First pick
Parc Le Nôtre
Park or garden
11 ha4.7 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.7 km of path
0.7 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Paul Cézanne · Public domain7.4%woodland
Outdoors in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is within 800 m of a park or wood
Footpaths add up to 44 km across Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône (3.2 km per km²). No protected area reaches Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône; the nearest, Vexin Français Regional Nature Park, is 1.9 km from the town center. 7.4% of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 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: Vexin Français Regional Nature Park, 1.9 km
Woodland
7.4%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
44 km
3.2 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
10
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Le Nôtre
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 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths3.2 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyVexin Français Regional Nature Park is 1.9 km from the town center.
What sets Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône apart: its footpaths, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône 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
46out of 100
Woodland7.4%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
32out of 100
Footpaths3.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
76out 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
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône has the 18th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (24,378 to 26,952 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Les Ulis (10.9 km per km²) to Sainte-Suzanne (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Les Ulis Essonne | 10.9 | 13% | 0.2% | 156 km |
| 2 | Villeneuve-la-Garenne Hauts-de-Seine | 9.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 141 km |
| 3 | Vichy Allier | 8.8 | 1.3% | 12% | 290 km |
| 4 | Grigny Essonne | 8.7 | 7.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 5 | Élancourt Yvelines | 8.2 | 26% | 3.5% | 138 km |
| 6 | Gradignan Gironde | 6.8 | 17% | 0% | 26 km |
| 7 | Sannois Val-d'Oise | 6 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 8 | Cenon Gironde | 5.4 | 8.9% | 0% | 18 km |
| 9 | Brunoy Essonne | 5.2 | 18% | 0% | 170 km |
| 10 | Eaubonne Val-d'Oise | 5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 11 | Montbéliard Doubs | 4.9 | 22% | 0% | 418 km |
| 12 | Alençon Orne | 4.8 | 2.3% | 5.5% | 97 km |
| 13 | Marseille 2e Bouches-du-Rhône | 4.8 | 0% | 0% | On it |
| 14 | Lormont Gironde | 4.7 | 12% | 7.4% | 16 km |
| 15 | Castelnau-le-Lez Hérault | 4.6 | 4.5% | 1.2% | 11 km |
| 16 | Miramas Bouches-du-Rhône | 4 | 9.2% | 5.7% | 18 km |
| 17 | Béthune Pas-de-Calais | 4 | 4% | 0% | 60 km |
| 18 | Orly Val-de-Marne | 3.9 | 5% | 0% | 162 km |
| 19 | Eysines Gironde | 3.9 | 7.6% | 3.1% | 15 km |
| 20 | Hénin-Beaumont Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 5.6% | 0% | 80 km |
| 21 | La Garde Var | 3.8 | 7.6% | 25% | On it |
| 22 | Biarritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.5 | 11% | 3.5% | On it |
| 23 | Le Grand-Quevilly Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 4.9% | 0.1% | 50 km |
| 24 | Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 7.4% | 0% | 123 km |
| 25 | Vertou Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 19% | 0% | 41 km |
| 26 | Le Bouscat Gironde | 3 | 1.4% | 0% | 16 km |
| 27 | Brétigny-sur-Orge Essonne | 3 | 9.5% | 0% | 169 km |
| 28 | Aurillac Cantal | 2.7 | 2.9% | 0.2% | 195 km |
| 29 | Vernon Eure | 2.5 | 56% | 3.5% | 90 km |
| 30 | Lunel Hérault | 2.2 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 14 km |
| 31 | Libourne Gironde | 2 | 2.5% | 14% | 30 km |
| 32 | Villeparisis Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 33 | Saintes Charente-Maritime | 1.9 | 12% | 9.3% | 26 km |
| 34 | Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.9 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 35 | Saumur Maine-et-Loire | 1.5 | 15% | 100% | 133 km |
| 36 | Muret Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 10% | 3.2% | 150 km |
| 37 | Cavaillon Vaucluse | 1.1 | 3.2% | 100% | 45 km |
| 38 | Étampes Essonne | 1 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 39 | Vierzon Cher | 0.8 | 44% | 0% | 265 km |
| 40 | Sèvremoine Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.3% | 0% | 70 km |
| 41 | Sainte-Suzanne Réunion | 0.4 | 31% | 49% | 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 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Le Nôtre leads, at 11 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Parc des Larris
Park or garden · 40 m outside the commune
11 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
2 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Mairie
Park or garden
2.3 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the center
Chemin des ÉcoliersAllée de Fano
Directionsto a point inside
Parc urbain de Chennevières
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Les étangs de Maubuisson
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Directionsto a point inside
Île de Vaux
Wood or forest · 10 m outside the commune
6.8 ha
3.7 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Musée Pissarro
Park or garden · 160 m outside the commune
0.4 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Le NôtrePark or garden · 11 ha · 4.7 km of path
DirectionsParc des LarrisPark or garden · 11 ha · 2.7 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de la MairiePark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc urbain de ChennevièresPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsLes étangs de MaubuissonPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsÎle de VauxWood or forest · 6.8 ha · just outside
DirectionsParc du Musée PissarroPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc de la PépinièrePark or garden · 1 ha
DirectionsJardins du DômePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside
DirectionsEspace multisports des GrouettesPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Vexin Français Regional Nature Park is the nearest protected area, 1.9 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
Vexin Français Regional Nature Park
1.9 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.
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
44 km of footpaths cross Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
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
44 km
3.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
7.4%
about 1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
Saint-Ouen-l'AumôneVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Footpaths3.2
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Ouen-l'AumôneVal-d'Oise medianFrance median
Woodland7.4%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 76% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 68% 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 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
3 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Le Fil d'Ariane3.6 km
Chemin des Peintres vert2.9 km
Chemin des peintres2.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Pontoise -Ville, 2.3 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) | 8 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 58 | 52 | 49 | 45 | 62 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 46 | 64 | 59 | 75 |
April is the driest month (45 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 75 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 35 nights a year. The climate in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône →
Neighbors
Next to Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PontoiseÉragny-sur-OisePierrelayeOsnyAuvers-sur-OiseMéry-sur-OiseSaint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône | 0% | 7.4% | 3.2 |
| Pontoise 31,970 · 2 km | 0.5% | 11% | 6.2 |
| Éragny-sur-Oise 18,436 · 2.8 km | 0% | 15% | 4.1 |
| Pierrelaye 10,130 · 3.7 km | 0% | 20% | 2.4 |
| Osny 17,954 · 4.4 km | 0.1% | 14% | 3.2 |
| Auvers-sur-Oise 6,863 · 4.6 km | 100% | 19% | 1.7 |
| Méry-sur-Oise 9,983 · 4.8 km | 0% | 35% | 3.6 |
Auvers-sur-Oise has at least twice as much protected land. Méry-sur-Oise 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 Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône
Is Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Vexin Français Regional Nature Park, 1.9 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône?
OpenStreetMap maps 44 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône is woodland?
7.4% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône near the sea?
No: the coast is 123 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône?
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.