First pick
Base de loisirs des Mottets
Park or garden
8.2 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
2.9 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.013%of the land protected
Outdoors in Le Bourget-du-Lac · protected areas, woods and footpaths
57% of Le Bourget-du-Lac is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 49 km in Le Bourget-du-Lac. 61 km of footpaths cross Le Bourget-du-Lac (2.8 km per km²). 13% of Le Bourget-du-Lac’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
13%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
57%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
61 km
2.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
49 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Base de loisirs des Mottets
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Le Bourget-du-Lac?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune57% mapped woodland, more than in 94% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes49 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Le Bourget-du-Lac apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Le Bourget-du-Lac 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 areas13%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
74out of 100
Woodland57%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
94out of 100
Footpaths2.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
71out of 100
Hiking routes2.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
97out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Bourget-du-Lac has the 13th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (5,165 to 5,268 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Clément-de-Rivière (6.3 km per km²) to Pauillac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Clément-de-Rivière Hérault | 6.3 | 43% | 2.7% | 18 km |
| 2 | Bassens Savoie | 6.2 | 18% | 0.1% | 234 km |
| 3 | Brou-sur-Chantereine Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 62% | 0% | 159 km |
| 4 | Vaux-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.2 | 57% | 63% | 120 km |
| 5 | Coubron Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.9 | 49% | 41% | 154 km |
| 6 | Valdoie Territoire de Belfort | 4.6 | 52% | 0% | 435 km |
| 7 | Le Rove Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.3 | 0% | 86% | On it |
| 8 | Vernaison Rhône | 4 | 15% | 0% | 239 km |
| 9 | Bauvin Nord | 3.9 | 12% | 0% | 69 km |
| 10 | Moulins-lès-Metz Moselle | 3.5 | 17% | 0% | 328 km |
| 11 | Séméac Hautes-Pyrénées | 3.2 | 21% | 0.4% | 134 km |
| 12 | Mulsanne Sarthe | 2.8 | 47% | 0% | 143 km |
| 13 | Le Bourget-du-Lac Savoie | 2.8 | 57% | 13% | 244 km |
| 14 | Pont-Sainte-Marie Aube | 2.7 | 7.9% | 0.9% | 272 km |
| 15 | Loison-sous-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 3.6% | 0% | 75 km |
| 16 | Beynost Ain | 2.2 | 10% | 4.9% | 263 km |
| 17 | Nuits-Saint-Georges Côte-d'Or | 2.1 | 25% | 69% | 403 km |
| 18 | Gauchy Aisne | 2 | 12% | 0% | 121 km |
| 19 | Schweighouse-sur-Moder Bas-Rhin | 2 | 40% | 5.4% | 432 km |
| 20 | Nans-les-Pins Var | 2 | 39% | 100% | 23 km |
| 21 | Valleiry Haute-Savoie | 1.9 | 30% | 0% | 286 km |
| 22 | Seichamps Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.8 | 0.7% | 0% | 367 km |
| 23 | Forcalquier Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.8 | 17% | 100% | 76 km |
| 24 | Villerest Loire | 1.7 | 4.2% | 25% | 271 km |
| 25 | L'Hôpital Moselle | 1.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 353 km |
| 26 | Laillé Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.5 | 21% | 0% | 61 km |
| 27 | Farébersviller Moselle | 1.2 | 1.7% | 0% | 363 km |
| 28 | Gorges Loire-Atlantique | 1.1 | 10% | 0% | 52 km |
| 29 | Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon Vaucluse | 1.1 | 1.3% | 9.7% | 56 km |
| 30 | Scaër Finistère | 1 | 8.9% | 0% | 19 km |
| 31 | Cazouls-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.9 | 5.7% | 0% | 22 km |
| 32 | Mignaloux-Beauvoir Vienne | 0.9 | 17% | 0% | 121 km |
| 33 | Tourves Var | 0.9 | 44% | 83% | 32 km |
| 34 | Villette-d'Anthon Isère | 0.8 | 14% | 1.8% | 260 km |
| 35 | Marquise Pas-de-Calais | 0.7 | 1.2% | 100% | 6.8 km |
| 36 | Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Ain | 0.7 | 4.1% | 5.8% | 293 km |
| 37 | Surzur Morbihan | 0.7 | 8.8% | 100% | On it |
| 38 | Jonquières Vaucluse | 0.7 | 1.9% | 2.4% | 74 km |
| 39 | Guémené-Penfao Loire-Atlantique | 0.6 | 9.4% | 2.7% | 44 km |
| 40 | Florensac Hérault | 0.6 | 3.6% | 0.8% | 10 km |
| 41 | Pauillac Gironde | 0.2 | 7.2% | 99% | On it |
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 Le Bourget-du-Lac
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Base de loisirs des Mottets leads, at 8.2 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardins du Prieuré
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 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
13% of Le Bourget-du-Lac lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Lac du Bourget et marais de Chautagne
13% of the commune1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Lac du Bourget et marais de Chautagne
13% of the commune1 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area13%
Natura 2000 site13%
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.
13% of Le Bourget-du-Lac’s land is protected, more than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Savoie has 4.7%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
61 km of footpaths and 49 km of hiking routes cross Le Bourget-du-Lac
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
61 km
2.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
49 km
waymarked: 2.3 km per km²
Woodland
57%
about 12.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le Bourget-du-LacSavoie medianFrance median
Footpaths2.8
Hiking routes2.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le Bourget-du-LacSavoie medianFrance median
Woodland57%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 71% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 94% 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 Le Bourget-du-Lac is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 9659.6 km
Le Marais de Pré Lombard4.6 km
La Dent du Chat depuis le Col du Chat2.1 km
GR 965 passes within 2 km of Le Bourget-du-Lac.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Bourget-du-Lac: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Chambery-Aix, 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 103 | 79 | 93 | 88 | 101 | 95 | 92 | 98 | 104 | 113 | 115 | 124 |
February is the driest month (79 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 28 °C). 124 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 66 nights a year. The climate in Le Bourget-du-Lac →
Neighbors
Next to Le Bourget-du-Lac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
TresserveLa Motte-ServolexDrumettaz-ClarafondAix-les-BainsChambéryYenneLe Bourget-du-Lac
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourget-du-Lac | 13% | 57% | 2.8 |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 5.1 km | 66% | 6.1% | 1.3 |
| La Motte-Servolex 12,067 · 5.5 km | 0% | 41% | 2.1 |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 5.8 km | 5% | 42% | 2.1 |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 6.8 km | 20% | 14% | 3.9 |
| Chambéry 59,964 · 9.1 km | 1.5% | 15% | 6 |
| Yenne 3,026 · 9.3 km | 19% | 35% | 1.2 |
Tresserve 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 Le Bourget-du-Lac
Is Le Bourget-du-Lac in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 13% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Le Bourget-du-Lac?
OpenStreetMap maps 61 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 2.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 49 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Bourget-du-Lac is woodland?
57% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Bourget-du-Lac near the sea?
No: the coast is 244 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Bourget-du-Lac?
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 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.