First pick
Parc de Loisirs
Park or garden
12 ha2.8 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Patrice78500 · CC BY-SA 4.016%woodland
Outdoors in Le Mesnil-Esnard · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Le Mesnil-Esnard is within 800 m of a park or wood
Le Mesnil-Esnard has 4 km of waymarked hiking routes. 14 km of footpaths cross Le Mesnil-Esnard (2.6 km per km²). No protected area reaches Le Mesnil-Esnard; the nearest, Boucles de la Seine Amont, Coteaux de Saint-Adrien (Natura 2000), is 2.1 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: Boucles de la Seine Amont, Coteaux de Saint-Adrien, 2.1 km
Woodland
16%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
14 km
2.6 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
4
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc de Loisirs
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Le Mesnil-Esnard 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
Woodland16%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
56out of 100
Footpaths2.6 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
68out of 100
Hiking routes0.7 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
74out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Le Mesnil-Esnard has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (8,064 to 8,289 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Seyssins (7.1 km per km²) to Donges (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seyssins Isère | 7.1 | 44% | 45% | 201 km |
| 2 | Boussy-Saint-Antoine Essonne | 6.6 | 28% | 0% | 172 km |
| 3 | Coulaines Sarthe | 5.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 134 km |
| 4 | La Ville-du-Bois Essonne | 4.4 | 28% | 0% | 164 km |
| 5 | Harfleur Seine-Maritime | 4.1 | 14% | 0% | 6.6 km |
| 6 | Paray-Vieille-Poste Essonne | 3.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 164 km |
| 7 | Mazingarbe Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 7.4% | 0% | 68 km |
| 8 | Ballancourt-sur-Essonne Essonne | 2.9 | 28% | 0.1% | 179 km |
| 9 | Guilers Finistère | 2.9 | 11% | 0% | 5.1 km |
| 10 | Vern-sur-Seiche Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.9 | 13% | 0% | 57 km |
| 11 | Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village Nord | 2.8 | 9.1% | 0% | 4.1 km |
| 12 | Brunstatt-Didenheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 25% | 0% | 438 km |
| 13 | Guénange Moselle | 2.7 | 24% | 0% | 315 km |
| 14 | Souffelweyersheim Bas-Rhin | 2.7 | 1.7% | 0% | 447 km |
| 15 | Le Mesnil-Esnard Seine-Maritime | 2.6 | 16% | 0% | 57 km |
| 16 | Rochefort-du-Gard Gard | 2.6 | 40% | 0% | 59 km |
| 17 | Charnay-lès-Mâcon Saône-et-Loire | 2.4 | 5.7% | 0% | 311 km |
| 18 | Bandol Var | 1.8 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 19 | Cavalaire-sur-Mer Var | 1.8 | 45% | 0.1% | On it |
| 20 | Sorbiers Loire | 1.8 | 14% | 0% | 217 km |
| 21 | Verrières-en-Anjou Maine-et-Loire | 1.8 | 7.4% | 0% | 127 km |
| 22 | Val de Briey Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.7 | 55% | 0% | 305 km |
| 23 | Anse Rhône | 1.7 | 16% | 0% | 269 km |
| 24 | La Colle-sur-Loup Alpes-Maritimes | 1.7 | 39% | 28% | 5.1 km |
| 25 | Talange Moselle | 1.6 | 2.5% | 0% | 318 km |
| 26 | Vineuil Loir-et-Cher | 1.3 | 27% | 3.4% | 219 km |
| 27 | La Tour-du-Pin Isère | 1.2 | 4.7% | 0% | 240 km |
| 28 | Les Arcs Var | 1.1 | 35% | 12% | 21 km |
| 29 | Pégomas Alpes-Maritimes | 1 | 49% | 0% | 6.4 km |
| 30 | Linselles Nord | 1 | 0.7% | 0% | 53 km |
| 31 | Chinon Indre-et-Loire | 1 | 15% | 100% | 142 km |
| 32 | Meximieux Ain | 1 | 12% | 2.7% | 274 km |
| 33 | Thuir Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.9 | 0.4% | 0% | 23 km |
| 34 | Tournan-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 17% | 0% | 178 km |
| 35 | Malemort Corrèze | 0.7 | 27% | 0% | 171 km |
| 36 | Tonnay-Charente Charente-Maritime | 0.6 | 3.3% | 17% | 6.9 km |
| 37 | Questembert Morbihan | 0.6 | 19% | 0% | 16 km |
| 38 | Monts Indre-et-Loire | 0.5 | 28% | 0% | 173 km |
| 39 | Salles Gironde | 0.5 | 86% | 100% | 17 km |
| 40 | Évron Mayenne | 0.3 | 7.3% | 19% | 88 km |
| 41 | Donges Loire-Atlantique | 0.3 | 2.8% | 58% | 8.5 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 Le Mesnil-Esnard
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc de Loisirs leads, at 12 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc Lacoste
Park or garden · 0 m outside the commune
5.4 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the center
Sentier aux Ifs
Directionsto a point inside
Espace Jacques Prévert
Park or garden · 280 m outside the commune
1 ha
1.4 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Park or garden · 40 m outside the commune
1.1 ha
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Boucles de la Seine Amont, Coteaux de Saint-Adrien is the nearest protected area, 2.1 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
Boucles de la Seine Amont, Coteaux de Saint-Adrien
2.1 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
14 km of footpaths cross Le Mesnil-Esnard
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
14 km
2.6 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked: 0.7 km per km²
Woodland
16%
about 0.8 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Le Mesnil-EsnardSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Footpaths2.6
Hiking routes0.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Le Mesnil-EsnardSeine-Maritime medianFrance median
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 68% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 56% 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 Mesnil-Esnard 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 255.8 km
La Houssoye - Rouen11 km
variante par Rouen (rive droite)9.5 km
GR 25 passes within 2 km of Le Mesnil-Esnard.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Le Mesnil-Esnard: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Rouen-Boos, 3.7 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 76 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 67 | 64 | 64 | 70 | 62 | 79 | 80 | 102 |
April is the driest month (56 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 102 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 42 nights a year. The climate in Le Mesnil-Esnard →
Neighbors
Next to Le Mesnil-Esnard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Amfreville-la-Mi-VoieBonsecoursSaint-Léger-du-Bourg-DenisFranqueville-Saint-PierreDarnétalSotteville-lès-RouenLe Mesnil-Esnard
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Mesnil-Esnard | 0% | 16% | 2.6 |
| Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie 3,265 · 1.6 km | 3.5% | 24% | 3.2 |
| Bonsecours 6,442 · 1.7 km | 0% | 34% | 7.5 |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis 3,633 · 2.3 km | 4.6% | 39% | 2.2 |
| Franqueville-Saint-Pierre 6,171 · 2.4 km | 0.9% | 5.6% | 2 |
| Darnétal 9,566 · 3.3 km | 0% | 37% | 4.2 |
| Sotteville-lès-Rouen 29,003 · 3.8 km | 0% | 1.4% | 3.9 |
Bonsecours, Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis and Darnétal are 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 Le Mesnil-Esnard
Is Le Mesnil-Esnard in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Boucles de la Seine Amont, Coteaux de Saint-Adrien, 2.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Le Mesnil-Esnard?
OpenStreetMap maps 14 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); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Le Mesnil-Esnard is woodland?
16% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Le Mesnil-Esnard near the sea?
No: the coast is 57 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Le Mesnil-Esnard?
May 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.