First pick
Parc du barrage de Miquelou
Park or garden
16 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.5 km southfrom the center
Tour du lac de Miquelou
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Yzergues · CC BY-SA 4.09.2%woodland
Outdoors in Graulhet · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Graulhet is within 800 m of a park or wood
20 km of footpaths cross Graulhet (0.3 km per km²). No protected area reaches Graulhet; the nearest, Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou (Natura 2000), is 9.8 km from the town center. 9.2% of Graulhet is mapped woodland. 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: Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou, 9.8 km
Woodland
9.2%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
20 km
0.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
9
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc du barrage de Miquelou
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Graulhet?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Protected land nearbyVallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou (Natura 2000) is 9.8 km from the town center.Few mapped footpaths0.3 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Graulhet apart: protected land close by. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Graulhet 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
Woodland9.2%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
38out of 100
Footpaths0.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
8out of 100
Hiking routes0 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
12out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Graulhet has the fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (12,810 to 13,434 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-André-lez-Lille (8.6 km per km²) to Graulhet (0.3 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-André-lez-Lille Nord | 8.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 59 km |
| 2 | Anzin Nord | 5.4 | 3.1% | 0.5% | 103 km |
| 3 | Nemours Seine-et-Marne | 4.3 | 49% | 2.7% | 215 km |
| 4 | Freyming-Merlebach Moselle | 4.1 | 19% | 0% | 358 km |
| 5 | Saint-Jean-de-Védas Hérault | 3.7 | 4.5% | 0% | 9 km |
| 6 | Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Gard | 3.1 | 13% | 22% | 58 km |
| 7 | Val-de-Reuil Eure | 3.1 | 16% | 24% | 64 km |
| 8 | Mouvaux Nord | 3 | 3.2% | 0% | 58 km |
| 9 | Les Ponts-de-Cé Maine-et-Loire | 2.8 | 6.5% | 33% | 120 km |
| 10 | Lourdes Hautes-Pyrénées | 2.8 | 52% | 6.8% | 129 km |
| 11 | Mayenne Mayenne | 2.8 | 2.5% | 0% | 66 km |
| 12 | Kingersheim Haut-Rhin | 2.7 | 13% | 0% | 445 km |
| 13 | Plougastel-Daoulas Finistère | 2.6 | 28% | 6.5% | On it |
| 14 | Canet-en-Roussillon Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.6 | 1.1% | 50% | On it |
| 15 | Outreau Pas-de-Calais | 2.6 | 4.8% | 0% | 1.7 km |
| 16 | Betton Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 3.3% | 0.2% | 43 km |
| 17 | Guéret Creuse | 2.5 | 39% | 0.1% | 220 km |
| 18 | Berck Pas-de-Calais | 2.3 | 19% | 29% | On it |
| 19 | Claye-Souilly Seine-et-Marne | 2.3 | 30% | 0% | 155 km |
| 20 | Tarnos Landes | 2.3 | 41% | 21% | On it |
| 21 | Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez Vendée | 2.3 | 12% | 48% | On it |
| 22 | Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 26% | 8.9% | 213 km |
| 23 | Bonneville Haute-Savoie | 1.8 | 47% | 5.2% | 269 km |
| 24 | Seclin Nord | 1.8 | 3.3% | 0% | 69 km |
| 25 | Auriol Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.7 | 49% | 75% | 19 km |
| 26 | Noyon Oise | 1.6 | 19% | 18% | 116 km |
| 27 | Cuers Var | 1.5 | 32% | 0% | 16 km |
| 28 | Amboise Indre-et-Loire | 1.4 | 58% | 5% | 203 km |
| 29 | Fonsorbes Haute-Garonne | 1.4 | 8.5% | 1.7% | 160 km |
| 30 | Autun Saône-et-Loire | 1.3 | 43% | 100% | 377 km |
| 31 | Yzeure Allier | 1.3 | 25% | 0% | 338 km |
| 32 | Genas Rhône | 1.3 | 2.3% | 0% | 252 km |
| 33 | Tergnier Aisne | 1.2 | 9% | 4.8% | 130 km |
| 34 | Moissac Tarn-et-Garonne | 1 | 27% | 2.5% | 167 km |
| 35 | Tulle Corrèze | 1 | 34% | 0% | 187 km |
| 36 | Cusset Allier | 0.9 | 18% | 1.4% | 290 km |
| 37 | Châteaudun Eure-et-Loir | 0.8 | 9.7% | 2.7% | 168 km |
| 38 | Monteux Vaucluse | 0.7 | 2.6% | 26% | 65 km |
| 39 | Petite-Île Réunion | 0.6 | 22% | 4.9% | On it |
| 40 | Bras-Panon Réunion | 0.6 | 69% | 83% | On it |
| 41 | Graulhet Tarn | 0.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 116 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 Graulhet
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc du barrage de Miquelou leads, at 16 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Nabeillou
Park or garden
10 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Promenade des berges du Dadou
Park or garden
5.3 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Graulhet
Chemin des Berges du Dadou
Directionsto a point inside
Complexe sportif
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Graulhet
Directionsto a point inside
Les Jardins de la Rivière
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Graulhet
Directionsto a point inside
Pré de Millet
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Graulhet
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc du barrage de MiquelouPark or garden · 16 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsParc de NabeillouPark or garden · 10 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsPromenade des berges du DadouPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 1.8 km of path
DirectionsParc de la BousquetariéPark or garden · 8.6 ha
DirectionsComplexe sportifPark or garden · 5.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsLes Jardins de la RivièrePark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsPré de MilletPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de L'estariéPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsTerrain de boules GraulhetoisPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou is the nearest protected area, 9.8 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
Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou
9.8 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
20 km of footpaths cross Graulhet
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
20 km
0.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
9.2%
about 5.3 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GraulhetTarn medianFrance median
Footpaths0.3
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GraulhetTarn medianFrance median
Woodland9.2%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 92% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 62% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Graulhet’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Sentier des Crêtes5.9 km
Sentier des Crêtes, raccourci des Vignes4 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Graulhet: July to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Lavaur, 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | 10 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 10 |
| Rain (mm) | 54 | 45 | 52 | 72 | 75 | 68 | 43 | 48 | 60 | 64 | 65 | 58 |
July is the driest month (43 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 44 nights a year. The climate in Graulhet →
Neighbors
Next to Graulhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
RéalmontLavaurMarssac-sur-TarnGaillacLisle-sur-TarnPuygouzonGraulhet
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graulhet | 0% | 9.2% | 0.3 |
| Réalmont 3,561 · 16 km | 0% | 5.9% | 0.1 |
| Lavaur 10,965 · 16 km | 0.8% | 9.6% | 0.3 |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 17 km | 0% | 4.6% | 0.8 |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 18 km | 0% | 4.9% | 0.2 |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 19 km | 0% | 30% | 0.4 |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 20 km | 0% | 1.3% | 0.5 |
Lisle-sur-Tarn 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 Graulhet
Is Graulhet in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vallées du Tarn, de l’Aveyron, du Viaur, de l’Agout et du Gijou, 9.8 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Graulhet?
OpenStreetMap maps 20 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Graulhet is woodland?
9.2% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Graulhet near the sea?
No: the coast is 116 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Graulhet?
July 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.