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Hiking in Paris

87

routes

7.3 km

median distance

34 m

median elevation gain

Hiking in Paris is no contradiction, provided you accept tarmac. The routes listed here start in the central arrondissements — the 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th — and chain together the Seine quays, the Saint-Martin and Ourcq canals, and the Coulée Verte René-Dumont along the old Vincennes railway.

The hills supply what little climbing there is: Montmartre, Belleville, the Buttes-Chaumont and the Parc de Montsouris are enough to gather a hundred metres over a loop.

The appeal lies less in the terrain than in the continuity: you cross the city end to end without ever leaving a pedestrian route, with a metro exit every five hundred metres.

When to go — All year; early mornings and the Sundays when the riverside roads close give the best conditions.

OpenRando lists 87 hiking routes in Paris. The median distance is 7.3 km, and most routes fall between 3.8 and 12.7 km — from an afternoon loop to a full day out.

The terrain stays gentle: median elevation gain is 34 m, and even the hilliest routes rarely exceed 111 m. Good ground for long outings without the climbing.

The most common starting points cluster around: Paris 08, Paris 11, Paris 07, Paris 16, Paris 12, Paris 10. Every route comes with its GPX track, elevation profile and interactive map.

Longest routes in Paris

  • Boucle Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris – Trocadéro au départ de Cadet28.0 km
  • Boucle Canal Saint-Martin – Passerelle Bichat au départ de Saint-Sébastien - Froissart26.9 km
  • Boucle Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris – Avenue des Champs-Élysées au départ de Porte Dorée25.2 km

All routes in Paris