First pick
Base nature François Léotard
Park or garden
125 ha15.2 km of path
3 h 20 minto walk all 15.2 km of path
2.3 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Stefi123 · CC BY-SA 3.033%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fréjus · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Fréjus is on the coast
Mapped woodland covers 48% of Fréjus. 33% of Fréjus’ land lies in protected areas. 325 km of footpaths cross Fréjus (3.1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
33%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
48%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
325 km
3.1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
45 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
12
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Base nature François Léotard
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center
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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Fréjus?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 1.5 km from its center.A wooded commune48% mapped woodland, more than in 91% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected countryside33% of the land lies in protected areas.A place of footpaths3.1 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Fréjus apart: the sea, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Fréjus 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 areas33%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
83out of 100
Woodland48%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
91out of 100
Footpaths3.1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
75out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
57out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fréjus has the 15th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (54,404 to 65,502 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 5e (12.9 km per km²) to Saint-André (0.6 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 5e Paris | 12.9 | 1% | 0% | 151 km |
| 2 | Marseille 10e Bouches-du-Rhône | 10.6 | 23% | 37% | 4 km |
| 3 | Maisons-Alfort Val-de-Marne | 10.3 | 2.1% | 0% | 158 km |
| 4 | Ivry-sur-Seine Val-de-Marne | 8.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 155 km |
| 5 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 km |
| 6 | Pantin Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.3 | 1.9% | 0% | 148 km |
| 7 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq Nord | 7.6 | 8% | 2.3% | 65 km |
| 8 | Villejuif Val-de-Marne | 7.4 | 1% | 0% | 156 km |
| 9 | Bobigny Seine-Saint-Denis | 7.3 | 0.3% | 0% | 149 km |
| 10 | Antony Hauts-de-Seine | 6.2 | 4.8% | 0.6% | 157 km |
| 11 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 12 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 13 | Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 7.8% | 5.5% | 162 km |
| 14 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 15 | Vénissieux Rhône | 5 | 3.8% | 0% | 247 km |
| 16 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 17 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 18 | Clichy Hauts-de-Seine | 4.6 | 0.6% | 0% | 143 km |
| 19 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 20 | Le Blanc-Mesnil Seine-Saint-Denis | 4.6 | 2.1% | 0% | 147 km |
| 21 | Vannes Morbihan | 4.6 | 12% | 33% | On it |
| 22 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 23 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 24 | Troyes Aube | 3.7 | 1.2% | 0% | 272 km |
| 25 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 26 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 27 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 28 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 29 | Hyères Var | 3 | 25% | 83% | On it |
| 30 | La Seyne-sur-Mer Var | 2.9 | 21% | 15% | On it |
| 31 | Quimper Finistère | 2.9 | 25% | 0% | On it |
| 32 | Marseille 12e Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.7 | 6.8% | 0% | 5.2 km |
| 33 | Bourges Cher | 2.3 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 283 km |
| 34 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 35 | Valence Drôme | 2.1 | 3.3% | 0% | 164 km |
| 36 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 37 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 38 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 40 | Montauban Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.8 | 5.4% | 1.3% | 175 km |
| 41 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | 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 Fréjus
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Base nature François Léotard leads, at 125 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Bois de la Gaillarde
Wood or forest
511 ha21 km of path
4 h 40 minto walk all 21 km of path
8.1 km south-westfrom the center
Piste La Gaillarde
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Aurélien
Park or garden
22 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Fraternité Blanche Universelle - Centre de congrès international
Park or garden
14 ha
4.9 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Areca
Park or garden
3.1 ha1.5 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.5 km of path
5.7 km southfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin public du clos de la tour
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Bonaparte
Park or garden · 180 m outside the commune
1.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
2.3 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin de la Villa Marie
Park or garden
2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fréjus
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks, gardens and woods
Base nature François LéotardPark or garden · 125 ha · 15.2 km of path
DirectionsBois de la GaillardeWood or forest · 511 ha · 21 km of path
DirectionsParc AurélienPark or garden · 22 ha · 2.7 km of path
DirectionsFraternité Blanche Universelle - Centre de congrès internationalPark or garden · 14 ha
DirectionsParc ArecaPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 1.5 km of path
DirectionsJardin public du clos de la tourPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsJardin BonapartePark or garden · 1.3 ha · 1.1 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin de la Villa MariePark or garden · 2 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsClos de la TourPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsJardin Pierre FernezPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsPlace Jean-Marie LachizePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSquare du Souvenir FrançaisPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
33% of Fréjus lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Suvières nature reserve
12 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Esterel
22% of the commune3.3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Embouchure de l’Argens
10% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
6.4 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Val d’Argens
4.1 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Colle du Rouet
5.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area33%
Natura 2000 site33%
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.
33% of Fréjus’ land is protected, more than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Var has 19%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
325 km of footpaths and 45 km of hiking routes cross Fréjus
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
325 km
3.1 km per km²
Hiking routes
45 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
48%
about 50.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FréjusVar medianFrance median
Footpaths3.1
Hiking routes0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FréjusVar medianFrance median
Woodland48%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 91% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 98% of Fréjus’ residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
12 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 4918 km
Via Aurélia, Col Notre-Dame - Le Muy12 km
La Louve (jaune)8.8 km
Le Malpey (jaune)8.2 km
La Louve (bleu)7.3 km
Boucle du barrage de Malpasset4.1 km
Sentier du littoral – Saint-Aygulf3.4 km
Le Malpey (bleu)3.3 km
La Forteresse les Meules2.6 km
Le Malpey (rose)2 km
Le sentier des Meules1.5 km
Sentier du Littoral Itineraires - Les Issambres1 km
GR 49 passes within 2 km of Fréjus.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fréjus: May to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Frejus, 1.7 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 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 70 | 52 | 50 | 70 | 44 | 32 | 16 | 27 | 81 | 116 | 133 | 97 |
July is the driest month (16 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 133 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 12 nights a year. The climate in Fréjus →
Neighbors
Next to Fréjus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Saint-RaphaëlPuget-sur-ArgensRoquebrune-sur-ArgensLes Adrets-de-l'EstérelBagnols-en-ForêtLe MuyFréjus
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fréjus | 33% | 48% | 3.1 | On it |
| Saint-Raphaël 37,113 · 3.7 km | 61% | 60% | 3.8 | On it |
| Puget-sur-Argens 8,602 · 5.5 km | 54% | 9.8% | 1.9 | 6.5 km |
| Roquebrune-sur-Argens 15,442 · 7.4 km | 25% | 40% | 2.4 | On it |
| Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel 2,775 · 12 km | 0% | 80% | 1.6 | 9.2 km |
| Bagnols-en-Forêt 3,194 · 12 km | 36% | 67% | 2.5 | 14 km |
| Le Muy 10,118 · 16 km | 46% | 35% | 1.7 | 16 km |
Les Adrets-de-l'Estérel 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 Fréjus
Is Fréjus in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 33% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Fréjus?
OpenStreetMap maps 325 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 45 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fréjus is woodland?
48% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fréjus near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 1.5 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Fréjus?
May to August: 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.