First pick
Parc Nature Du Plan
Park or garden
58 ha9.8 km of path
2 h 10 minto walk all 9.8 km of path
1 km eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Esby · CC BY-SA 3.025%of the land protected
Outdoors in La Garde · protected areas, woods and footpaths
La Garde is on the coast
59 km of footpaths cross La Garde (3.8 km per km²). 25% of La Garde’s land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 7.6% of La Garde. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
25%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
7.6%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
59 km
3.8 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: Parc Nature Du Plan
The sea
On it
the commune touches the coast, 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 La Garde?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
On the coastThe commune touches the sea; the coast is 2 km from its center.A place of footpaths3.8 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.
What sets La Garde apart: the sea, then its footpaths.
Against French towns
How La Garde 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 areas25%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
80out of 100
Woodland7.6%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
33out of 100
Footpaths3.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
83out 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
La Garde has the 19th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (25,490 to 27,593 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Paris 4e (12.9 km per km²) to Sainte-Suzanne (0.4 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris 4e Paris | 12.9 | 0% | 0% | 150 km |
| 2 | Les Ulis Essonne | 10.9 | 13% | 0.2% | 156 km |
| 3 | Taverny Val-d'Oise | 10.5 | 33% | 0.4% | 129 km |
| 4 | Villeneuve-la-Garenne Hauts-de-Seine | 9.8 | 4.2% | 0% | 141 km |
| 5 | Champs-sur-Marne Seine-et-Marne | 9.6 | 36% | 0.1% | 160 km |
| 6 | Grigny Essonne | 8.7 | 7.2% | 0% | 170 km |
| 7 | Élancourt Yvelines | 8.2 | 26% | 3.5% | 138 km |
| 8 | Cormeilles-en-Parisis Val-d'Oise | 7.2 | 14% | 0% | 133 km |
| 9 | Gradignan Gironde | 6.8 | 17% | 0% | 26 km |
| 10 | Sannois Val-d'Oise | 6 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 11 | Bussy-Saint-Georges Seine-et-Marne | 5.9 | 31% | 2.3% | 167 km |
| 12 | Armentières Nord | 5.9 | 3.8% | 0% | 50 km |
| 13 | Cenon Gironde | 5.4 | 8.9% | 0% | 18 km |
| 14 | Brunoy Essonne | 5.2 | 18% | 0% | 170 km |
| 15 | Eaubonne Val-d'Oise | 5 | 1.9% | 0% | 134 km |
| 16 | Alençon Orne | 4.8 | 2.3% | 5.5% | 97 km |
| 17 | Limeil-Brévannes Val-de-Marne | 4.8 | 29% | 0% | 165 km |
| 18 | Lambersart Nord | 4.7 | 3.4% | 0% | 59 km |
| 19 | Lormont Gironde | 4.7 | 12% | 7.4% | 16 km |
| 20 | Castelnau-le-Lez Hérault | 4.6 | 4.5% | 1.2% | 11 km |
| 21 | Miramas Bouches-du-Rhône | 4 | 9.2% | 5.7% | 18 km |
| 22 | Hénin-Beaumont Pas-de-Calais | 3.8 | 5.6% | 0% | 80 km |
| 23 | La Garde Var | 3.8 | 7.6% | 25% | On it |
| 24 | Biarritz Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 3.5 | 11% | 3.5% | On it |
| 25 | Le Grand-Quevilly Seine-Maritime | 3.4 | 4.9% | 0.1% | 50 km |
| 26 | Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône Val-d'Oise | 3.2 | 7.4% | 0% | 123 km |
| 27 | Vertou Loire-Atlantique | 3.1 | 19% | 0% | 41 km |
| 28 | Sens Yonne | 3.1 | 4.6% | 0% | 249 km |
| 29 | Brétigny-sur-Orge Essonne | 3 | 9.5% | 0% | 169 km |
| 30 | Aurillac Cantal | 2.7 | 2.9% | 0.2% | 195 km |
| 31 | Lunel Hérault | 2.2 | 0.4% | 0.6% | 14 km |
| 32 | Villeparisis Seine-et-Marne | 1.9 | 13% | 0% | 153 km |
| 33 | Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Seine-Saint-Denis | 1.9 | 0% | 0% | 151 km |
| 34 | Saumur Maine-et-Loire | 1.5 | 15% | 100% | 133 km |
| 35 | Muret Haute-Garonne | 1.5 | 10% | 3.2% | 150 km |
| 36 | Cavaillon Vaucluse | 1.1 | 3.2% | 100% | 45 km |
| 37 | La Teste-de-Buch Gironde | 1.1 | 56% | 46% | On it |
| 38 | Étampes Essonne | 1 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 39 | Bergerac Dordogne | 1 | 14% | 1.9% | 86 km |
| 40 | Sèvremoine Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 5.3% | 0% | 70 km |
| 41 | Sainte-Suzanne Réunion | 0.4 | 31% | 49% | 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 La Garde
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Nature Du Plan leads, at 58 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Les Pins Penchés
Wood or forest
44 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
3.8 km south-westfrom the center
Sentier des Douaniers
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de Sainte-Musse
Park or garden · 260 m outside the commune
2.1 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.1 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Parc François Accusano
Park or garden
1.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Garde
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Savels
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.6 km south-westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Jardin Veyret
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks, gardens and woods
Parc Nature Du PlanPark or garden · 58 ha · 9.8 km of path
DirectionsLes Pins PenchésWood or forest · 44 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de Sainte-MussePark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside
DirectionsParc François AccusanoPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsParc des SavelsPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsJardin VeyretPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJardin des CastellesPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsSquare Louis PasteurPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Sainte-MargueritePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
25% of La Garde 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
25% of the commune0.5 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Mont Caume - mont Faron - forêt domaniale des Morières
0.9 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area25%
National park, outer area25%
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.
25% of La Garde’s land is protected, more than in 80% 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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
59 km of footpaths cross La Garde
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
59 km
3.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
0 km
waymarked: 0 km per km²
Woodland
7.6%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
La GardeVar medianFrance median
Footpaths3.8
Hiking routes0
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La GardeVar medianFrance median
Woodland7.6%
0%50%100%
That is more than in 83% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 67% 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 La Garde is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
2 named hiking routes within 2 km
Other named walk
Le sentier du Littoral – Carqueiranne1.4 km
Le sentier du Littoral – Toulon1.1 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in La Garde: April to August
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Toulon, 8.7 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain (mm) | 71 | 47 | 39 | 55 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 70 | 106 | 93 | 66 |
July is the driest month (6 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 30 °C). 106 mm of rain falls in October, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 2 nights a year. The climate in La Garde →
Neighbors
Next to La Garde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
La Valette-du-VarLe PradetLa FarlèdeToulonLa CrauCarqueiranneLa Garde
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Garde | 25% | 7.6% | 3.8 | On it |
| La Valette-du-Var 23,719 · 2.3 km | 32% | 23% | 3.4 | 3.7 km |
| Le Pradet 10,933 · 2.3 km | 43% | 11% | 4.6 | On it |
| La Farlède 10,014 · 5.6 km | 15% | 8.7% | 1.1 | 7.4 km |
| Toulon 179,116 · 6 km | 26% | 23% | 3.6 | On it |
| La Crau 19,556 · 6.1 km | 1.8% | 23% | 2.3 | 6.1 km |
| Carqueiranne 9,408 · 6.4 km | 0.1% | 28% | 3.9 | On it |
La Valette-du-Var, Toulon and La Crau 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 La Garde
Is La Garde in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: La Garde lies in Port-Cros National Park (25% of the commune).
Are there good walks in La Garde?
OpenStreetMap maps 59 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 3.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²).
How much of La Garde is woodland?
7.6% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is La Garde near the sea?
Yes: the commune touches the coast, 2 km from its center.
When is the best time for walking in La Garde?
April 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.