Around Purgerot via Gesincourt and Aboncourt

A refreshing immersion in the greenery of the woods, which can be punctuated by a nature-and-gourmet break in Aboncourt-Gésincourt, where a farmhouse inn satisfies your appetite with delicious home-made produce.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.21 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 640 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 659 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,224 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 732 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Purgerot (70160)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.748926° / E 5.998162°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3320SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Starting point and car park: Place de l’Église, Purgerot.

(S/E) With your back to the church, set off along the Grande Rue or the D7.
Turn left onto Place du Four and head uphill again to the left along Rue de la Chèvre, which then becomes a grassy track (a steep climb to start the route).

(1) At the first crossroads, turn left and continue uphill, passing a pasture on your right.

(2) When you come out onto a small road, turn right and, at the first bend, carry on straight ahead to re-enter the forest via a woodland path.

(3) You will then reach a stony path and pass close to a large pylon.
Turn onto the grassy path a little further on to the right (altitude 360m) to reach the D7 road via a lovely forest track.

(4) Carefully follow this departmental road to the left, then turn right onto a path through the woodland after the bend.

(5) Turn left at the Fork in the road and continue through fields and meadows.

(6) Turn right at the Fork in the road at the entrance to the woodland, which you cross. Continue across the fields for 1.5 km and head down to the right to come out onto the D56 at the entrance to Gesincourt.

(7) Follow the D56 to the right, crossing Gesincourt and then Aboncourt with care.
Cross a bridge near a cheese dairy.

(8) After the bridge over the Ruisseau d’Aboncourt, turn right onto a small road.

(9) At the cross, keep left onto a dirt track through the fields. Reach the top of the Bois du Petit Lien via an uphill track.

(10) Head back down towards the village of Purgerot. Turn right towards the wash house and head for the Place de l’Église (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 846 ft - Place de l’Église in Purgerot
  2. 1 : mi 0.38 - alt. 1,040 ft - Forest crossroads
  3. 2 : mi 0.73 - alt. 1,119 ft - Tarmac road
  4. 3 : mi 1.06 - alt. 1,207 ft - Pylon
  5. 4 : mi 1.97 - alt. 1,014 ft - D7 junction
  6. 5 : mi 2.51 - alt. 1,024 ft - Turn left at the fork in the road
  7. 6 : mi 3.23 - alt. 997 ft - A fork in the road at the entrance to the woods
  8. 7 : mi 4.51 - alt. 797 ft - Gesincourt
  9. 8 : mi 5.31 - alt. 732 ft - Aboncourt Bridge
  10. 9 : mi 5.66 - alt. 810 ft - Cross
  11. 10 : mi 6.38 - alt. 945 ft - The summit of the Bois du Petit Lien
  12. S/E : mi 7.21 - alt. 846 ft - Place de l’Église in Purgerot

Worth a visit

Purgerot:
The church, with its Romanesque bell tower, features a 15th-century pointed-arch sanctuary and a late 17th-century altarpiece.
A very beautiful washhouse with a skylight (a raised central section of the roof allowing maximum light to enter), rectangular in shape, with cast-iron columns featuring various designs, built by the architects Lebeuffe and Renahy in 1847

Aboncourt-Gésincourt:

  • “Pâturages Comtois” cheese dairy
  • La Ludore farmhouse inn
  • A fountain adorned with flowers, a superbly restored washhouse

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
3.5 / 5
charente54
charente54

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 21, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk through a mix of woodland and meadows, not too difficult. The path isn’t too busy.

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gibbs
gibbs

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A nice route, no major difficulties, alternating between woodland and meadows

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claudeclaire
claudeclaire

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 01, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

"Yellow Circles" mark most of the route.
Beautiful views, fountains, wayside crosses…
Too much of the route is on tarmac, in open country, making the walk of only moderate interest.

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Nokia
Nokia

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Please note: do not go on this walk in hot weather, as there are many sections where you are exposed to the sun. A walk for lovers of the unspoilt countryside.

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