First pick
Forêt domaniale de Montmorency
Wood or forest
1,619 ha186.8 km of path
41 h 30 minto walk all 186.8 km of path
4.6 km westfrom the center
Route Forestière du FaîteRoute Forestière des FondsFoutue Route+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Vuillemet François · CC BY-SA 3.028%woodland
Outdoors in Domont · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Domont has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
38 km of footpaths cross Domont (4.5 km per km²). Mapped woodland covers 28% of Domont. Waymarked hiking routes add up to 7 km in Domont. 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: Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park, 3.7 km
Woodland
28%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
38 km
4.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de Montmorency
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Domont?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths4.5 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.On waymarked routes7 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbyOise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park is 3.7 km from the town center.
What sets Domont apart: its footpaths, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Domont 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
Woodland28%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
74out of 100
Footpaths4.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
88out of 100
Hiking routes0.8 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
78out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Domont has the 12th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (15,604 to 16,545 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vauréal (12.3 km per km²) to Gaillac (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vauréal Val-d'Oise | 12.3 | 19% | 0% | 121 km |
| 2 | Noisiel Seine-et-Marne | 9.5 | 32% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 3 | Saint-Leu-la-Forêt Val-d'Oise | 8.5 | 36% | 0.5% | 131 km |
| 4 | Montévrain Seine-et-Marne | 7.3 | 11% | 0% | 165 km |
| 5 | Orsay Essonne | 7.3 | 27% | 0% | 157 km |
| 6 | Le Pecq Yvelines | 7.1 | 2.7% | 0% | 136 km |
| 7 | Verneuil-sur-Seine Yvelines | 5.4 | 24% | 0% | 123 km |
| 8 | Longwy Meurthe-et-Moselle | 5.1 | 15% | 0% | 275 km |
| 9 | Sainte-Luce-sur-Loire Loire-Atlantique | 4.7 | 12% | 11% | 45 km |
| 10 | Francheville Rhône | 4.6 | 29% | 0% | 248 km |
| 11 | Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.5 | 2.2% | 0% | 145 km |
| 12 | Domont Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 28% | 0% | 133 km |
| 13 | Landerneau Finistère | 4.4 | 18% | 1.2% | On it |
| 14 | Hennebont Morbihan | 4 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 15 | Trélazé Maine-et-Loire | 3.9 | 13% | 0% | 122 km |
| 16 | Saint-Pierre-des-Corps Indre-et-Loire | 3.8 | 6.9% | 9.3% | 186 km |
| 17 | Marseille 16e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 8.2% | 0.2% | On it |
| 18 | Mennecy Essonne | 3.3 | 19% | 8.2% | 180 km |
| 19 | Ambérieu-en-Bugey Ain | 3.3 | 49% | 0% | 281 km |
| 20 | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois Haute-Savoie | 3.2 | 13% | 0% | 286 km |
| 21 | Vendôme Loir-et-Cher | 3.1 | 32% | 0% | 187 km |
| 22 | Lucé Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 137 km |
| 23 | Sin-le-Noble Nord | 2.7 | 12% | 0.1% | 90 km |
| 24 | Saint-Fargeau-Ponthierry Seine-et-Marne | 2.4 | 13% | 100% | 187 km |
| 25 | Rumilly Haute-Savoie | 2.3 | 18% | 0.7% | 262 km |
| 26 | Port-de-Bouc Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.1 | 14% | 28% | On it |
| 27 | Coulommiers Seine-et-Marne | 2 | 16% | 0% | 183 km |
| 28 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux Nord | 1.9 | 43% | 100% | 93 km |
| 29 | Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert Loire | 1.7 | 23% | 13% | 216 km |
| 30 | Toul Meurthe-et-Moselle | 1.4 | 20% | 0.5% | 348 km |
| 31 | Montbrison Loire | 1.3 | 5.7% | 4.8% | 227 km |
| 32 | Hayange Moselle | 1.3 | 35% | 0% | 305 km |
| 33 | Les Herbiers Vendée | 1.1 | 6.5% | 0% | 62 km |
| 34 | Biscarrosse Landes | 1.1 | 65% | 20% | On it |
| 35 | Châteaurenard Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.8 | 2.1% | 8.3% | 47 km |
| 36 | Mauguio Hérault | 0.8 | 1.4% | 49% | On it |
| 37 | Beaucaire Gard | 0.7 | 4.5% | 8.8% | 40 km |
| 38 | Pamiers Ariège | 0.6 | 16% | 1.1% | 118 km |
| 39 | Fos-sur-Mer Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.5 | 0.6% | 15% | On it |
| 40 | Montrevault-sur-Èvre Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 7.3% | 0% | 75 km |
| 41 | Gaillac Tarn | 0.2 | 4.9% | 0% | 132 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 Domont
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Montmorency leads, at 1,619 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de la Serve
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
11 ha2.1 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.1 km of path
2.5 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Coquelicots
Park or garden
6.7 ha1.8 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Domont
Directionsto a point inside
Terrain d'Aventures
Park or garden · 330 m outside the commune
3.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.9 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Square Victoria Mxengue
Park or garden
2 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Domont
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Fresnaye
Park or garden · 340 m outside the commune
1.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Maenza
Park or garden · 340 m outside the commune
1 ha0.3 km of path
2.2 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Justice
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
0.2 ha
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 3.7 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
Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park
3.7 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 Domont
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
38 km
4.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
7.1 km
waymarked: 0.8 km per km²
Woodland
28%
about 2.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
DomontVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Footpaths4.5
Hiking routes0.8
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DomontVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Woodland28%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 74% 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 Domont is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR de PaysOther named walk
GRP de la Ceinture Verte, étape 12 : La Forêt de Montmorency8.5 km
Sentier des Lisières17 km
PR398.9 km
Promenade en Forêt d'Écouen3.5 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Domont: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roissy, 15 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 67 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 75 |
April is the driest month (48 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 33 nights a year. The climate in Domont →
Neighbors
Next to Domont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
BouffémontÉzanvilleÉcouenAndillyMontlignonSaint-Brice-sous-ForêtDomont
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domont | 0% | 28% | 4.5 |
| Bouffémont 6,593 · 2 km | 0.9% | 54% | 9.6 |
| Ézanville 9,858 · 2 km | 0% | 0.7% | 2.2 |
| Écouen 7,202 · 3.5 km | 0% | 16% | 4 |
| Andilly 2,742 · 3.7 km | 0% | 53% | 7.1 |
| Montlignon 3,038 · 4.1 km | 0% | 50% | 5.5 |
| Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt 15,063 · 4.2 km | 0% | 24% | 3.3 |
Bouffémont, Andilly and Montlignon 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 Domont
Is Domont in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park, 3.7 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Domont?
OpenStreetMap maps 38 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 7 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Domont is woodland?
28% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Domont near the sea?
No: the coast is 133 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Domont?
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.