First pick
Forêt domaniale de Notre-Dame
Wood or forest
2,110 ha130.4 km of path
29 hto walk all 130.4 km of path
3.3 km southfrom the center
Route RoyaleAllée DauphineChemin du Parc aux Bœufs+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.047%woodland
Outdoors in La Queue-en-Brie · protected areas, woods and footpaths
La Queue-en-Brie has more footpaths per km² than 9 in 10 French towns
59 km of footpaths cross La Queue-en-Brie (6.3 km per km²). 47% of La Queue-en-Brie is mapped woodland. La Queue-en-Brie has 8 km of waymarked hiking routes. 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: Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis, 7.3 km
Woodland
47%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
59 km
6.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
6
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt domaniale de Notre-Dame
Throughout this page, the Val-de-Marne 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 La Queue-en-Brie?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A place of footpaths6.3 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.A wooded commune47% mapped woodland, more than in 90% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes8 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.Protected land nearbySites de Seine-Saint-Denis (Natura 2000) is 7.3 km from the town center.
What sets La Queue-en-Brie apart: its footpaths, then its woods.
Against French towns
How La Queue-en-Brie 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
Woodland47%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
90out of 100
Footpaths6.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
95out of 100
Hiking routes0.9 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
79out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
La Queue-en-Brie has the most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (11,993 to 12,510 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From La Queue-en-Brie (6.3 km per km²) to Saint-Gaudens (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Queue-en-Brie Val-de-Marne | 6.3 | 47% | 0% | 165 km |
| 2 | Saint-Cyprien Pyrénées-Orientales | 6.1 | 0.4% | 3% | On it |
| 3 | Ferney-Voltaire Ain | 5.2 | 20% | 0% | 296 km |
| 4 | L'Isle-Adam Val-d'Oise | 5.2 | 60% | 0.2% | 121 km |
| 5 | Riedisheim Haut-Rhin | 4.4 | 29% | 0% | 440 km |
| 6 | Roquebrune-Cap-Martin Alpes-Maritimes | 4.3 | 23% | 36% | On it |
| 7 | Harnes Pas-de-Calais | 4.2 | 7.3% | 0% | 75 km |
| 8 | Saint-Pierre-du-Perray Essonne | 4.2 | 25% | 0% | 178 km |
| 9 | Saint-Avé Morbihan | 3.7 | 24% | 97% | 4.5 km |
| 10 | Granville Manche | 3.6 | 1.3% | 7.2% | On it |
| 11 | Oissel-sur-Seine Seine-Maritime | 3.5 | 48% | 3.9% | 54 km |
| 12 | Bully-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 3.4 | 3.1% | 0% | 71 km |
| 13 | Raismes Nord | 3.2 | 71% | 100% | 100 km |
| 14 | Triel-sur-Seine Yvelines | 2.8 | 34% | 0% | 124 km |
| 15 | Le Chambon-Feugerolles Loire | 2.8 | 43% | 0.1% | 205 km |
| 16 | Cogolin Var | 2.7 | 46% | 0% | On it |
| 17 | Craponne Rhône | 2.7 | 12% | 0% | 248 km |
| 18 | Septèmes-les-Vallons Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.5 | 49% | 20% | 5.5 km |
| 19 | Creutzwald Moselle | 2.4 | 57% | 0% | 348 km |
| 20 | Quimperlé Finistère | 2.4 | 24% | 3.9% | 9.2 km |
| 21 | Mende Lozère | 2.4 | 54% | 0% | 115 km |
| 22 | Marly Nord | 2.3 | 1.5% | 0% | 107 km |
| 23 | Sarrebourg Moselle | 2.3 | 17% | 0% | 403 km |
| 24 | Guidel Morbihan | 2.3 | 23% | 7.8% | On it |
| 25 | Barentin Seine-Maritime | 2.2 | 11% | 0% | 38 km |
| 26 | La Motte-Servolex Savoie | 2.1 | 41% | 0% | 238 km |
| 27 | Brignais Rhône | 2 | 14% | 0% | 241 km |
| 28 | Pont-Sainte-Maxence Oise | 1.8 | 47% | 99% | 118 km |
| 29 | Onet-le-Château Aveyron | 1.7 | 2.3% | 1.4% | 137 km |
| 30 | Aubenas Ardèche | 1.6 | 6.8% | 18% | 120 km |
| 31 | Vernouillet Eure-et-Loir | 1.5 | 9.6% | 0% | 107 km |
| 32 | Châteaubriant Loire-Atlantique | 1.5 | 9.1% | 0% | 76 km |
| 33 | Cernay Haut-Rhin | 1.4 | 26% | 0.1% | 448 km |
| 34 | Pont-du-Château Puy-de-Dôme | 1.2 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 257 km |
| 35 | Bischwiller Bas-Rhin | 1.2 | 7.2% | 0% | 443 km |
| 36 | Sablé-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 1 | 12% | 0% | 116 km |
| 37 | Gisors Eure | 0.9 | 34% | 0% | 87 km |
| 38 | Florange Moselle | 0.9 | 24% | 0% | 309 km |
| 39 | Mios Gironde | 0.8 | 81% | 100% | 9.9 km |
| 40 | Castelnaudary Aude | 0.4 | 2% | 0% | 96 km |
| 41 | Saint-Gaudens Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.3% | 3.9% | 186 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 La Queue-en-Brie
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt domaniale de Notre-Dame leads, at 2,110 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt régionale du Plessis Saint-Antoine
Wood or forest
31 ha4 km of path
55 minto walk all 4 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc départemental de la Plaine des Bordes
Park or garden · 20 m outside the commune
9.1 ha
1.5 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Bois Lacroix
Wood or forest
25 ha0.2 km of path
1.6 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des impressionnistes
Park or garden
1.8 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la mairie
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Queue-en-Brie
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis is the nearest protected area, 7.3 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
Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis
7.3 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 La Queue-en-Brie
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
59 km
6.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
8.1 km
waymarked: 0.9 km per km²
Woodland
47%
about 4.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La Queue-en-BrieVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Footpaths6.3
Hiking routes0.9
048 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La Queue-en-BrieVal-de-Marne medianFrance median
Woodland47%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 95% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 90% 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 La Queue-en-Brie is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)GR de PaysOther named walk
GR 150.7 km
GRP de la Ceinture Verte, étape 7 : De la forêt de Notre-Dame à celle du Maubué9.6 km
La Brie Verte - Boucle 1 - De Notre Dame à Ferrières27 km
Bords de Marne0.7 km
GR 15 passes within 2 km of La Queue-en-Brie.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Queue-en-Brie: April and June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Mandres, 9.1 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 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Rain (mm) | 57 | 51 | 50 | 51 | 67 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 52 | 58 | 62 | 71 |
March is the driest month (50 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 71 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 45 nights a year. The climate in La Queue-en-Brie →
Neighbors
Next to La Queue-en-Brie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Le Plessis-TrévisePontault-CombaultChennevières-sur-MarneNoiseauOrmesson-sur-MarneÉmerainvilleLa Queue-en-Brie
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Queue-en-Brie | 0% | 47% | 6.3 |
| Le Plessis-Trévise 21,112 · 2.2 km | 0% | 9.3% | 3.4 |
| Pontault-Combault 39,096 · 2.2 km | 0% | 27% | 4.1 |
| Chennevières-sur-Marne 18,710 · 2.9 km | 0% | 6.2% | 5.4 |
| Noiseau 4,628 · 3 km | 0% | 35% | 3.1 |
| Ormesson-sur-Marne 10,977 · 3.2 km | 0% | 6.8% | 5 |
| Émerainville 7,690 · 4.3 km | 0% | 43% | 9 |
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 La Queue-en-Brie
Is La Queue-en-Brie in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis, 7.3 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in La Queue-en-Brie?
OpenStreetMap maps 59 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 6.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 8 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of La Queue-en-Brie is woodland?
47% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Queue-en-Brie near the sea?
No: the coast is 165 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in La Queue-en-Brie?
April and June 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.