of Outreau is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Outreau; the nearest, Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, is 1.7 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: Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, 1.7 km
Woodland
4.8%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
2.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de La Falaise
The sea
1.7 km
from the town center to the coast
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 Outreau?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Near the seaThe coast is 1.7 km from the town center.Protected land nearbyCaps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park is 1.7 km from the town center.
What sets Outreau apart: the sea nearby, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Outreau 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
49out of 100
Woodland4.8%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
22out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
57out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Outreau has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,830 to 13,459 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 Gien (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 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 3 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 4 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 5 | Saint-Jean-de-Védas Hérault | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 9 km |
| 6 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 7 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 8 | Mouvaux Nord | 3 | 3.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 9 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 10 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 11 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 12 | Kingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 445 km |
| 13 | Plougastel-Daoulas Finistère | 2.6 | 28% | 6.5% | On it |
| 14 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 15 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 16 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 17 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 18 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 19 | Claye-Souilly Seine-et-Marne | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 20 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 21 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 22 | Bonneville Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 47% | 5.2% | 269 km |
| 23 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 24 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 25 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 26 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 27 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 28 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 29 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 30 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 31 | Genas Rhône | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 252 km |
| 32 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 33 | Moissac Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 27% | 2.5% | 167 km |
| 34 | Tulle Corrèze | 1 | 34% | 0% | 187 km |
| 35 | Cusset Allier | 0.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 290 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 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 km |
| 41 | Gien Loiret | 0.3 | 35% | 1.8% | 256 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 Outreau
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de La Falaise leads, at 33 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Mont Soleil
Park or garden
19 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Farjon
Wood or forest · 130 m outside the commune
4.1 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Les jardins du savoir
Park or garden · 160 m outside the commune
0.4 ha0.5 km of path
0.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Public
Park or garden · 100 m outside the commune
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Ansel
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 1.7 km away
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
1.7 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.
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
18 km of footpaths cross Outreau
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
18 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.1 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
4.8%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
OutreauPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
OutreauPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Woodland4.8%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 78% 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 Outreau is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
7 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 12012 km
GR 1211.6 km
Ceinture de Boulogne19 km
Parcours Parc de la Falaise & Fort de Couppes4.3 km
Parcours Sentier du Littoral et Musée Radiomaritime4.1 km
Parcours Centre-Ville2.4 km
Le Parcours Impérial0.4 km
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Outreau: GR 120 and GR 121.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Outreau: May to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Boulogne-Sem, 3.2 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 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 77 | 56 | 48 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 96 | 107 | 103 |
March is the driest month (48 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). 107 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 19 nights a year. The climate in Outreau →
Neighbors
Next to Outreau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le PortelBoulogne-sur-MerSaint-LéonardÉquihen-PlageSaint-Martin-BoulogneSaint-Étienne-au-MontOutreau
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outreau | 0% | 4.8% | 2.6 | 1.7 km |
| Le Portel 8,768 · 1.1 km | 6.7% | 3.3% | 5.5 | On it |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer 40,539 · 2.6 km | 0% | 1.3% | 5.8 | On it |
| Saint-Léonard 3,353 · 2.9 km | 0.2% | 7.5% | 0.9 | 4 km |
| Équihen-Plage 2,619 · 3.2 km | 100% | 3.8% | 2.7 | On it |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 3.6 km | 0.1% | 8.3% | 1.7 | 2.1 km |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 3.7 km | 100% | 35% | 2.8 | On it |
Équihen-Plage and Saint-Étienne-au-Mont have at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Étienne-au-Mont is 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 Outreau
Is Outreau in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park, 1.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Outreau?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 3 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Outreau is woodland?
4.8% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Outreau near the sea?
No: the coast is 1.7 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Outreau?
May to August: 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 8, 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.