First pick
Parc de Parilly
Park or garden
180 ha43.5 km of path
9 h 40 minto walk all 43.5 km of path
2 km south-westfrom the center
Boulevard des TurfistesAllée des FaisansBoulevard de la Jeunesse+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Romainberth · CC BY-SA 3.06.1%woodland
Outdoors in Bron · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Bron has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 73 km across Bron (7.1 km per km²). No protected area reaches Bron; the nearest, Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000), is 5.8 km from the town center. Mapped woodland covers 6.1% of Bron. 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, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 5.8 km
Woodland
6.1%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
73 km
7.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.7 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
13
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Parilly
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Bron?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths7.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyPelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000) is 5.8 km from the town center.
What sets Bron apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Bron 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
22out of 100
Woodland6.1%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
27out of 100
Footpaths7.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
96out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
51out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bron has the 5th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (40,389 to 45,702 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Puteaux (18.9 km per km²) to Castres (1.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puteaux Hauts-de-Seine | 18.9 | 1.5% | 0% | 142 km |
| 2 | Bagneux Hauts-de-Seine | 9.6 | 1.1% | 0% | 154 km |
| 3 | Marseille 5e Bouches-du-Rhône | 8.9 | 0% | 0% | 1.9 km |
| 4 | Paris 6e Paris | 8.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 149 km |
| 5 | Bron Rhône | 7.1 | 6.1% | 0% | 251 km |
| 6 | Villepinte Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 15% | 16% | 149 km |
| 7 | Chalon-sur-Saône Saône-et-Loire | 6.7 | 4.2% | 0% | 364 km |
| 8 | Rezé Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 7% | 3.6% | 37 km |
| 9 | Arras Pas-de-Calais | 6.5 | 3.4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 10 | Colomiers Haute-Garonne | 6.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Stains Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 6.9% | 14% | 142 km |
| 12 | Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0% | On it |
| 13 | Alfortville Val-de-Marne | 5.7 | 0.1% | 0% | 157 km |
| 14 | Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.5 | 1.4% | 3.6% | 151 km |
| 15 | Saint-Brieuc Côtes-d'Armor | 5.3 | 14% | 2.1% | On it |
| 16 | Valenciennes Nord | 5.2 | 6.6% | 0.2% | 105 km |
| 17 | Caluire-et-Cuire Rhône | 5.1 | 9.1% | 0.1% | 255 km |
| 18 | Charleville-Mézières Ardennes | 5 | 32% | 0.5% | 207 km |
| 19 | Noisy-le-Sec Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 151 km |
| 20 | Gagny Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.3 | 9.6% | 0.5% | 155 km |
| 21 | Angoulême Charente | 4.1 | 14% | 3.6% | 75 km |
| 22 | Anglet Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4 | 18% | 4.5% | On it |
| 23 | Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 4 | 8.7% | 0% | 141 km |
| 24 | Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines | 3.7 | 12% | 7.1% | 109 km |
| 25 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | 3.5 | 16% | 0% | 307 km |
| 26 | Compiègne Oise | 3.4 | 74% | 76% | 119 km |
| 27 | Tarbes Hautes-Pyrénées | 3.4 | 2.8% | 0.8% | 131 km |
| 28 | Wattrelos Nord | 3.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 60 km |
| 29 | Poissy Yvelines | 3 | 12% | 0% | 131 km |
| 30 | Le Cannet Alpes-Maritimes | 2.8 | 9.9% | 0% | 2.4 km |
| 31 | Thionville Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 307 km |
| 32 | Villenave-d'Ornon Gironde | 2.4 | 7% | 14% | 26 km |
| 33 | Gap Hautes-Alpes | 2.3 | 28% | 33% | 133 km |
| 34 | Châteauroux Indre | 2.3 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 224 km |
| 35 | Châlons-en-Champagne Marne | 2.2 | 0.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 36 | Sète Hérault | 2 | 0.6% | 67% | On it |
| 37 | Montélimar Drôme | 1.8 | 8% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 38 | Draguignan Var | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 26 km |
| 39 | Salon-de-Provence Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.4 | 4.8% | 59% | 26 km |
| 40 | Istres Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.1 | 3.3% | 49% | 9.7 km |
| 41 | Castres Tarn | 1.1 | 9.7% | 1.2% | 90 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 Bron
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Parilly leads, at 180 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc du Fort de Bron
Park or garden
18 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the center
Chemin des Quantines
Directionsto a point inside
Bois des Essarts
Wood or forest
8.1 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.6 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Chambovet
Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune
3.1 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Plaine aux œdicnèmes
Park or garden · 220 m outside the commune
3.1 ha0.4 km of path
2.4 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Rosa Parks
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Grand Cèdre
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Antoine Perrin
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.9 ha0.1 km of path
1.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc de ParillyPark or garden · 180 ha · 43.5 km of path
DirectionsParc du Fort de BronPark or garden · 18 ha · 4.2 km of path
DirectionsBois des EssartsWood or forest · 8.1 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsParc ChambovetPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 1.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlaine aux œdicnèmesPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Rosa ParksPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc du Grand CèdrePark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin Antoine PerrinPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsFutur parc Simone VeilPark or garden · 1 ha
DirectionsSquare Marx DormoyPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc Maurice FéréolPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside
DirectionsPlace de la PaixPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside
DirectionsJardin pédagogique Antoine et Suzanne PerrinPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage is the nearest protected area, 5.8 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, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage
5.8 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
Footpaths and woods in Bron
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
73 km
7.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.7 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
6.1%
about 0.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BronRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths7.1
Hiking routes0.4
04.59 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BronRhône medianFrance median
Woodland6.1%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 96% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 73% 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 Bron is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
8 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Bron à Feyzin5.5 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Vancia au Fort de Bron4.9 km
Le parcours de l'énergie1.6 km
Curieux Détours Ferrandière - Maisons Neuves1.1 km
Curieux Détours Flachet1 km
Curieux Détours Cusset1 km
Curieux Détours Tolstoï0.7 km
Sentier nature du Borgeai0.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bron: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-Bron, 3.3 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 50 | 42 | 49 | 69 | 81 | 74 | 67 | 66 | 83 | 100 | 87 | 54 |
February is the driest month (42 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 100 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Bron →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Bron
Named gardens in the commune.
Parc de ParillyIn Bron
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Bron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Lyon 8eVilleurbanneLyon 3eChassieuVénissieuxVaulx-en-VelinBron
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bron | 0% | 6.1% | 7.1 |
| Lyon 8e 85,943 · 3.4 km | 0% | 0.7% | 4.6 |
| Villeurbanne 163,684 · 4.1 km | 0.3% | 2.8% | 7.4 |
| Lyon 3e 100,679 · 4.2 km | 0% | 0.5% | 5.9 |
| Chassieu 11,208 · 4.4 km | 0% | 0.5% | 3.3 |
| Vénissieux 65,502 · 4.4 km | 0% | 3.8% | 5 |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 53,069 · 4.5 km | 35% | 16% | 3.9 |
Vaulx-en-Velin has 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 Bron
Is Bron in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 5.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bron?
OpenStreetMap maps 73 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 7.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Bron is woodland?
6.1% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bron near the sea?
No: the coast is 251 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bron?
April and June 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 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.