First pick
Parc Nicolas Geliot
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fraize
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cham · CC BY 2.5100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Fraize · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Fraize lies inside Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park
Protected areas cover 100% of Fraize’s land. Mapped woodland covers 48% of Fraize. Fraize has 33 km of waymarked hiking routes. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
48%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
19 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Parc Nicolas Geliot
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Fraize?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
Inside Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park100% of the commune is in the regional nature park.On waymarked routes33 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A wooded commune48% mapped woodland, more than in 91% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.
What sets Fraize apart: the regional nature park around it, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Fraize 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 areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
95out of 100
Woodland48%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
91out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
38out of 100
Hiking routes2.1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
97out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Fraize has the 15th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,810 to 2,876 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Courchelettes (4.3 km per km²) to La Boixe (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Courchelettes Nord | 4.3 | 6.5% | 0% | 91 km |
| 2 | Burbure Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 3.7% | 0% | 55 km |
| 3 | L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île Vendée | 2.3 | 7.9% | 100% | On it |
| 4 | Pérignat-lès-Sarliève Puy-de-Dôme | 2.2 | 3.7% | 4.6% | 251 km |
| 5 | Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets Ille-et-Vilaine | 2 | 5% | 85% | On it |
| 6 | Sainghin-en-Mélantois Nord | 1.8 | 6.5% | 0% | 70 km |
| 7 | Bar-sur-Seine Aube | 1.7 | 40% | 0% | 302 km |
| 8 | Arles-sur-Tech Pyrénées-Orientales | 1.7 | 72% | 6.8% | 36 km |
| 9 | Ibos Hautes-Pyrénées | 1.7 | 31% | 0% | 126 km |
| 10 | Anzin-Saint-Aubin Pas-de-Calais | 1.7 | 6.2% | 0% | 77 km |
| 11 | Saint-Jean-en-Royans Drôme | 1.7 | 60% | 100% | 177 km |
| 12 | Massieux Ain | 1.6 | 5.1% | 0% | 267 km |
| 13 | Le Faouët Morbihan | 1.4 | 21% | 7.3% | 24 km |
| 14 | Colombiers Hérault | 1.2 | 1.4% | 0% | 13 km |
| 15 | Fraize Vosges | 1.2 | 48% | 100% | 447 km |
| 16 | Saint-Jean-du-Falga Ariège | 1.2 | 3.1% | 2.2% | 117 km |
| 17 | Trélivan Côtes-d'Armor | 1.1 | 18% | 100% | 9.5 km |
| 18 | Rozay-en-Brie Seine-et-Marne | 1.1 | 1.1% | 0.3% | 191 km |
| 19 | Pont-d'Ain Ain | 1 | 22% | 18% | 291 km |
| 20 | Colombier-Saugnieu Rhône | 1 | 2.7% | 0% | 252 km |
| 21 | Ambronay Ain | 1 | 28% | 1.3% | 286 km |
| 22 | Saint-Clément Yonne | 0.8 | 1.9% | 0% | 248 km |
| 23 | Étaules Charente-Maritime | 0.7 | 9.6% | 39% | On it |
| 24 | Langogne Lozère | 0.7 | 23% | 0.1% | 131 km |
| 25 | Ayguesvives Haute-Garonne | 0.7 | 8.4% | 0% | 128 km |
| 26 | Uzerche Corrèze | 0.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 176 km |
| 27 | Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne | 0.7 | 40% | 0% | 171 km |
| 28 | Seiches-sur-le-Loir Maine-et-Loire | 0.6 | 31% | 0% | 137 km |
| 29 | Aoste Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 4.6% | 245 km |
| 30 | Longny les Villages Orne | 0.5 | 35% | 100% | 104 km |
| 31 | Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse Haute-Saône | 0.5 | 46% | 46% | 422 km |
| 32 | Margaux-Cantenac Gironde | 0.4 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 33 | Cour-Cheverny Loir-et-Cher | 0.4 | 41% | 29% | 229 km |
| 34 | Blangy-sur-Bresle Seine-Maritime | 0.4 | 32% | 0.5% | 23 km |
| 35 | Vendays-Montalivet Gironde | 0.3 | 74% | 100% | On it |
| 36 | Rosières-aux-Salines Meurthe-et-Moselle | 0.3 | 24% | 0% | 381 km |
| 37 | Buchy Seine-Maritime | 0.3 | 4.8% | 0% | 42 km |
| 38 | Lafrançaise Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.3 | 19% | 0.8% | 175 km |
| 39 | Miremont Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 7.8% | 0.2% | 139 km |
| 40 | Thiviers Dordogne | 0.2 | 27% | 0.1% | 127 km |
| 41 | La Boixe Charente | 0.1 | 10% | 23% | 78 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 Fraize
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc Nicolas Geliot leads, at 1.1 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Fraize
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park
100% of the commune
Natura 2000 site
Massif vosgien
9.8% of the commune3.2 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
Regional nature park100%
Natura 2000 site9.8%
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.
100% of Fraize’s land is protected, more than in 95% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vosges has 2.4%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
19 km of footpaths and 33 km of hiking routes cross Fraize
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
19 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
33 km
waymarked: 2.1 km per km²
Woodland
48%
about 7.5 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
FraizeVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes2.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FraizeVosges medianFrance median
Woodland48%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 62% 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. Every home in Fraize is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
20 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 5315.6 km
GR 50.6 km
Grand tour de Fraize20 km
Petit tour de Fraize17 km
Boucle Sud14 km
Circuit du col de Mandray11 km
Circuit du Rossberg10 km
Circuit de la chapelle de Monthegoutte9.3 km
Circuit de la Roche des Fées8.6 km
Circuit du Rocher du Hangochet7.1 km
Circuit de l’Étang du Vallon7.1 km
Circuit de la Roche du Sphinx6.6 km
+8 more
2 GR routes pass within 2 km of Fraize: GR 531 and GR 5.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Fraize: June to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Trois-Epis_Sapc, 19 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 68 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 82 | 74 | 73 | 69 | 60 | 74 | 61 | 79 |
April is the driest month (53 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 82 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 71 nights a year. The climate in Fraize →
Neighbors
Next to Fraize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
AnouldSaint-Dié-des-VosgesOrbeySainte-Marie-aux-MinesGérardmerGranges-AumontzeyFraize
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraize | 100% | 48% | 1.2 |
| Anould 3,234 · 4.3 km | 0.1% | 49% | 0.6 |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 12 km | 1.9% | 58% | 3.2 |
| Orbey 3,429 · 13 km | 100% | 53% | 1.7 |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 15 km | 100% | 76% | 2 |
| Gérardmer 7,581 · 16 km | 100% | 70% | 6.3 |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 16 km | 90% | 70% | 1.1 |
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 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 Fraize
Is Fraize in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Fraize lies in Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Fraize?
OpenStreetMap maps 19 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.2 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 33 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Fraize is woodland?
48% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Fraize near the sea?
No: the coast is 447 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Fraize?
June 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.