First pick
Parc du Haut de la Combe
Park or garden
4.1 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.017%woodland
Outdoors in Sathonay-Camp · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Sathonay-Camp has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
Footpaths add up to 16 km across Sathonay-Camp (8.3 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 4 km in Sathonay-Camp. No protected area reaches Sathonay-Camp; the nearest, Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage (Natura 2000), is 2.6 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: Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 2.6 km
Woodland
17%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
16 km
8.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.5 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: Parc du Haut de la Combe
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 Sathonay-Camp?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths8.3 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 2.6 km from the town center.
What sets Sathonay-Camp apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Sathonay-Camp 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
Woodland17%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
57out of 100
Footpaths8.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
98out of 100
Hiking routes1.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
95out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Sathonay-Camp has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,931 to 7,102 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sathonay-Camp (8.3 km per km²) to Saint-Pierre-en-Auge (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sathonay-Camp Rhône | 8.3 | 17% | 0% | 259 km |
| 2 | Sainte-Adresse Seine-Maritime | 6.5 | 8.4% | 7.6% | On it |
| 3 | Bailly-Romainvilliers Seine-et-Marne | 4.6 | 10% | 0% | 169 km |
| 4 | Trévoux Ain | 3.9 | 8.3% | 0% | 270 km |
| 5 | Barr Bas-Rhin | 3.8 | 77% | 0% | 450 km |
| 6 | Cognin Savoie | 3.6 | 16% | 44% | 234 km |
| 7 | Luisant Eure-et-Loir | 3.4 | 11% | 6.4% | 139 km |
| 8 | Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 18% | 0% | 81 km |
| 9 | Binic-Étables-sur-Mer Côtes-d'Armor | 3.3 | 7.5% | 0% | On it |
| 10 | Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville Seine-Maritime | 3.3 | 52% | 0% | 47 km |
| 11 | Fontaines-sur-Saône Rhône | 3 | 14% | 0% | 259 km |
| 12 | Étréchy Essonne | 2.8 | 29% | 0% | 170 km |
| 13 | Auby Nord | 2.8 | 16% | 1.7% | 84 km |
| 14 | Soultz-Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin | 2.4 | 60% | 100% | 456 km |
| 15 | Uckange Moselle | 2.3 | 3.2% | 0% | 312 km |
| 16 | Saint-Rambert-d'Albon Drôme | 1.8 | 6.2% | 1.6% | 201 km |
| 17 | Houdain Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 18 | Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes Nord | 1.7 | 0.5% | 0% | 108 km |
| 19 | Saint-André-des-Eaux Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 7.8% | 100% | 6.4 km |
| 20 | Bourbourg Nord | 1.4 | 0.3% | 0% | 6.1 km |
| 21 | Castelnau-d'Estrétefonds Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 16% | 2.6% | 161 km |
| 22 | Pont-Saint-Martin Loire-Atlantique | 1.3 | 17% | 1.7% | 33 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pol-de-Léon Finistère | 1.2 | 2% | 4% | On it |
| 24 | Morteau Doubs | 1.2 | 28% | 100% | 371 km |
| 25 | Brech Morbihan | 1.1 | 18% | 0% | On it |
| 26 | Épône Yvelines | 1.1 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 27 | Plédran Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 8.8% | 0% | 6.7 km |
| 28 | Villemandeur Loiret | 1 | 13% | 0% | 236 km |
| 29 | Jurançon Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 1 | 45% | 5.5% | 94 km |
| 30 | Péronne Somme | 1 | 6.5% | 12% | 94 km |
| 31 | Grandchamp-des-Fontaines Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 8.7% | 0% | 43 km |
| 32 | Bétheny Marne | 0.7 | 0% | 0% | 198 km |
| 33 | Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure Rhône | 0.7 | 4.8% | 0% | 249 km |
| 34 | Marsillargues Hérault | 0.6 | 0.5% | 32% | 13 km |
| 35 | Valognes Manche | 0.5 | 4.7% | 0% | 12 km |
| 36 | Nérac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.5 | 6.7% | 0.5% | 122 km |
| 37 | Viriat Ain | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 311 km |
| 38 | La Plaine-des-Palmistes Réunion | 0.5 | 64% | 100% | 14 km |
| 39 | Manduel Gard | 0.5 | 0.5% | 63% | 40 km |
| 40 | Chauvigny Vienne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 140 km |
| 41 | Saint-Pierre-en-Auge Calvados | 0.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 32 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 Sathonay-Camp
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du Haut de la Combe leads, at 4.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden · 170 m outside the commune
2.3 ha0.3 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Arboretum Clémence Lortet
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Sathonay-Camp
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © 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, 2.6 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
2.6 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 Sathonay-Camp
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
16 km
8.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.5 km
waymarked: 1.8 km per km²
Woodland
17%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Sathonay-CampRhône medianFrance median
Footpaths8.3
Hiking routes1.8
0510 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Sathonay-CampRhône medianFrance median
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 98% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 57% 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 Sathonay-Camp is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
6 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de Lyon, de la Saône au Fort de Vancia15 km
De Fontaines-sur-Saône à Sathonay-Camp10 km
Les Quais de Saône2.4 km
Tour de Lyon, du Fort de Vancia au Fort de Bron1.2 km
Chemin de l'Eau0.8 km
Place de la République0.6 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Sathonay-Camp: April and June to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lyon-Bron, 13 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 Sathonay-Camp →
Neighbors
Next to Sathonay-Camp
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Fontaines-sur-SaôneRillieux-la-PapeCollonges-au-Mont-d'OrFontaines-Saint-MartinCailloux-sur-FontainesCaluire-et-CuireSathonay-Camp
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sathonay-Camp | 0% | 17% | 8.3 |
| Fontaines-sur-Saône 6,957 · 1.4 km | 0% | 14% | 3 |
| Rillieux-la-Pape 31,389 · 2 km | 6.1% | 16% | 3.5 |
| Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or 4,669 · 2.4 km | 0% | 5.8% | 2.3 |
| Fontaines-Saint-Martin 3,098 · 2.6 km | 0% | 10% | 2.8 |
| Cailloux-sur-Fontaines 2,989 · 3 km | 0% | 4.4% | 0.4 |
| Caluire-et-Cuire 43,597 · 3.7 km | 0.1% | 9.1% | 5.1 |
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 Sathonay-Camp
Is Sathonay-Camp in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Pelouses, milieux alluviaux et aquatiques de l’île de Miribel-Jonage, 2.6 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Sathonay-Camp?
OpenStreetMap maps 16 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 8.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Sathonay-Camp is woodland?
17% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Sathonay-Camp near the sea?
No: the coast is 259 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Sathonay-Camp?
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 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.