Around Vallègue

Through the typical Lauragais countryside, this route will take you to the village of Vallègue and its lake, allowing you to enjoy beautiful views, particularly of the Pyrenees, along the ridge paths.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.66 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 128 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 135 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 268 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 187 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Vallègue (31290)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 43.424073° / E 1.754613°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2144E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Car park in front of Vallègue church.

(S/E) Head to the right side of the church, towards the cemetery, which you will go around on the right, taking a path that descends and leads to the lake.

(1) Take the path on the left that runs alongside and around the lake. At the end of the lake, take the small bridge over the stream feeding the reservoir and return to the other bank. Continue to the dyke.

(2) Leave the dyke on your right and continue straight ahead on the tarmac road. Ignore the first path on the left (Chemin Jacques Barreau) and take the second one, still on the left, about 400 m from the dyke (Chemin de la Guinette). Follow it uphill for just under 900 m.

(3) Before reaching the Fontvieille silos, at an elevation of 245 metres, turn right onto the grassy path that descends to run alongside the Ruisseau de Dax stream. After 900 metres, turn left onto the path that climbs towards Dax. At the first houses, turn right and follow the main street until you reach the tarmac road on the left, which will take you to the D72c 150 m further on. Turn left and continue along this road for 400 m.

(4) Take the first path that climbs steeply to the right and leads to the ridge path at an altitude of 267 metres. Leave the Tour du Télégraphe on your left and take this path to the right (view of the Pyrenees): it descends and joins the D622 (Revel road) 1 km further on.
Caution: this isa very busy road and dangerous for pedestrians. You must cross it and walk along the left-hand side for about 150 m.

(5) Take the wide stony path on the right, follow it for just over 500 m and, at Guilhau, at an elevation of 204 m, turn onto the other path on the right towards Villote, continuing for 1.2 km and passing under a power line.

(6) At the crossroads, at an elevation of 204 metres, turn left towards La Bosque. At this location, leave the tarmac road that leads to the house and continue to the right at the hangar, along the grassy path.

(7) After 500 m, turn left (the path can be muddy in places) and follow the path, which becomes a tarmac road after 600 m, before joining the D25f.

(8) Turn right onto the D25f to return to Vallègue, crossing the Vignasse. Carefully cross the D622 again and continue straight ahead. At the T-junction, turn left, then right to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 240 m - Car park in front of the - Église Saint-Étienne (Vallègue)
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 214 m - Lake shore
  3. 2 : km 1.57 - alt. 211 m - Dike
  4. 3 : km 2.77 - alt. 244 m - Fontvieille silos
  5. 4 : km 4.59 - alt. 222 m - Exit from Dax
  6. 5 : km 6.19 - alt. 211 m - D622 road
  7. 6 : km 7.92 - alt. 204 m - Towards La Bosque
  8. 7 : km 8.68 - alt. 209 m - Fork
  9. 8 : km 9.36 - alt. 211 m - La Vignasse
  10. S/E : km 10.66 - alt. 240 m - Car park in front of the - Église Saint-Étienne (Vallègue)

Worth a visit

Vallègue lake
Tour du Télégraphe

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
lATOF
lATOF

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 07, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Very enjoyable hike. Some sections were very muddy. Pyrenees in the mist.
To be repeated in clear weather.

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Shrando31410
Shrando31410

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pretty lake, dirt tracks, small roads. A very pleasant village, Dax, with very friendly inhabitants. Worth seeing, although in poor condition, is an old Chappe telegraph tower, after point 4, on the ridge. Pass through the field for 150 metres near the D622.

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Viveliane
Viveliane

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike typical of the Lauragais region, with a lovely stretch along the ridge path, which is unfortunately too short. The section along the main road is dangerous. I was on my own, so it was fine, but it seems like it would be really problematic for a group, even if it's only 150 metres long.

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Les Randonneurs Toulousains
Les Randonneurs Toulousains

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 16, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

departure from Dax
beware of traffic on the D622
Nice tour around the lake when there is no wind.
A few hills and a bit of tarmac

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pauvert31
pauvert31

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk, especially at the beginning around the lake. No particular difficulties except for a short steep climb to reach the ridge. Quite a lot of tarmac road (more than half of the route) but we didn't meet anyone at all during the hike. The 150 metres on the Revel road are indeed dangerous and require you to keep well to the side of the road. The route took 2½ hours at a brisk walking pace.

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ChrisJou
ChrisJou

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 29, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk starting around Lake Vallegue, followed by a superb view of the Pyrenees on a clear day.

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Campita
Campita

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 31, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The start around the lake is nice (I'm from the area and yet I didn't know it), but the rest is less interesting, especially the second part after the main road. Still, it was a pleasant walk in good weather and without too much wind that day.

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jyw
jyw

Hello,
I'm sorry, but this is not the information that was displayed when I opened the file yesterday morning. This new information seems much more accurate to me.
There was probably a bug in the file, which has now been corrected.
Thank you.
Kind regards

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jyw
jyw

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

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

Hello,
I know the area a little, and I have some questions about the accuracy of this description.
I don't see how it's possible to cover a 1,600-metre elevation gain over a distance of 10 km in the Lauragais region, which is characterised by flat farmland and small valleys and hills.
Furthermore, isn't the time of 7 hours and 50 minutes for these 10 km overestimated?
I imagine that several hikes in very different areas have been combined.
Kind regards.

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