First pick
Forêt de L'Isle-Adam
Wood or forest
817 ha39.4 km of path
8 h 45 minto walk all 39.4 km of path
3.5 km north-westfrom the center
Route du TourniquetRoute des Quatre MarronniersRoute du Pré David+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.042%woodland
Outdoors in Montsoult · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Montsoult has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns
17 km of footpaths cross Montsoult (4.5 km per km²). 42% of Montsoult is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Montsoult; the nearest, Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park, is 0.3 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0.9%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park, 0.3 km
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
17 km
4.5 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 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: Forêt de L'Isle-Adam
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 Montsoult?
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.A wooded commune42% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyOise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park is 0.3 km from the town center.
What sets Montsoult apart: its footpaths, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Montsoult 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 areas0.9%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
56out of 100
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths4.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
88out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
58out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Montsoult has the 2nd most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,996 to 4,050 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Vaux-sur-Mer (5.3 km per km²) to Bâgé-Dommartin (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaux-sur-Mer Charente-Maritime | 5.3 | 10% | 0.2% | On it |
| 2 | Montsoult Val-d'Oise | 4.5 | 42% | 0.9% | 129 km |
| 3 | Montmélian Savoie | 4.3 | 47% | 100% | 222 km |
| 4 | Saint-Vallier Drôme | 3.8 | 32% | 0% | 189 km |
| 5 | La Châtre Indre | 3.7 | 6.5% | 0% | 239 km |
| 6 | Port-Vendres Pyrénées-Orientales | 3.2 | 0.8% | 18% | On it |
| 7 | Presles Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 47% | 100% | 124 km |
| 8 | Neuville-Saint-Rémy Nord | 3 | 4% | 0% | 109 km |
| 9 | Le Coudray Eure-et-Loir | 3 | 2.6% | 0% | 140 km |
| 10 | Limonest Rhône | 3 | 30% | 0% | 258 km |
| 11 | Vaulnaveys-le-Haut Isère | 2.2 | 67% | 0% | 195 km |
| 12 | Erdeven Morbihan | 2.1 | 14% | 22% | On it |
| 13 | La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois Charente | 1.6 | 39% | 16% | 95 km |
| 14 | Pont-Scorff Morbihan | 1.5 | 23% | 3.8% | On it |
| 15 | Rives-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 1.4 | 42% | 100% | 28 km |
| 16 | Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 1.4 | 1.7% | 100% | 142 km |
| 17 | Le Plessis-Belleville Oise | 1.4 | 1.5% | 0.1% | 143 km |
| 18 | Cinq-Mars-la-Pile Indre-et-Loire | 1.2 | 28% | 14% | 167 km |
| 19 | Salernes Var | 1.2 | 68% | 26% | 42 km |
| 20 | Nogent-le-Roi Eure-et-Loir | 1.1 | 10% | 0.1% | 123 km |
| 21 | Cordemais Loire-Atlantique | 1 | 7.6% | 24% | 24 km |
| 22 | Propriano Corse-du-Sud | 1 | 19% | 3.7% | On it |
| 23 | Masny Nord | 0.9 | 4% | 0% | 95 km |
| 24 | Bresles Oise | 0.8 | 19% | 0% | 95 km |
| 25 | Générac Gard | 0.8 | 4.5% | 19% | 27 km |
| 26 | Bourg-Achard Eure | 0.7 | 5.5% | 0% | 34 km |
| 27 | Savigné-l'Évêque Sarthe | 0.7 | 10% | 0% | 137 km |
| 28 | Gravigny Eure | 0.7 | 47% | 0% | 73 km |
| 29 | Raimbeaucourt Nord | 0.7 | 16% | 99% | 83 km |
| 30 | La Haye Manche | 0.7 | 3.6% | 51% | On it |
| 31 | Hochfelden Bas-Rhin | 0.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 428 km |
| 32 | Fay-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.7 | 9.9% | 0% | 31 km |
| 33 | La Chapelle-de-Guinchay Saône-et-Loire | 0.5 | 5.5% | 5.6% | 300 km |
| 34 | Paulhan Hérault | 0.5 | 1% | 0% | 23 km |
| 35 | Les Villages Vovéens Eure-et-Loir | 0.4 | 7.4% | 5% | 159 km |
| 36 | Bressols Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.4 | 3% | 0.6% | 173 km |
| 37 | Layrac Lot-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 21% | 0.9% | 139 km |
| 38 | Beauvoir-sur-Mer Vendée | 0.3 | 0.3% | 83% | On it |
| 39 | Hourtin Gironde | 0.3 | 66% | 100% | On it |
| 40 | Sévérac d'Aveyron Aveyron | 0.2 | 24% | 100% | 114 km |
| 41 | Bâgé-Dommartin Ain | 0.1 | 13% | 0% | 315 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 Montsoult
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt de L'Isle-Adam leads, at 817 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc de Baillet en France
Wood or forest · 10 m outside the commune
68 ha3 km of path
40 minto walk all 3 km of path
2 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Bois de l'Étang
Park or garden · 10 m outside the commune
3 ha0.2 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden · 260 m outside the commune
1.8 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 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
Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 0.3 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
0.9% of the commune0.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0.9%
Regional nature park0.9%
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.
A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
Footpaths and woods in Montsoult
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
17 km
4.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
1.7 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 1.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MontsoultVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Footpaths4.5
Hiking routes0.4
036 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MontsoultVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 88% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 87% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Montsoult’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
PR393.8 km
Sentier des Lisières0.9 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Montsoult: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Roissy, 17 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 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 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 Montsoult →
Neighbors
Next to Montsoult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
BouffémontDomontSaint-Martin-du-TertreÉzanvillePreslesÉcouenMontsoult
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montsoult | 0.9% | 42% | 4.5 |
| Bouffémont 6,593 · 2.9 km | 0.9% | 54% | 9.6 |
| Domont 16,065 · 4.4 km | 0% | 28% | 4.5 |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tertre 2,689 · 4.6 km | 100% | 57% | 3.4 |
| Ézanville 9,858 · 5.1 km | 0% | 0.7% | 2.2 |
| Presles 4,017 · 5.2 km | 100% | 47% | 3.1 |
| Écouen 7,202 · 6.7 km | 0% | 16% | 4 |
Saint-Martin-du-Tertre and Presles have 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 Montsoult
Is Montsoult in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Montsoult lies in Oise-Pays de France Regional Nature Park (0.9% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Montsoult?
OpenStreetMap maps 17 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); 2 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Montsoult is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Montsoult near the sea?
No: the coast is 129 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Montsoult?
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.