Around Étival-lès-le-Mans

A pleasant walk where you can explore shaded paths and the Bois de la Cornuère. This is a diverse woodland, consisting mainly of deciduous trees, notably beautiful oaks. A few large umbrella pines dot this lovely landscape. A picnic table awaits you shortly after leaving the woods.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.10 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 41 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 41 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 89 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 52 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the school car park.

(S/E) From the car park, head towards the church. After 50 m, turn left onto Rue des Quatre Chemins. Continue straight on along the footpaths to leave the village. After 1,500 m, you’ll reach the D309.

(1) Cross the road carefully, walk along the right-hand side for 40 m, then turn left onto the path. After 300 m, cross a road and enter the Bois de la Cornuère. Follow the yellow markings inside the woods. Continue, ignoring the side paths, until you reach a fork just before the junction with a road.

(2) Take the hairpin bend to the left and continue straight on to leave the woods, at a place called Les Épiceries.

(3) As you leave the woods, turn right onto a gently sloping path. At the picnic table, head left onto a path leading down to the D22.

(4) At the road, take the tarmac path on the left leading towards La Pinsonnière farm and continue along the track on the left, which leads to the road heading towards La Souchardière.

(5) Continue along this road, which veers to the right, until you reach a crossroads with a cross. This section is not shaded.

(6) Follow this road to the left and, 300 m further on, you will reach the D309, which you cross.

(1) Opposite, take the shaded path you took on the way out and walk leisurely back to the village (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 52 m - School car park
  2. 1 : km 1.17 - alt. 68 m - Crossing the D309
  3. 2 : km 2.33 - alt. 67 m - Hairpin bend
  4. 3 : km 2.85 - alt. 77 m - Exit from the Cornuère woods
  5. 4 : km 3.85 - alt. 66 m - D22
  6. 5 : km 4.73 - alt. 86 m - Route de la Souchardière
  7. 6 : km 5.48 - alt. 77 m - Crossroads with a straight-ahead option
  8. S/E : km 7.1 - alt. 52 m - School car park

Notes

Easy access to the school car park. Path very well marked in yellow. Refreshments available at the village grocery shop and bar.

Reviews and comments

4.8 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
MagBel
MagBel

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 25, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely 1½-hour walk with my son and husband. We didn't know this place even though we don't live very far away... go figure!
Pleasant paths through small forests. Few roads, which is nice.

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Eveilleau gilles
Eveilleau gilles

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 24, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Easy circuit suitable for many people

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hisabelle95
hisabelle95

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 19, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A short, easy walk that can be completed quickly and easily.

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barille116
barille116

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 18, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

a round trip to leave and enter the village, but on a pleasant,
well marked

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