First pick
Forêt communale de Raon-l’Étape
Wood or forest
1,014 ha37.5 km of path
8 h 20 minto walk all 37.5 km of path
6.4 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cham · CC BY 3.02.8%of the land protected
Outdoors in Moyenmoutier · protected areas, woods and footpaths
72% of Moyenmoutier is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Moyenmoutier has 35 km of waymarked hiking routes. 41 km of footpaths cross Moyenmoutier (1.2 km per km²). Protected areas cover 2.8% of Moyenmoutier’s land. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
2.8%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
72%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
41 km
1.2 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
35 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
3
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: Forêt communale de Raon-l’Étape
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 Moyenmoutier?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune72% mapped woodland, more than in 98% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes35 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.
What sets Moyenmoutier apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Moyenmoutier 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 areas2.8%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
61out of 100
Woodland72%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
98out of 100
Footpaths1.2 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
38out of 100
Hiking routes1 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
84out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Moyenmoutier has the 17th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,111 to 3,157 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Sérézin-du-Rhône (3.5 km per km²) to La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sérézin-du-Rhône Rhône | 3.5 | 20% | 0% | 237 km |
| 2 | Spicheren Moselle | 3.1 | 39% | 0% | 362 km |
| 3 | Donville-les-Bains Manche | 3.1 | 2.8% | 0% | On it |
| 4 | Asnières-sur-Oise Val-d'Oise | 3.1 | 51% | 100% | 125 km |
| 5 | La Tranche-sur-Mer Vendée | 2.8 | 18% | 100% | On it |
| 6 | Morainvilliers Yvelines | 2.4 | 32% | 0% | 127 km |
| 7 | Saint-Germain-au-Mont-d'Or Rhône | 2.3 | 24% | 0% | 264 km |
| 8 | Solaize Rhône | 2.3 | 17% | 0% | 239 km |
| 9 | La Flotte Charente-Maritime | 2.2 | 37% | 1.2% | On it |
| 10 | Béthisy-Saint-Pierre Oise | 2.1 | 37% | 21% | 127 km |
| 11 | Le Touvet Isère | 1.9 | 48% | 58% | 212 km |
| 12 | Éloyes Vosges | 1.8 | 59% | 0% | 428 km |
| 13 | Gilly-sur-Isère Savoie | 1.6 | 13% | 0.1% | 228 km |
| 14 | Chorges Hautes-Alpes | 1.5 | 34% | 16% | 122 km |
| 15 | Arbois Jura | 1.4 | 51% | 12% | 373 km |
| 16 | Besse-sur-Issole Var | 1.3 | 36% | 0.7% | 26 km |
| 17 | Moyenmoutier Vosges | 1.2 | 72% | 2.8% | 426 km |
| 18 | Champcevinel Dordogne | 1.1 | 51% | 0% | 106 km |
| 19 | Le Plan-de-la-Tour Var | 1.1 | 40% | 0% | 7.3 km |
| 20 | Appoigny Yonne | 1 | 46% | 2.7% | 289 km |
| 21 | Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche Yonne | 1 | 31% | 0% | 296 km |
| 22 | Vémars Val-d'Oise | 0.9 | 6.8% | 0% | 139 km |
| 23 | Arleux Nord | 0.9 | 7.5% | 0% | 99 km |
| 24 | Quarouble Nord | 0.9 | 19% | 100% | 106 km |
| 25 | Boussois Nord | 0.9 | 5.1% | 100% | 131 km |
| 26 | Saint-Thibéry Hérault | 0.8 | 6.2% | 0.2% | 12 km |
| 27 | Thézan-lès-Béziers Hérault | 0.8 | 0.9% | 0% | 22 km |
| 28 | Saint-Jacques-sur-Darnétal Seine-Maritime | 0.6 | 26% | 0% | 54 km |
| 29 | Le Molay-Littry Calvados | 0.5 | 10% | 0.1% | 14 km |
| 30 | Montfrin Gard | 0.5 | 3.1% | 14% | 47 km |
| 31 | Valensole Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 0.4 | 44% | 100% | 75 km |
| 32 | Gimont Gers | 0.4 | 6.2% | 0% | 184 km |
| 33 | Château-Landon Seine-et-Marne | 0.4 | 13% | 0.2% | 224 km |
| 34 | Saint-Hippolyte Pyrénées-Orientales | 0.3 | 0% | 68% | 6.1 km |
| 35 | Longperrier Seine-et-Marne | 0.3 | 16% | 0% | 144 km |
| 36 | Maringues Puy-de-Dôme | 0.3 | 11% | 40% | 269 km |
| 37 | Merdrignac Côtes-d'Armor | 0.2 | 32% | 0% | 39 km |
| 38 | Lapalisse Allier | 0.2 | 12% | 0% | 301 km |
| 39 | Médis Charente-Maritime | 0.2 | 9.4% | 0.6% | 5.1 km |
| 40 | Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure Charente | 0.1 | 23% | 0% | 103 km |
| 41 | La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois Cher | 0.1 | 22% | 0% | 321 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 Moyenmoutier
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Forêt communale de Raon-l’Étape leads, at 1,014 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Forêt domaniale de Celles
Wood or forest · 90 m outside the commune
1,132 ha31.1 km of path
6 h 55 minto walk all 31.1 km of path
9 km north-eastfrom the center
Sentier des 3 Sources
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt domaniale de la Côte-de-Répy
Wood or forest · 10 m outside the commune
515 ha30.4 km of path
6 h 45 minto walk all 30.4 km of path
3.9 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
2.8% of Moyenmoutier lies in protected areas
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Nature reserve
Bannes-Ravines nature reserve
4.5 km from the town center
Natura 2000 site
Massif vosgien
2.8% of the commune1.5 km from the center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area2.8%
Natura 2000 site2.8%
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.
2.8% of Moyenmoutier’s land is protected, more than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Vosges has 2.4%.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
41 km of footpaths and 35 km of hiking routes cross Moyenmoutier
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
41 km
1.2 km per km²
Hiking routes
35 km
waymarked: 1 km per km²
Woodland
72%
about 24.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
MoyenmoutierVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths1.2
Hiking routes1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MoyenmoutierVosges medianFrance median
Woodland72%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 62% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 98% 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 Moyenmoutier is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
18 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 53314 km
Boucle Nord39 km
Circuit du Hure17 km
Sentier Jean-Marie Michel15 km
Circuit de la Faïencerie9.9 km
Circuit de Lajus8.7 km
Circuit de la Haute Pierre7.9 km
Circuit de la chapelle de Malfosse6.8 km
Circuit de la Grande Corniche6.4 km
Sentier de Senones à Saint-Dié5.2 km
Circuit des Chéneaux5.1 km
Circuit des Roches Margos4.6 km
+6 more
GR 533 passes within 2 km of Moyenmoutier.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Moyenmoutier: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Badonviller, 13 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | 5 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain (mm) | 90 | 81 | 81 | 68 | 97 | 86 | 93 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 97 | 104 |
April is the driest month (68 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 104 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 88 nights a year. The climate in Moyenmoutier →
Neighbors
Next to Moyenmoutier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
Raon-l'ÉtapeSaint-Dié-des-VosgesBaccaratRambervillersAnouldFraizeMoyenmoutier
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moyenmoutier | 2.8% | 72% | 1.2 |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 5.5 km | 2% | 69% | 2.4 |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 11 km | 1.9% | 58% | 3.2 |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 15 km | 17% | 39% | 1.6 |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 20 km | 0% | 38% | 0.2 |
| Anould 3,234 · 21 km | 0.1% | 49% | 0.6 |
| Fraize 2,843 · 23 km | 100% | 48% | 1.2 |
Baccarat and Fraize have 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 Moyenmoutier
Is Moyenmoutier in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 2.8% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Moyenmoutier?
OpenStreetMap maps 41 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); 35 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Moyenmoutier is woodland?
72% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Moyenmoutier near the sea?
No: the coast is 426 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Moyenmoutier?
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 9, 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.