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Natural site

Bois des Mollières

Located in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coordinates: 46°00′50″ N 4°25′44″ E

Map showing the location of Bois des Mollières Bois des Mollières
Location in France
Elevation
780 m
above sea level
Nearest town
Saint-Just-d'Avray
1.9 km SE
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Paris · UTC+01:00
When to go
July–August
See the climate
Airports
LYS Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport60 km
GNB Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport101 km

About Bois des Mollières

Bois des Mollières is a natural site. Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The best months to visit are July–August. The nearest airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (60 km). Nearby sights include Monts du Beaujolais and Crêt de Munet.

Climate of Bois des Mollières

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: July–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 1° · Rain 79 mm

Hottest month
July (day 22°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
June (95 mm)
Driest month
February (55 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Bois des Mollières
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°5°8°11°16°19°22°22°18°13°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°0°2°7°10°12°12°9°5°1°-1°
Precipitation (mm)665557678795728392787966

Other places to visit in this season: July August

How to get to Bois des Mollières

The nearest airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS), 60 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Lyon, 44 km to the southeast.

Airports

  • Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône 60 kmsoutheast
  • Grenoble Alpes Isère Airport (GNB) Grenoble 101 kmsoutheast
  • Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE) Clermont-Ferrand 101 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Lyon Population: 520.8K 44 kmsoutheast
  • Villeurbanne Population: 131.4K 45 kmsoutheast
  • Saint-Etienne Population: 176.3K 65 kmsouth
  • Clermont-Ferrand Population: 147.9K 107 kmwest
  • Geneva Population: 201.7K 134 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Bois des Mollières

Within 100 km: 134 historic and cultural sites, 434 natural sites, 275 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km76 places

  • Mont Tourvéon Mountain 17 kmN
  • le Martichon Mountain 24 kmS
  • le Crêt Mountain 24 kmS
  • Montagne de Rochefort Mountain 22 kmNE

25–60 km325 places

  • Parc de la Tête d'Or Natural site 42 kmSE
  • Bois Dieu Natural site 40 kmN
  • Étang des Vavres Lake 52 kmE
  • Étang Moulin Lake 52 kmE

60–100 km442 places

  • Puy Bien Mountain 65 kmSW
  • Étang de Torcy-Neuf Lake 84 kmN
  • Étang de Tabouret Lake 78 kmE
  • Lake Sylans Lake 97 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

  • Saint-Just-d'Avray Village, Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône
    1.9 km SE
  • Cublize Village, Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône
    4 km W
  • Meaux-la-Montagne Village, Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône
    3.6 km N
  • Grandris Village, Arrondissement of Villefranche-sur-Saône
    4.5 km NE
  • Cublize Village, Cublize
    4 km W
  • Meaux-la-Montagne Village, Meaux-la-Montagne
    3.6 km N

Nearby attractions & nature

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