First pick
Forêt communale de Raon-l’Étape
Wood or forest · 40 m outside the commune
1,014 ha37.5 km of path
8 h 20 minto walk all 37.5 km of path
12 km westfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
17%of the land protected
Outdoors in Senones · protected areas, woods and footpaths
79% of Senones is woodland, more than in 9 in 10 French towns
Waymarked hiking routes add up to 25 km in Senones. Protected areas cover 17% of Senones’ land. 18 km of footpaths cross Senones (1 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
17%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
79%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
18 km
1 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
8
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 Senones?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.
A wooded commune79% mapped woodland, more than in 99% of compared French towns, against 13% for the median compared town.On waymarked routes25 km of GR and other hiking routes cross the commune.A nature reserveBannes-Ravines nature reserve covers 10% of the commune.
What sets Senones apart: its woods, then its hiking routes.
Against French towns
How Senones 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 areas17%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
76out of 100
Woodland79%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
99out of 100
Footpaths1 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
30out of 100
Hiking routes1.3 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
90out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Senones has the 20th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (2,205 to 2,582 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From École-Valentin (3.9 km per km²) to Bouligny (0.1 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | École-Valentin Doubs | 3.9 | 16% | 0% | 405 km |
| 2 | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande Gironde | 3.7 | 0% | 8.7% | 66 km |
| 3 | Mers-les-Bains Somme | 3.5 | 10% | 100% | On it |
| 4 | Villejust Essonne | 2.4 | 4.4% | 0% | 160 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Feyre Creuse | 2.1 | 30% | 0% | 222 km |
| 6 | Camiers Pas-de-Calais | 2 | 30% | 32% | On it |
| 7 | Sain-Bel Rhône | 1.9 | 12% | 0% | 253 km |
| 8 | La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur Calvados | 1.8 | 14% | 29% | On it |
| 9 | Fareins Ain | 1.8 | 8.8% | 0.1% | 279 km |
| 10 | Entzheim Bas-Rhin | 1.7 | 1.5% | 0% | 449 km |
| 11 | Mornas Vaucluse | 1.5 | 35% | 5% | 84 km |
| 12 | Watten Nord | 1.4 | 24% | 100% | 18 km |
| 13 | Rantigny Oise | 1.4 | 18% | 0% | 109 km |
| 14 | Beautor Aisne | 1.3 | 3.6% | 40% | 133 km |
| 15 | Conques-sur-Orbiel Aude | 1.3 | 8.1% | 0% | 60 km |
| 16 | Barcelonnette Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 1.3 | 46% | 100% | 91 km |
| 17 | Granges-Aumontzey Vosges | 1.1 | 70% | 90% | 436 km |
| 18 | Cattenom Moselle | 1.1 | 37% | 0% | 308 km |
| 19 | Prayssac Lot | 1 | 42% | 0% | 151 km |
| 20 | Senones Vosges | 1 | 79% | 17% | 428 km |
| 21 | Chatte Isère | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 190 km |
| 22 | Arelaune-en-Seine Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 69% | 100% | 29 km |
| 23 | La Croix-en-Touraine Indre-et-Loire | 0.7 | 24% | 0% | 199 km |
| 24 | Criel-sur-Mer Seine-Maritime | 0.7 | 4.9% | 7% | On it |
| 25 | Lusignan Vienne | 0.7 | 17% | 0% | 97 km |
| 26 | Avelin Nord | 0.6 | 6.1% | 0% | 72 km |
| 27 | Civray Vienne | 0.5 | 19% | 0% | 101 km |
| 28 | Le Cailar Gard | 0.4 | 2% | 68% | 17 km |
| 29 | Vervins Aisne | 0.4 | 1.1% | 0% | 164 km |
| 30 | Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt Dordogne | 0.4 | 13% | 2.1% | 65 km |
| 31 | Frans Ain | 0.4 | 4% | 0% | 275 km |
| 32 | Toucy Yonne | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 288 km |
| 33 | Auxi-le-Château Pas-de-Calais | 0.3 | 25% | 1% | 31 km |
| 34 | Vivy Maine-et-Loire | 0.3 | 15% | 100% | 140 km |
| 35 | Nogent-sur-Vernisson Loiret | 0.2 | 46% | 0.3% | 249 km |
| 36 | Eymet Dordogne | 0.2 | 8.6% | 0.4% | 86 km |
| 37 | Athies-sous-Laon Aisne | 0.2 | 8.9% | 0% | 159 km |
| 38 | Val-de-Scie Seine-Maritime | 0.1 | 18% | 0% | 23 km |
| 39 | Noyen-sur-Sarthe Sarthe | 0.1 | 28% | 0% | 126 km |
| 40 | Chalamont Ain | 0.1 | 20% | 69% | 284 km |
| 41 | Bouligny Meuse | 0.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 293 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 Senones
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
1,132 ha31.1 km of path
6 h 55 minto walk all 31.1 km of path
5.6 km northfrom the center
Sentier des 3 Sources
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt communale de la Petite-Raon
Wood or forest · 310 m outside the commune
66 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
3.4 km northfrom the center
Route forestière de Senones à Celles
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt communale de Ménil-de-Senones
Wood or forest
63 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
2.5 km northfrom the center
Route forestière de Senones à Celles
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt communale de Vieux-Moulin
Wood or forest
45 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
3.1 km northfrom the center
Route forestière de Senones à Celles
Directionsto a point inside
Forêt communale de Châtas
Wood or forest
42 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
2.8 km northfrom the center
Route forestière de Senones à Celles
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Abbaye
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Senones
Directionsto a point inside
Jardins du Prince Charles
Park or garden
1.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Senones
Directionsto a point inside
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
17% of Senones 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
10% of the commune3.9 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Massif vosgien
12% of the commune2.1 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Gîtes à chauves-souris autour de Saint-Dié
1.7 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area17%
Nature reserve10%
Natura 2000 site12%
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.
17% of Senones’ land is protected, more than in 76% 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
18 km of footpaths and 25 km of hiking routes cross Senones
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
18 km
1 km per km²
Hiking routes
25 km
waymarked: 1.3 km per km²
Woodland
79%
about 14.6 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
SenonesVosges medianFrance median
Footpaths1
Hiking routes1.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SenonesVosges medianFrance median
Woodland79%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 70% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 99% 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 Senones is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
17 named hiking routes within 2 km
GR (long-distance)Other named walk
GR 53314 km
Boucle Nord18 km
Circuit de Ménil-de-Senones à Vieux-Moulin9.4 km
Circuit de Lajus8.7 km
Circuit de la chapelle de Malfosse6.9 km
Sentier Jean-Marie Michel5.8 km
Circuit des Roches Margos5.6 km
Sentier de Senones à Saint-Dié5.2 km
Sentier des Sources5.2 km
Boucle du Coquin4.9 km
Circuit du Calvaire du Coquin4.8 km
Circuit de la Haute Pierre4.1 km
+5 more
GR 533 passes within 2 km of Senones.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Senones: 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 Senones →
Neighbors
Next to Senones
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
MoyenmoutierRaon-l'ÉtapeSaint-Dié-des-VosgesBaccaratLa BroqueSainte-Marie-aux-MinesSenones
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senones | 17% | 79% | 1 |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 5.6 km | 2.8% | 72% | 1.2 |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 10 km | 2% | 69% | 2.4 |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 12 km | 1.9% | 58% | 3.2 |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 19 km | 17% | 39% | 1.6 |
| La Broque 2,625 · 19 km | 8% | 79% | 1.1 |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 22 km | 100% | 76% | 2 |
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines has 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 Senones
Is Senones in a national or regional nature park?
No, but 17% of its land is in a nature reserve or a Natura 2000 site.
Are there good walks in Senones?
OpenStreetMap maps 18 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 25 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Senones is woodland?
79% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Senones near the sea?
No: the coast is 428 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Senones?
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.