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2.3%woodland

Outdoors in Montesson · protected areas, woods and footpaths

Montesson has more footpaths per km² than 8 in 10 French towns

34 km of footpaths cross Montesson (4.7 km per km²). 2.3% of Montesson is mapped woodland. No protected area reaches Montesson; the nearest, Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis (Natura 2000), is 12 km from the town center. France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.

2.3%woodland 34km of footpaths

Protected areas

of the commune’s land

Nearest: Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis, 12 km

Woodland

2.3%

of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap

Compared town: 13%

Footpaths

34 km

4.7 km per km²

Compared town: 1.7 km per km²

Hiking routes

4 km

waymarked, GR and others

Compared town: 0.3 km per km²

Parks & woods

named, in or within 400 m of the commune

First: Parc départemental de la Boucle de Montesson

Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Montesson?

Read from the data: what stands out first, good and less good.

A place of footpaths4.7 km per km² of mapped footpath, against 1.7 km per km² for the median compared town.Little mapped woodland2.3% of the land, against 13% for the median compared town.

What sets Montesson apart: its footpaths. It is shorter on woodland.

Against French towns

How Montesson 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

22out of 100

Woodland2.3%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap

12out of 100

Footpaths4.7 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune

89out of 100

Hiking routes0.5 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune

64out of 100

Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.

Towns its size

Montesson has the 10th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (14,145 to 14,959 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.

Montesson 4.7

Saint-MauriceCastelsarrasin

0510 km per km²

From Saint-Maurice (8.8 km per km²) to Castelsarrasin (0.3 km per km²).

Every town in the comparison

	Town	Paths (km/km²)	Woodland	Protected	Coast
1	Saint-Maurice Val-de-Marne	8.8	9.4%	0%	157 km
2	Valenton Val-de-Marne	8.7	6.6%	0%	164 km
3	Villers-lès-Nancy Meurthe-et-Moselle	8.4	48%	0%	365 km
4	Laxou Meurthe-et-Moselle	6.9	74%	0%	364 km
5	Billère Pyrénées-Atlantiques	6.7	4.2%	9.2%	93 km
6	Chenôve Côte-d'Or	6.5	10%	17%	403 km
7	Auray Morbihan	5	8.3%	100%	On it
8	Montargis Loiret	4.8	5.7%	0%	237 km
9	Dinan Côtes-d'Armor	4.7	17%	100%	5.6 km
10	Montesson Yvelines	4.7	2.3%	0%	136 km
11	Saint-Genis-Pouilly Ain	4.5	17%	0.3%	298 km
12	Canteleu Seine-Maritime	3.7	64%	100%	49 km
13	Bar-le-Duc Meuse	3.7	55%	0%	297 km
14	Saint-Orens-de-Gameville Haute-Garonne	3.2	6.4%	0%	138 km
15	Bois-Guillaume Seine-Maritime	3	3.8%	0%	50 km
16	Montataire Oise	2.9	11%	0.1%	116 km
17	Ollioules Var	2.9	23%	14%	On it
18	Plérin Côtes-d'Armor	2.9	14%	1.8%	On it
19	Rixheim Haut-Rhin	2.8	41%	23%	441 km
20	Pontivy Morbihan	2.8	14%	0%	36 km
21	L'Étang-Salé Réunion	2.6	52%	39%	On it
22	Persan Val-d'Oise	2.5	0.3%	0.1%	120 km
23	Saint-Avold Moselle	2.5	53%	2.9%	356 km
24	Saint-Jean-de-Luz Pyrénées-Atlantiques	2.4	28%	7.6%	On it
25	Carrières-sur-Seine Yvelines	2.2	5%	0%	138 km
26	Fameck Moselle	2.2	32%	0%	309 km
27	Crépy-en-Valois Oise	2	16%	0%	137 km
28	Illzach Haut-Rhin	1.9	2.6%	0%	443 km
29	Pont-à-Mousson Meurthe-et-Moselle	1.8	31%	0.4%	341 km
30	Flers Orne	1.6	2.5%	0%	59 km
31	Hautmont Nord	1.6	11%	0%	130 km
32	Saint-Brevin-les-Pins Loire-Atlantique	1.6	7.3%	25%	On it
33	Saint-Paul-lès-Dax Landes	1.6	62%	5.3%	29 km
34	Saint-Omer Pas-de-Calais	1.6	2.8%	100%	28 km
35	La Flèche Sarthe	1.3	34%	11%	140 km
36	Le Raincy Seine-Saint-Denis	0.8	0%	0.1%	153 km
37	Romilly-sur-Seine Aube	0.8	35%	4.2%	237 km
38	Bailleul Nord	0.7	0.9%	0%	42 km
39	Saint-Martin-de-Crau Bouches-du-Rhône	0.4	3.6%	91%	21 km
40	Saint-Gilles Gard	0.4	2.5%	18%	25 km
41	Castelsarrasin Tarn-et-Garonne	0.3	5.6%	6.8%	173 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 Montesson

Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: Parc départemental de la Boucle de Montesson leads, at 24 ha. Directions go to a point inside.

First pick

Parc départemental de la Boucle de Montesson

Park or garden

24 ha4.9 km of path

1 h 5 minto walk all 4.9 km of path

1.4 km north-westfrom the center

Chemin de Halage

Directionsto a point inside

Parc Corbière

Park or garden · 70 m outside the commune

7.9 ha2.8 km of path

40 minto walk all 2.8 km of path

2.5 km westfrom the center

Directionsto a point inside

Quai du Bras

Park or garden · 250 m outside the commune

3.4 ha1.2 km of path

15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path

3 km northfrom the center

Directionsto a point inside

Square de Thame

Park or garden

2.2 ha1 km of path

15 minto walk all 1 km of path

1.4 km westfrom the center

Directionsto a point inside

Pelouse de La Borde

Park or garden · 130 m outside the commune

2.3 ha0.9 km of path

10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path

1.8 km south-westfrom the center

Directionsto a point inside

Parc Auguste Renoir

Park or garden · 290 m outside the commune

1.8 ha0.5 km of path

5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path

1.7 km south-eastfrom the center

Directionsto a point inside

Le plateau

Park or garden · 120 m outside the commune

1 ha0.4 km of path

1.1 km southfrom the center

Promenade des Landes

Directionsto a point inside

Les milieux

Park or garden · 110 m outside the commune

0.6 ha0.2 km of path

1.2 km southfrom the center

Promenade des Landes

Directionsto a point inside

All 14 named parks, gardens and woods

Parc départemental de la Boucle de MontessonPark or garden · 24 ha · 4.9 km of path

Directions

Parc CorbièrePark or garden · 7.9 ha · 2.8 km of path · just outside

Directions

Quai du BrasPark or garden · 3.4 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside

Directions

Square de ThamePark or garden · 2.2 ha · 1 km of path

Directions

Pelouse de La BordePark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside

Directions

Parc Auguste RenoirPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside

Directions

Le plateauPark or garden · 1 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside

Directions

Les milieuxPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside

Directions

Île CorbièreWood or forest · 3.1 ha · just outside

Directions

Les lanièresPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside

Directions

Square Aristide BriandPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path

Directions

Square des Petits ChampsPark or garden · 0.5 ha

Directions

Square LambertPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside

Directions

Parc du 18 juin 1940Park or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside

Directions

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.

Protected areas

Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis is the nearest protected area, 12 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

Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis

12 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

Footpaths and woods in Montesson

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

34 km

4.7 km per km²

Hiking routes

4 km

waymarked: 0.5 km per km²

Woodland

2.3%

about 0.2 km² of mapped woods

Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap

MontessonYvelines medianFrance median

Footpaths4.7

Hiking routes0.5

036 km per km²

Share of the land · mapped woods and forest

MontessonYvelines medianFrance median

Woodland2.3%

0%50%100%

That is more than in 89% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland less than in 88% 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 Montesson is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.

7 named hiking routes within 2 km

GR (long-distance)PR (local walk)Other named walk

GR 28.4 km

PR 763.4 km

PR 32.6 km

PR 12.6 km

PR 741.8 km

PR 750.5 km

Sentier du Val2.4 km

GR 2 passes within 2 km of Montesson.

When to get out

The best walking months in Montesson: April and June to September

Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Bagatelle, 9 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	15.3	16.2	15.8	14.4	12.5	10.7	9.1	8.3
High (°C)	8	9	14	17	21	24	26	26	22	17	11	8
Rain (mm)	51	45	46	45	70	53	51	55	46	55	58	64

February is the driest month (45 mm) and July the warmest (highs of 26 °C). 70 mm of rain falls in May, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 36 nights a year. The climate in Montesson →

Neighbors

Next to Montesson

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.

ChatouLe VésinetLe Mesnil-le-RoiCarrières-sur-SeineHouillesLe PecqMontesson

Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+

Town	Protected	Woodland	Paths (km/km²)
Montesson	0%	2.3%	4.7
Chatou 30,598 · 1.9 km	0%	0.3%	4.5
Le Vésinet 15,554 · 2.2 km	0%	0.1%	4.9
Le Mesnil-le-Roi 6,332 · 2.8 km	0%	13%	3.9
Carrières-sur-Seine 14,791 · 2.8 km	0%	5%	2.2
Houilles 33,983 · 3.6 km	0%	0%	1.7
Le Pecq 16,059 · 3.6 km	0%	2.7%	7.1

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 Montesson

Is Montesson in a national or regional nature park?

No. The nearest protected area is Sites de Seine-Saint-Denis, 12 km from the town center.

Are there good walks in Montesson?

OpenStreetMap maps 34 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 4.7 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.

How much of Montesson is woodland?

2.3% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.

Is Montesson near the sea?

No: the coast is 136 km from the town center, as the crow flies.

When is the best time for walking in Montesson?

April and 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 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.