First pick
La Sabatière
Wood or forest · 350 m outside the commune
56 ha4.5 km of path
1 hto walk all 4.5 km of path
3.8 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.083%of the land protected
Outdoors in Hyères · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Hyères lies in the outer area of Port-Cros National Park
Protected areas cover 83% of Hyères’ land. 400 km of footpaths cross Hyères (3 km per km²). 25% of Hyères is mapped woodland. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
83%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
25%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
400 km
3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
53 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Green space nearby
87%
of residents within 800 m of a park or wood
Compared town: 100%
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 3.2 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 Hyères?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Part of Port-Cros National Park13% of the commune is in the park’s core, its strictly protected zone.On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 3.2 km from its center.In the outer area of Port-Cros National Park59% of the commune is in the park’s outer area, whose communes signed its charter.
What sets Hyères apart: its share of Port-Cros National Park, then the sea.
Against French towns
How Hyères 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 areas83%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
90out of 100
Woodland25%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
70out of 100
Footpaths3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
74out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
54out of 100
Green space nearby87%Share of residents within 800 m of a mapped park or wood
6out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Hyères has the 10th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (50,979 to 60,505 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 Arles (0.4 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 | Massy Essonne | 9.4 | 5.3% | 0% | 158 km |
| 5 | Sevran Seine-Saint-Denis | 9.1 | 10% | 7.9% | 150 km |
| 6 | Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 8.5 | 0.2% | 0% | 144 km |
| 7 | Clamart Hauts-de-Seine | 8.4 | 26% | 0% | 151 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 | Fontenay-sous-Bois Val-de-Marne | 6.4 | 1.4% | 0% | 155 km |
| 11 | Épinay-sur-Seine Seine-Saint-Denis | 6.3 | 0.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 12 | Chambéry Savoie | 6 | 15% | 1.5% | 235 km |
| 13 | Lyon 9e Rhône | 5.9 | 9.8% | 0% | 253 km |
| 14 | Paris 9e Paris | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 147 km |
| 15 | Meaux Seine-et-Marne | 5.1 | 7.8% | 5.5% | 162 km |
| 16 | Marseille 3e Bouches-du-Rhône | 5.1 | 0% | 0% | 1.1 km |
| 17 | Chelles Seine-et-Marne | 5 | 9.3% | 0.8% | 158 km |
| 18 | Sarcelles Val-d'Oise | 4.9 | 6.9% | 0% | 139 km |
| 19 | Lorient Morbihan | 4.6 | 1.8% | 0.6% | On it |
| 20 | Vannes Morbihan | 4.6 | 12% | 33% | On it |
| 21 | Neuilly-sur-Seine Hauts-de-Seine | 4.4 | 0.1% | 0% | 143 km |
| 22 | Vaulx-en-Velin Rhône | 3.9 | 16% | 35% | 255 km |
| 23 | Marseille 14e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.9 | 1.4% | 23% | 2.7 km |
| 24 | Bayonne Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.9 | 23% | 17% | 5.5 km |
| 25 | Gennevilliers Hauts-de-Seine | 3.4 | 2.1% | 0% | 141 km |
| 26 | Marseille 11e Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.3 | 43% | 42% | 7.5 km |
| 27 | Beauvais Oise | 3.3 | 12% | 0.1% | 87 km |
| 28 | Saint-Quentin Aisne | 3.2 | 7.4% | 1.2% | 121 km |
| 29 | Fréjus Var | 3.1 | 48% | 33% | On it |
| 30 | Sartrouville Yvelines | 3 | 0.9% | 0% | 135 km |
| 31 | Corbeil-Essonnes Essonne | 3 | 5.5% | 0% | 178 km |
| 32 | Hyères Var | 3 | 25% | 83% | On it |
| 33 | La Roche-sur-Yon Vendée | 2.2 | 7.5% | 0% | 30 km |
| 34 | Niort Deux-Sèvres | 2 | 6.2% | 100% | 51 km |
| 35 | Cholet Maine-et-Loire | 1.7 | 4.1% | 0% | 84 km |
| 36 | Albi Tarn | 1.7 | 2.6% | 0% | 118 km |
| 37 | Cagnes-sur-Mer Alpes-Maritimes | 1.6 | 20% | 2.1% | On it |
| 38 | Narbonne Aude | 1.2 | 11% | 63% | On it |
| 39 | Saint-Louis Réunion | 0.8 | 48% | 66% | On it |
| 40 | Saint-André Réunion | 0.6 | 16% | 31% | On it |
| 41 | Arles Bouches-du-Rhône | 0.4 | 3.1% | 90% | 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 Hyères
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: La Sabatière leads, at 56 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Jardin Botanique Olbius Riquier
Park or garden
5.3 ha3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hyères
Directionsto a point inside
Sentier sous-marin de la Palud
Park or garden
2.2 ha
24 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Saint-Bernard
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.5 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Sainte-Claire
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.5 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Emmanuel Lopez
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
14 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Propriété dite Le Plantier de Costebelle
Park or garden
1.1 ha
1.9 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Alphonse Denis
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks, gardens and woods
La SabatièreWood or forest · 56 ha · 4.5 km of path · just outside
DirectionsJardin Botanique Olbius RiquierPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 3.2 km of path
DirectionsSentier sous-marin de la PaludPark or garden · 2.2 ha
DirectionsParc Saint-BernardPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Sainte-ClairePark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsJardin Emmanuel LopezPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsPropriété dite Le Plantier de CostebellePark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsJardin Alphonse DenisPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin des OliviersPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsJardin d'OrientPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare Bachagha BoualamPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSquare RimbaudPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSquare de la MairiePark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Close to home
9 in 10 residents of Hyères 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).
87% within 800 m13% further
Residents within 800 m of green space · share of residents
HyèresVar medianFrance median
Within 800 m87%
0%50%100%
About 7,000 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
Protected land in and around Hyères
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
59% of the commune
National park, core
Port-Cros National Park
13% of the commune11 km from the center
Nature reserve
Ilots de Port-Cros nature reserve
21 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Rade d’Hyères
30% of the commune3 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Iles d’Hyères
23% of the commune3.2 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
La plaine et le massif des Maures
18% of the commune1.7 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area83%
National park, core13%
National park, outer area59%
Nature reserve0.5%
Natura 2000 site48%
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.
83% of Hyères’ land is protected, more than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Var has 19%. A national park’s outer area (aire d’adhésion) is made of the communes that signed the park’s charter: it guides how they grow, but it isn’t strict protection like the core.
All 7 protected areas
Salins d’Hyères et des PesquiersNatura 2000 site · 7.1% of the commune
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
400 km of footpaths and 53 km of hiking routes cross Hyères
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
400 km
3 km per km²
Hiking routes
53 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
25%
about 32.9 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
HyèresVar medianFrance median
Footpaths3
Hiking routes0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HyèresVar medianFrance median
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 74% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 70% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them.
10 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Le sentier du Littoral – La Tour Fondue16 km
Circuit du Levant12 km
Circuit du couchant10 km
Circuit du Mistral8 km
Circuit du Midi6.1 km
Le sentier du Littoral – Salins Hyeres4.2 km
Sentier nature1.7 km
Le sentier du Littoral – Cap Blanc1 km
Sentier du point du jour1 km
Chemin de la pinède0.7 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Hyères: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Hyeres, 1.6 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 74 | 51 | 44 | 55 | 40 | 37 | 8 | 14 | 58 | 105 | 109 | 75 |
July is the driest month (8 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 29 °C). 109 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 7 nights a year. The climate in Hyères →
Gardens
A garden to visit in Hyères
Named gardens in the commune.
Jardin Emmanuel LopezIn Hyères
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Wikidata.
Neighbors
Next to Hyères
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
CarqueiranneLa CrauLe PradetLa Londe-les-MauresLa FarlèdeLa GardeHyères
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyères | 83% | 25% | 3 | On it |
| Carqueiranne 9,408 · 5 km | 0.1% | 28% | 3.9 | On it |
| La Crau 19,556 · 5.8 km | 1.8% | 23% | 2.3 | 6.1 km |
| Le Pradet 10,933 · 9 km | 43% | 11% | 4.6 | On it |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 9.2 km | 49% | 27% | 1.8 | On it |
| La Farlède 10,014 · 9.5 km | 15% | 8.7% | 1.1 | 7.4 km |
| La Garde 26,476 · 10 km | 25% | 7.6% | 3.8 | On it |
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 Hyères
Is Hyères in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Hyères lies in Port-Cros National Park (59% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Hyères?
OpenStreetMap maps 400 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 53 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Hyères is woodland?
25% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Hyères near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 3.2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in Hyères?
April 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.