Through woods and fields west of Belleneuve

An easy hike through woods and fields as you approach Belleneuve (Côte-d'Or).

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.37 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 45 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 45 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 239 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 203 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Arceau (21310)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.358465° / E 5.2318°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3122SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Park in the car park (service road) located to the left of the D34d in the direction of Arc-sur-Tille - Belleneuve.

(S/E) From the eastern end of the car park, take the first woodland path heading north-north-east. At the end of the path, veer slightly to the right and take the woodland path opposite, which heads north-north-west. At one point, it passes right next to a meadow (guide on the left) and then opens out onto fields.

(1) Turn right as you leave the woods and walk up the edge of the field. Then keep to the left at the top of the hill and head into the open field. At the end, at altitude 215, turn right and continue straight ahead to the end, at altitude 218. Turn left. Pass the Ru de la Fontaine au Diable stream just before a crossroads. Turn right and follow the stream on your right until the next crossroads. Take the white gravel path.

(2) Turn right. Pass the water treatment plant (on your left). Continue straight ahead. After an S-bend at the entrance to the woods, take the first path on the left that goes up into the woods. Follow it until you reach a four-way junction.

(3) Continue straight ahead, using the pine forest on your right as a guide. At the next crossroads, turn left. This forest path, which becomes a field path, leads straight to Belleneuve. It goes around the right side of some copses and an old marsh area and comes out opposite the Renault garage. Go to the crossroads on the right.

(4) Cross the D34d carefully and take the field path that starts opposite, slightly to the left. Follow it to the end and turn right. Continue straight ahead. At the next crossroads, this stony path turns into a grassy path that branches off to the left and leads down to the old Sainte-Gertrude Chapel.

(5) Continue along the only path, which climbs up to the edge of the woods (on the right) and the field (on the left), and eventually enters the woods, veering slightly to the right.

(6) At the next crossroads, keep to the right. Continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads with two stone markers standing upright and athird on the ground (tree in the centre, no. 28).

(7) Turn left. Pass, with the guide on your right, along a forestry site and continue along this woodland path until you reach the next crossroads with two stone markers.

(8) Turn right, then shortly after at the fork, keep right again. This path leads straight ahead to the D34d. Cross it carefully to reach the starting car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 234 m - Car park on the edge of the D34d
  2. 1 : km 1.08 - alt. 219 m - Fork to the right
  3. 2 : km 2.49 - alt. 207 m - Three-way crossroads
  4. 3 : km 3.74 - alt. 229 m - Four-way crossroads
  5. 4 : km 5.27 - alt. 204 m - Crossing the D34d. Near the - Albane (rivière)
  6. 5 : km 6.67 - alt. 210 m - Former Sainte-Gertrude Chapel
  7. 6 : km 7.29 - alt. 219 m - Crossroads of tracks
  8. 7 : km 7.86 - alt. 224 m - Crossroads of tracks 3 milestones
  9. 8 : km 8.41 - alt. 238 m - Crossroads of tracks 2 milestones
  10. S/E : km 9.37 - alt. 234 m - Car park on the edge of the D34d

Notes

Walking sticks are useful in wet weather. The ground is soggy in places due to forestry work.

Worth a visit

(5) Former Sainte-Gertrude chapel.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.9 / 5
Route interest
3.9 / 5
NanaDidi
NanaDidi

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 25, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A simple, short walk that alternates between forest and fields.
What a pleasure to see the little Sainte Gertrude chapel again, which we had already encountered on a Visorando walk (in the woods of old Dijon); it really deserves to be restored.
We have rarely come across such a detailed and accurate description (no need for a GPS). Well done and thank you!

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DE FIGUEIREDI
DE FIGUEIREDI

Hello,

I'd like to do this hike. I went with a friend to scout it out, but I never found the car park or the start of the hike. Can you please help me?

Thank you very much
Looking forward to discovering this route

Christelle

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DROUILLOT
DROUILLOT

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Good description for this walk, which has pleasant paths through the woods. I would just like to point out that at point (8), you need to turn right at the fork and not "shortly after the fork". Between points (5) and (6), there is mud and puddles, but you can easily get around them. However, the last straight stretch from (8) is very muddy.

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Laurent J1.
Laurent J1.

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Easy hike
In winter there is a lot of mud, especially in the southern part (probably due to logging), and the last 500 metres had to be covered through the woods.
Chapel and castle ruins worth exploring.

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JBGUIBOUX
JBGUIBOUX

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The chance to find a 10km hike less than 10km from my home.
(Thanks to lockdown and health restrictions)
A flat hike through the fields and woods around Belleneuve. No difficulty.
The description is well done and reliable, and the paths are clearly marked.
The wooded sections are very pleasant.
Few other hikers encountered.
Otherwise, be careful during the logging season: there is a lot of logging along the route.
A good Sunday hike for the family.
A discovery: the ruins of the old Sainte Gertrude chapel: nothing to see, but it was good to know that it existed.
Thank you for this peaceful moment through woods and fields.

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70rando70
70rando70

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, easy walk combining forest and very pleasant country lanes.
Thank you.

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TOURIGNY Jean-Luc
TOURIGNY Jean-Luc

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hike to do in summer.

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jpboinon
jpboinon

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A walk, rather than a hike, on often muddy dirt paths. Very precise description up to the Sainte Gertrude chapel, a little less so afterwards, but we didn't get lost!

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