First pick
Forêt Domaniale de Sainte-Maxime
Wood or forest
419 ha18.9 km of path
4 h 10 minto walk all 18.9 km of path
6.1 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gilles Perréal · CC BY-SA 4.04.5%of the land protected
Outdoors in Grimaud · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Grimaud is on the coast
41% of Grimaud is mapped woodland. Grimaud has 4 km of waymarked hiking routes. 4.5% of Grimaud’s land lies in protected areas. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
4.5%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
41%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
77 km
1.7 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.1 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
2
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt Domaniale de Sainte-Maxime
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 2.8 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 Grimaud?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2.8 km from its center.A wooded commune41% mapped woodland, more than in 86% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Grimaud apart: the sea, then its woods.
Against French towns
How Grimaud 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 areas4.5%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
64out of 100
Woodland41%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
86out of 100
Footpaths1.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
52out of 100
Hiking routes0.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Grimaud has the 14th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (4,547 to 4,628 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Gréasque (7.9 km per km²) to Vayres (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gréasque Bouches-du-Rhône | 7.9 | 53% | 0% | 19 km |
| 2 | La Frette-sur-Seine Val-d'Oise | 4.6 | 6.9% | 0% | 131 km |
| 3 | Bizanos Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.8 | 12% | 9.4% | 98 km |
| 4 | Ars-sur-Moselle Moselle | 3.7 | 59% | 100% | 327 km |
| 5 | Leucate Aude | 3.4 | 2.1% | 79% | On it |
| 6 | Mandeure Doubs | 3 | 59% | 11% | 410 km |
| 7 | Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 2.9 | 19% | 0% | 80 km |
| 8 | Auchy-les-Mines Pas-de-Calais | 2.2 | 2.3% | 0% | 66 km |
| 9 | Annay Pas-de-Calais | 2.1 | 5.8% | 0% | 73 km |
| 10 | Plourin-lès-Morlaix Finistère | 2 | 22% | 0.5% | 5.4 km |
| 11 | Auberchicourt Nord | 1.9 | 2% | 0.3% | 97 km |
| 12 | Milly-la-Forêt Essonne | 1.9 | 53% | 100% | 192 km |
| 13 | Trouville-sur-Mer Calvados | 1.8 | 7.9% | 0.5% | On it |
| 14 | Grimaud Var | 1.7 | 41% | 4.5% | On it |
| 15 | Chaponnay Rhône | 1.4 | 17% | 0% | 240 km |
| 16 | Biache-Saint-Vaast Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 9.2% | 0% | 90 km |
| 17 | Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu Rhône | 1.2 | 14% | 0% | 243 km |
| 18 | Espalion Aveyron | 1.2 | 30% | 3.6% | 144 km |
| 19 | La Guerche-de-Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine | 1.2 | 0.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 20 | Jouques Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.2 | 61% | 92% | 40 km |
| 21 | Bonson Loire | 1.1 | 9.6% | 7.9% | 218 km |
| 22 | Bages Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.1 | 0.3% | 0% | 12 km |
| 23 | Jargeau Loiret | 1 | 7.3% | 20% | 218 km |
| 24 | Montville Seine-Maritime | 1 | 39% | 0% | 41 km |
| 25 | Bouloc Haute-Garonne | 1 | 22% | 0% | 158 km |
| 26 | Salaise-sur-Sanne Isère | 0.9 | 13% | 9.2% | 207 km |
| 27 | Puget-Ville Var | 0.9 | 23% | 19% | 20 km |
| 28 | Dieulouard Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.8 | 24% | 100% | 348 km |
| 29 | Lescure-d'Albigeois Tarn | 0.6 | 16% | 0% | 119 km |
| 30 | Retiers Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.5 | 0.6% | 0% | 79 km |
| 31 | Macau Gironde | 0.5 | 13% | 100% | On it |
| 32 | Le Thillay Val-d'Oise | 0.5 | 2.5% | 0% | 141 km |
| 33 | Hagetmau Landes | 0.4 | 15% | 0% | 68 km |
| 34 | Dompierre-sur-Yon Vendée | 0.4 | 8.7% | 0% | 39 km |
| 35 | Sézanne Marne | 0.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 220 km |
| 36 | Arnas Rhône | 0.4 | 8.7% | 2.2% | 277 km |
| 37 | Hœrdt Bas-Rhin | 0.4 | 3% | 0% | 444 km |
| 38 | Vivonne Vienne | 0.4 | 21% | 0% | 108 km |
| 39 | Tiercé Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 12% | 16% | 131 km |
| 40 | Cabannes Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.3 | 1.5% | 14% | 46 km |
| 41 | Vayres Gironde | 0.2 | 2.2% | 11% | 24 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 Grimaud
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt Domaniale de Sainte-Maxime leads, at 419 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
4.5% of Grimaud lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
National park, outer area
Port-Cros National Park
6.7 km from the town center
Nature reserve
Maures nature reserve
10 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
4.5% of the commune7.3 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area4.5%
Nature reserve0.2%
Natura 2000 site4.5%
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.
4.5% of Grimaud’s land is protected, more than in 64% 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
77 km of footpaths cross Grimaud
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
77 km
1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
4.1 km
waymarked: 0.1 km per km²
Woodland
41%
about 18.1 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
GrimaudVar medianFrance median
Footpaths1.7
Hiking routes0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GrimaudVar medianFrance median
Woodland41%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 52% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 86% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. 99% of Grimaud’s residents live within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, close to the typical town.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Grimaud: April to June and September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cogolin_Sapc, 3.7 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 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 96 | 76 | 70 | 82 | 59 | 32 | 14 | 21 | 74 | 136 | 178 | 121 |
July is the driest month (14 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 32 °C). 178 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. Summer highs reach 32 °C, too hot for the outline. The climate in Grimaud →
Neighbors
Next to Grimaud
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CogolinGassinLe Plan-de-la-TourSaint-TropezSainte-MaximeLa Croix-ValmerGrimaud
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimaud | 4.5% | 41% | 1.7 | On it |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 3.1 km | 0% | 46% | 2.7 | On it |
| Gassin 2,687 · 4.8 km | 0% | 46% | 3.5 | On it |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 3,125 · 7 km | 0% | 40% | 1.1 | 7.3 km |
| Saint-Tropez 3,582 · 7.7 km | 0.1% | 16% | 1.5 | On it |
| Sainte-Maxime 14,118 · 8 km | 19% | 65% | 2.1 | On it |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 8.1 km | 95% | 40% | 1.3 | On it |
Sainte-Maxime and La Croix-Valmer have at least twice as much protected land. Sainte-Maxime 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 Grimaud
Is Grimaud in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 4.5% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Grimaud?
OpenStreetMap maps 77 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Grimaud is woodland?
41% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Grimaud near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2.8 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Grimaud?
April to 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.