First pick
Forêt des Mayons
Wood or forest
2,015 ha22.5 km of path
5 hto walk all 22.5 km of path
3.4 km south-eastfrom the center
Piste Vallon Notre-DameRoute des Lonnes, Piste de Cros-de-Mouton
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Alice Volkwardsen · CC BY-SA 3.023%of the land protected
Outdoors in Gonfaron · protected areas, woods and footpaths
42% of Gonfaron is woodland, more than in 8 in 10 French towns
23% of Gonfaron’s land lies in protected areas. 18 km of footpaths cross Gonfaron (0.4 km per km²). Waymarked hiking routes add up to 4 km in Gonfaron. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
23%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
42%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
0.4 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.4 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
89%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
21 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.
What kind of place
What kind of outdoors place is Gonfaron?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune42% mapped woodland, more than in 87% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Few mapped footpaths0.4 km per km², against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets Gonfaron apart: its woods. It is shorter on footpaths.
Against French towns
How Gonfaron 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 areas23%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland42%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
87out of 100
Footpaths0.4 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
11out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
31out of 100
Green space nearby89%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
7out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Gonfaron has the 4th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,464 to 4,524 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Cap-d'Ail (10.8 km per km²) to Marans (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cap-d'Ail Alpes-Maritimes | 10.8 | 7.8% | 0.2% | On it |
| 2 | Jacob-Bellecombette Savoie | 7.4 | 26% | 45% | 232 km |
| 3 | Saint-Nicolas Pas-de-Calais | 4.8 | 2.8% | 0% | 79 km |
| 4 | Royat Puy-de-Dôme | 4.2 | 63% | 0.2% | 257 km |
| 5 | Nozay Essonne | 3.2 | 5.7% | 0% | 162 km |
| 6 | Bretteville-sur-Odon Calvados | 3.2 | 4.3% | 0% | 17 km |
| 7 | La Chaussée-Saint-Victor Loir-et-Cher | 3 | 11% | 8.1% | 215 km |
| 8 | Montrabé Haute-Garonne | 3 | 6.6% | 0% | 142 km |
| 9 | Montigny-en-Ostrevent Nord | 2.8 | 13% | 0.4% | 92 km |
| 10 | Écrouves Meurthe-et-Moselle | 2.6 | 23% | 100% | 346 km |
| 11 | Saint-Laurent-du-Pont Isère | 2.3 | 67% | 100% | 224 km |
| 12 | Villeneuve-de-la-Raho Pyrénées-Orientales | 2.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 9.8 km |
| 13 | Vinon-sur-Verdon Var | 2.1 | 34% | 100% | 57 km |
| 14 | Notre-Dame-d'Oé Indre-et-Loire | 1.9 | 2.7% | 0% | 189 km |
| 15 | Saint-Marcel Eure | 1.8 | 24% | 0% | 88 km |
| 16 | Noirmoutier-en-l'Île Vendée | 1.7 | 4% | 38% | On it |
| 17 | Maintenon Eure-et-Loir | 1.6 | 28% | 0.5% | 130 km |
| 18 | Guise Aisne | 1.5 | 4.9% | 0% | 143 km |
| 19 | Plougonvelin Finistère | 1.4 | 4.3% | 0.9% | On it |
| 20 | Marchiennes Nord | 1.4 | 38% | 100% | 91 km |
| 21 | Banyuls-sur-Mer Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.3 | 6.4% | 78% | On it |
| 22 | Plobsheim Bas-Rhin | 1.1 | 10% | 31% | 459 km |
| 23 | Saint-Pair-sur-Mer Manche | 0.9 | 2.5% | 4.5% | 0.9 km |
| 24 | Beaussais-sur-Mer Côtes-d'Armor | 0.9 | 12% | 100% | On it |
| 25 | Hergnies Nord | 0.9 | 8.5% | 100% | 94 km |
| 26 | Hesdin-la-Forêt Pas-de-Calais | 0.9 | 51% | 0% | 28 km |
| 27 | Castelmaurou Haute-Garonne | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 143 km |
| 28 | Chancelade Dordogne | 0.7 | 48% | 0% | 100 km |
| 29 | Lamotte-Beuvron Loir-et-Cher | 0.7 | 52% | 100% | 239 km |
| 30 | Sainte-Marie-aux-Chênes Moselle | 0.6 | 2.2% | 0% | 314 km |
| 31 | Villeneuve-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.6 | 1.8% | 30% | 7.4 km |
| 32 | Mesnil-Roc'h Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 36% | 100% | 8.2 km |
| 33 | Montagnac Hérault | 0.6 | 11% | 14% | 17 km |
| 34 | Lunel-Viel Hérault | 0.6 | 4.6% | 0% | 13 km |
| 35 | La Réole Gironde | 0.5 | 7.2% | 6.5% | 64 km |
| 36 | Pineuilh Gironde | 0.5 | 8.5% | 2.2% | 67 km |
| 37 | Jarnac Charente | 0.5 | 6.2% | 23% | 53 km |
| 38 | Gonfaron Var | 0.4 | 42% | 23% | 21 km |
| 39 | Freneuse Yvelines | 0.4 | 34% | 51% | 100 km |
| 40 | Charmes Vosges | 0.4 | 60% | 8% | 391 km |
| 41 | Marans Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 0.3% | 100% | 11 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 Gonfaron
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt des Mayons leads, at 2,015 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Gonfaron live within 800 m of a park or wood
Each square is 1 resident in 100: in green, those within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or woodland edge (INSEE’s 200 m population grid against OpenStreetMap).
89% within 800 m11% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
GonfaronVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m89%
0%50%100%
About 500 residents live further away. The distance is a straight line to the edge of a mapped park or wood, not a walk to a gate, and a wood can be private.
Protected areas
23% of Gonfaron lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
23% of the commune1.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Marais de Gavoty - lac de Bonne Cougne - lac Redon
0.5% of the commune3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area23%
Natura 2000 site23%
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.
23% of Gonfaron’s land is protected, more than in 80% 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
18 km of footpaths cross Gonfaron
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
18 km
0.4 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.4 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
42%
about 17.7 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GonfaronVar medianFrance median
Footpaths0.4
Hiking routes0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GonfaronVar medianFrance median
Woodland42%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 89% 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.
A named hiking route within 2 km
GR (long-distance)
GR 904 km
GR 90 passes within 2 km of Gonfaron.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Gonfaron: April to June
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Collobrieres_Sapc, 10 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 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 61 | 60 | 67 | 47 | 40 | 12 | 18 | 78 | 108 | 143 | 91 |
July is the driest month (12 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 31 °C). 143 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 48 nights a year. Summer highs reach 31 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Gonfaron →
Neighbors
Next to Gonfaron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
PignansLe LucFlassans-sur-IssoleCarnoulesLe Cannet-des-MauresBesse-sur-IssoleGonfaron
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonfaron | 23% | 42% | 0.4 | 21 km |
| Pignans 4,838 · 5.2 km | 43% | 50% | 1 | 20 km |
| Le Luc 11,310 · 7.7 km | 10% | 19% | 0.5 | 25 km |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 8.1 km | 0.8% | 58% | 0.7 | 28 km |
| Carnoules 4,388 · 8.4 km | 21% | 43% | 0.6 | 21 km |
| Le Cannet-des-Maures 5,140 · 9.2 km | 52% | 31% | 1 | 23 km |
| Besse-sur-Issole 3,125 · 9.6 km | 0.7% | 36% | 1.3 | 26 km |
Le Cannet-des-Maures has 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 Gonfaron
Is Gonfaron in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 23% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Gonfaron?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.4 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Gonfaron is woodland?
42% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Gonfaron near the sea?
No: the coast is 21 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Gonfaron?
April to June: 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 October 30, 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.