First pick
Parce de la Mazarine
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Neufchâteau
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided · Public domain33%woodland
Outdoors in Neufchâteau · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Almost every home in Neufchâteau is within 800 m of a park or wood
33% of Neufchâteau is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Neufchâteau; the nearest, Milieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger (Natura 2000), is 0.1 km from the town center. 25 km of footpaths cross Neufchâteau (0.8 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
0%
of the commune’s land
Nearest: Milieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger, 0.1 km
Woodland
33%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
25 km
0.8 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 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: Parce de la Mazarine
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 Neufchâteau?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune33% mapped woodland, more than in 80% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.Protected land nearbyMilieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger (Natura 2000) is 0.1 km from the town center.
What sets Neufchâteau apart: its woods, then protected land close by.
Against French towns
How Neufchâteau 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 areas0%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
44out of 100
Woodland33%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
80out of 100
Footpaths0.8 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
25out of 100
Hiking routes0.6 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
67out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Neufchâteau has the 9th fewest footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (6,653 to 6,810 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Luxeuil-les-Bains (5.7 km per km²) to Caussade (0.2 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxeuil-les-Bains Haute-Saône | 5.7 | 68% | 59% | 432 km |
| 2 | Châtelaillon-Plage Charente-Maritime | 4.6 | 0.5% | 22% | On it |
| 3 | Saulx-les-Chartreux Essonne | 4.3 | 29% | 0.1% | 162 km |
| 4 | Saint-Alban-Leysse Savoie | 4.2 | 44% | 75% | 233 km |
| 5 | Cassis Bouches-du-Rhône | 3.7 | 28% | 83% | On it |
| 6 | Puilboreau Charente-Maritime | 3.5 | 1.5% | 0% | 3.8 km |
| 7 | Liancourt Oise | 3.4 | 26% | 0% | 110 km |
| 8 | Loos-en-Gohelle Pas-de-Calais | 3 | 3.6% | 0% | 71 km |
| 9 | Saint-Julien-les-Villas Aube | 2.9 | 7.6% | 0% | 275 km |
| 10 | Saint-Victoret Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.6 | 10% | 0% | 7.1 km |
| 11 | Montfort-sur-Meu Ille-et-Vilaine | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | 40 km |
| 12 | Inzinzac-Lochrist Morbihan | 2.5 | 40% | 0% | 2.3 km |
| 13 | Moëlan-sur-Mer Finistère | 2.5 | 30% | 0% | On it |
| 14 | Thônes Haute-Savoie | 2.4 | 67% | 29% | 252 km |
| 15 | Gaillon Eure | 2 | 19% | 13% | 77 km |
| 16 | Beuvrages Nord | 1.9 | 4.2% | 99% | 102 km |
| 17 | Poussan Hérault | 1.5 | 2.1% | 38% | 8.5 km |
| 18 | Divion Pas-de-Calais | 1.4 | 12% | 0% | 57 km |
| 19 | Plouguerneau Finistère | 1.4 | 2.5% | 10% | On it |
| 20 | Douvaine Haute-Savoie | 1.3 | 22% | 0.9% | 296 km |
| 21 | Meyreuil Bouches-du-Rhône | 1.3 | 45% | 0% | 20 km |
| 22 | Brindas Rhône | 1.2 | 8.6% | 0% | 245 km |
| 23 | Montech Tarn-et-Garonne | 1.1 | 33% | 3.3% | 180 km |
| 24 | Ploeren Morbihan | 1.1 | 13% | 96% | 3.1 km |
| 25 | Meung-sur-Loire Loiret | 1.1 | 7.2% | 6.4% | 204 km |
| 26 | Saint-Jean-d'Angély Charente-Maritime | 1 | 8% | 0% | 35 km |
| 27 | Quesnoy-sur-Deûle Nord | 1 | 0.8% | 0% | 52 km |
| 28 | Migennes Yonne | 0.9 | 8.7% | 0% | 280 km |
| 29 | Cambo-les-Bains Pyrénées-Atlantiques | 0.9 | 30% | 15% | 18 km |
| 30 | Chalonnes-sur-Loire Maine-et-Loire | 0.9 | 11% | 33% | 99 km |
| 31 | Othis Seine-et-Marne | 0.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 142 km |
| 32 | Vigneux-de-Bretagne Loire-Atlantique | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 34 km |
| 33 | Neufchâteau Vosges | 0.8 | 33% | 0% | 356 km |
| 34 | Le Péage-de-Roussillon Isère | 0.6 | 13% | 28% | 209 km |
| 35 | Itteville Essonne | 0.6 | 33% | 7.1% | 177 km |
| 36 | Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 0.6 | 1.4% | 0% | 130 km |
| 37 | Feignies Nord | 0.5 | 4.1% | 100% | 126 km |
| 38 | Merville Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 9.8% | 5.4% | 163 km |
| 39 | Vallons-de-l'Erdre Loire-Atlantique | 0.4 | 13% | 0% | 81 km |
| 40 | Fronton Haute-Garonne | 0.4 | 12% | 0% | 162 km |
| 41 | Caussade Tarn-et-Garonne | 0.2 | 5.6% | 0% | 172 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 Neufchâteau
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parce de la Mazarine leads, at 0.9 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Milieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger is the nearest protected area, 0.1 km away
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Natura 2000 site
Milieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger
0.1 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area0%
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.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
25 km of footpaths and 19 km of hiking routes cross Neufchâteau
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
25 km
0.8 km per km²
Hiking routes
19 km
waymarked: 0.6 km per km²
Woodland
33%
about 10.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
NeufchâteauVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths0.8
Hiking routes0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NeufchâteauVosges medianFrance median
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 75% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 80% 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 Neufchâteau is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
4 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 71412 km
Tour de l’Ouest des Vosges17 km
Sentier de la Frézelle11 km
Sentier de Neufeys3.4 km
GR 714 passes within 2 km of Neufchâteau.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Neufchâteau: April to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Cirfontaines_Sapc, 25 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 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 5 |
| Rain (mm) | 82 | 71 | 68 | 59 | 80 | 66 | 70 | 79 | 69 | 84 | 83 | 94 |
April is the driest month (59 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 25 °C). 94 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 67 nights a year. The climate in Neufchâteau →
Neighbors
Next to Neufchâteau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
ContrexévilleVittelNeufchâteau
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neufchâteau | 0% | 33% | 0.8 |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 24 km | 0% | 34% | 1.1 |
| Vittel 4,780 · 25 km | 0% | 23% | 1.1 |
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 Neufchâteau
Is Neufchâteau in a national or regional nature park?
No. The nearest protected area is Milieux forestiers et prairies humides des vallées du Mouzon et de l’Anger, 0.1 km from the town center.
Are there good walks in Neufchâteau?
OpenStreetMap maps 25 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 0.8 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 19 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Neufchâteau is woodland?
33% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Neufchâteau near the sea?
No: the coast is 356 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Neufchâteau?
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.