First pick
Forêt de Bonnétable
Wood or forest
942 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
3.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.034%woodland
Outdoors in Bonnétable · protected areas, woods and footpaths
34% of Bonnétable is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
24 km of footpaths cross Bonnétable (0.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Bonnétable; the nearest, Perche Regional Nature Park, is 11 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: Perche Regional Nature Park, 11 km
Woodland
34%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
24 km
0.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.4 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 de Bonnétable
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Bonnétable?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune34% mapped woodland, more than in 81% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Few mapped footpaths0.6 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Bonnétable apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Bonnétable 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
Woodland34%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
81out of 100
Footpaths0.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
18out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
25out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Bonnétable has the 9th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,675 to 3,731 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sochaux (5.8 km per km²) to Montastruc-la-Conseillère (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sochaux Doubs | 5.8 | 6.7% | 0% | 418 km |
| 2 | Bailly Yvelines | 5.5 | 31% | 0% | 140 km |
| 3 | Cabourg Calvados | 4.3 | 0.4% | 0% | 0.8 km |
| 4 | Étupes Doubs | 3.5 | 54% | 0% | 417 km |
| 5 | Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 2.7 | 80% | 0% | 312 km |
| 6 | Pélussin Loire | 2.7 | 50% | 100% | 212 km |
| 7 | Dampmart Seine-et-Marne | 2.6 | 26% | 18% | 163 km |
| 8 | Bohars Finistère | 2.6 | 11% | 0% | 3.3 km |
| 9 | Blanzat Puy-de-Dôme | 2.5 | 24% | 0.1% | 263 km |
| 10 | La Ferté-Alais Essonne | 2.3 | 26% | 100% | 181 km |
| 11 | Audierne Finistère | 2.2 | 16% | 12% | On it |
| 12 | Ganges Hérault | 2 | 30% | 65% | 48 km |
| 13 | Sainte-Gemmes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 2 | 9.2% | 36% | 116 km |
| 14 | Meurchin Pas-de-Calais | 1.9 | 7.8% | 0% | 70 km |
| 15 | Latresne Gironde | 1.7 | 8.9% | 21% | 25 km |
| 16 | Veyre-Monton Puy-de-Dôme | 1.5 | 6.6% | 1.6% | 245 km |
| 17 | Isneauville Seine-Maritime | 1.5 | 6.7% | 0% | 47 km |
| 18 | La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin Cher | 1.3 | 3.5% | 11% | 277 km |
| 19 | Breteil Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.3 | 1.4% | 0% | 39 km |
| 20 | La Rivière-de-Corps Aube | 1.3 | 4.3% | 0% | 271 km |
| 21 | Moncé-en-Belin Sarthe | 1.1 | 34% | 0% | 141 km |
| 22 | Plobannalec-Lesconil Finistère | 1.1 | 3.3% | 0% | On it |
| 23 | Houdan Yvelines | 0.9 | 1.9% | 0% | 115 km |
| 24 | Morschwiller-le-Bas Haut-Rhin | 0.9 | 9.4% | 13% | 439 km |
| 25 | Bouzonville Moselle | 0.8 | 27% | 2.8% | 332 km |
| 26 | Flassans-sur-Issole Var | 0.7 | 58% | 0.8% | 28 km |
| 27 | Pont-de-l'Isère Drôme | 0.7 | 2.2% | 0% | 173 km |
| 28 | Objat Corrèze | 0.7 | 8.2% | 0% | 160 km |
| 29 | Pleyben Finistère | 0.7 | 13% | 100% | 9.4 km |
| 30 | Créhange Moselle | 0.7 | 5.5% | 0% | 353 km |
| 31 | Peyrehorade Landes | 0.6 | 36% | 0% | 29 km |
| 32 | Coulanges-lès-Nevers Nièvre | 0.6 | 7.8% | 5.1% | 338 km |
| 33 | Bonnétable Sarthe | 0.6 | 34% | 0% | 130 km |
| 34 | Vouillé Vienne | 0.5 | 21% | 0% | 107 km |
| 35 | Montamisé Vienne | 0.5 | 37% | 38% | 124 km |
| 36 | Quincieux Rhône | 0.5 | 4.2% | 0% | 267 km |
| 37 | Neuvic Dordogne | 0.3 | 36% | 10% | 84 km |
| 38 | Estrablin Isère | 0.3 | 8.8% | 0% | 228 km |
| 39 | Ardentes Indre | 0.3 | 24% | 0% | 231 km |
| 40 | Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze Gard | 0.2 | 1.3% | 91% | 11 km |
| 41 | Montastruc-la-Conseillère Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 8.4% | 0% | 142 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 Bonnétable
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de Bonnétable leads, at 942 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Plan d'eau du Vivier
Park or garden
14 ha3.3 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.3 km of path
0.7 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Perche Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 11 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
Perche Regional Nature Park
11 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
24 km of footpaths cross Bonnétable
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
24 km
0.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
0.4 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
34%
about 13.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
BonnétableSarthe medianFrance median
Footpaths0.6
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BonnétableSarthe medianFrance median
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 82% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 81% 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 Bonnétable is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
5 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Bâtir à chaux et à sable6.9 km
Chemin faisant6 km
Aillières-Beauvoir - Vallée de la Flotte5.5 km
À la rencontre de l'if millénaire4.8 km
Manoirs et belles demeures0.8 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Bonnétable: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Marolles les Br, 9.8 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 8 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 63 | 53 | 54 | 47 | 59 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 66 | 69 | 78 |
April is the driest month (47 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 78 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 51 nights a year. The climate in Bonnétable →
Neighbors
Next to Bonnétable
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ConnerréMontfort-le-GesnoisSavigné-l'ÉvêqueLa Ferté-BernardSaint-Mars-la-BrièreCherré-AuBonnétable
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnétable | 0% | 34% | 0.6 |
| Connerré 2,780 · 14 km | 0% | 23% | 0.7 |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 14 km | 0% | 37% | 0.7 |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 15 km | 0% | 10% | 0.7 |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 16 km | 0% | 1.2% | 0.9 |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 17 km | 25% | 65% | 0.9 |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 17 km | 0% | 12% | 0.3 |
Saint-Mars-la-Brière has at least twice as much protected land. Saint-Mars-la-Brière 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 Bonnétable
Is Bonnétable in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Perche Regional Nature Park, 11 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Bonnétable?
OpenStreetMap maps 24 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.6 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Bonnétable is woodland?
34% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Bonnétable near the sea?
No: the coast is 130 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Bonnétable?
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 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.