First pick
Bois des Prannes
Wood or forest
325 ha16 km of path
3 h 35 minto walk all 16 km of path
3.6 km northfrom the center
Le CanyonLa GillesPhoenix+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Olivier Cleynen · CC BY 4.029%woodland
Outdoors in Draguignan · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Draguignan is within 800 m of a park or wood
Mapped woodland covers 29% of Draguignan. No protected area reaches Draguignan; the nearest, Plaine de Vergelin-Fontigon - gorges de Châteaudouble - bois des Clappes (Natura 2000), is 5.4 km from the town center. Footpaths add up to 82 km across Draguignan (1.5 km per km²). 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: Plaine de Vergelin-Fontigon - gorges de Châteaudouble - bois des Clappes, 5.4 km
Woodland
29%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
82 km
1.5 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: Bois des Prannes
The sea
26 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Var median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Draguignan 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
Woodland29%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
75out of 100
Footpaths1.5 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
46out 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
Draguignan has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (38,168 to 43,597 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 6e (8.4 km per km²) to Saint-Benoît (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 6e Paris | 8.4 | 1.7% | 0% | 149 km |
| 2 | Bron Rhône | 7.1 | 6.1% | 0% | 251 km |
| 3 | Villepinte Seine-Saint-Denis | 7 | 15% | 16% | 149 km |
| 4 | Marseille 6e Bouches-du-Rhône | 6.8 | 1.2% | 0% | 1 km |
| 5 | Neuilly-sur-Marne Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.6 | 9.5% | 11% | 157 km |
| 6 | Rezé Loire-Atlantique | 6.6 | 7% | 3.6% | 37 km |
| 7 | Arras Pas-de-Calais | 6.5 | 3.4% | 0% | 78 km |
| 8 | Colomiers Haute-Garonne | 6.4 | 5.5% | 0% | 155 km |
| 9 | Stains Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 6.9% | 14% | 142 km |
| 10 | Boulogne-sur-Mer Pas-de-Calais | 5.8 | 1.3% | 0% | On it |
| 11 | Chartres Eure-et-Loir | 5.5 | 2.4% | 0% | 138 km |
| 12 | Bagnolet Seine-Saint-Denis | 5.5 | 1.4% | 3.6% | 151 km |
| 13 | Valenciennes Nord | 5.2 | 6.6% | 0.2% | 105 km |
| 14 | Caluire-et-Cuire Rhône | 5.1 | 9.1% | 0.1% | 255 km |
| 15 | Gagny Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.3 | 9.6% | 0.5% | 155 km |
| 16 | Oullins-Pierre-Bénite Rhône | 4.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 246 km |
| 17 | Pontault-Combault Seine-et-Marne | 4.1 | 27% | 0% | 166 km |
| 18 | Angoulême Charente | 4.1 | 14% | 3.6% | 75 km |
| 19 | Anglet Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 4 | 18% | 4.5% | On it |
| 20 | Garges-lès-Gonesse Val-d'Oise | 4 | 8.7% | 0% | 141 km |
| 21 | Mantes-la-Jolie Yvelines | 3.7 | 12% | 7.1% | 109 km |
| 22 | Bourg-en-Bresse Ain | 3.5 | 16% | 0% | 307 km |
| 23 | Douai Nord | 3.5 | 5.3% | 1.1% | 88 km |
| 24 | Marcq-en-Barœul Nord | 3.4 | 3.7% | 0% | 60 km |
| 25 | Compiègne Oise | 3.4 | 74% | 76% | 119 km |
| 26 | La Ciotat Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.4 | 20% | 27% | On it |
| 27 | Wattrelos Nord | 3.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 60 km |
| 28 | Tremblay-en-France Seine-Saint-Denis | 3 | 3.9% | 0% | 151 km |
| 29 | Poissy Yvelines | 3 | 12% | 0% | 131 km |
| 30 | Le Cannet Alpes-Maritimes | 2.8 | 9.9% | 0% | 2.4 km |
| 31 | Thionville Moselle | 2.7 | 33% | 0% | 307 km |
| 32 | Joué-lès-Tours Indre-et-Loire | 2.5 | 15% | 0% | 179 km |
| 33 | Villenave-d'Ornon Gironde | 2.4 | 7% | 14% | 26 km |
| 34 | Gap Hautes-Alpes | 2.3 | 28% | 33% | 133 km |
| 35 | Châteauroux Indre | 2.3 | 3.8% | 4.8% | 224 km |
| 36 | Châlons-en-Champagne Marne | 2.2 | 0.7% | 0% | 237 km |
| 37 | Montélimar Drôme | 1.8 | 8% | 0.9% | 123 km |
| 38 | Draguignan Var | 1.5 | 29% | 0% | 26 km |
| 39 | Castres Tarn | 1.1 | 9.7% | 1.2% | 90 km |
| 40 | Saint-Joseph Réunion | 0.6 | 50% | 85% | On it |
| 41 | Saint-Benoît Réunion | 0.4 | 59% | 78% | 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 Draguignan
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Bois des Prannes leads, at 325 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois Panisse
Wood or forest
320 ha15.3 km of path
3 h 25 minto walk all 15.3 km of path
3.3 km north-eastfrom the center
Chemin du Viyet
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Chabran
Park or garden
3.6 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Haussmann
Park or garden
1.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
0.6 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardins Anglès
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Draguignan
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Bois des PrannesWood or forest · 325 ha · 16 km of path
DirectionsBois PanisseWood or forest · 320 ha · 15.3 km of path
DirectionsParc ChabranPark or garden · 3.6 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsLa NartubyWood or forest · 16 ha
DirectionsParc HaussmannPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsSous-PréfecturePark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsJardins AnglèsPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJoseph AlletPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsAgorespacePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Plaine de Vergelin-Fontigon - gorges de Châteaudouble - bois des Clappes is the nearest protected area, 5.4 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
Plaine de Vergelin-Fontigon - gorges de Châteaudouble - bois des Clappes
5.4 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
82 km of footpaths cross Draguignan
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
82 km
1.5 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
29%
about 15.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
DraguignanVar medianFrance median
Footpaths1.5
Hiking routes0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
DraguignanVar medianFrance median
Woodland29%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 54% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 75% 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 Draguignan is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Draguignan: May, June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Draguignan_Sapc, 1.4 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 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 27 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 69 | 52 | 55 | 78 | 66 | 61 | 20 | 35 | 70 | 111 | 157 | 90 |
July is the driest month (20 mm) and the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 157 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 34 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Draguignan →
Neighbors
Next to Draguignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Trans-en-ProvenceFiganièresFlayoscLa MotteLes ArcsLorguesDraguignan
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draguignan | 0% | 29% | 1.5 | 26 km |
| Trans-en-Provence 6,905 · 3.9 km | 0% | 26% | 1.1 | 23 km |
| Figanières 2,762 · 4.8 km | 0% | 52% | 2.6 | 25 km |
| Flayosc 4,673 · 6.4 km | 0% | 36% | 0.8 | 32 km |
| La Motte 3,071 · 7.7 km | 25% | 34% | 1.3 | 18 km |
| Les Arcs 8,109 · 8.2 km | 12% | 35% | 1.1 | 21 km |
| Lorgues 9,849 · 9.9 km | 6.3% | 53% | 0.6 | 30 km |
La Motte and Les Arcs have at least twice as much protected land. Figanières and Lorgues 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 Draguignan
Is Draguignan in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Plaine de Vergelin-Fontigon - gorges de Châteaudouble - bois des Clappes, 5.4 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Draguignan?
OpenStreetMap maps 82 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.5 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of Draguignan is woodland?
29% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Draguignan near the sea?
No: the coast is 26 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Draguignan?
May, June and 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.