Around the Trois Pignons

A pretty hike in the Massif des Trois Pignons, on the edge of Fontainebleau forest.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 7.72 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 25 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 62 m
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    Descent: - 56 m

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    Highest point: 108 m
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    Lowest point: 68 m

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Description of the walk

Start out from the car park behind the cemetery in Noisy-sur-Ecole.

(S/E) With the cemetery on your right, turn left (north-northeast) along Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes.

(1) After about 200m, at the crossing, take the bridleway on the right. The bridleway runs more or less parallel to the Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes, which it joins again after about 2km, at the foot of Rocher de Jean des Vignes.

(2) Turn immediately right onto Chemin du Rocher des Potets. The path heads east and then bears southeast further along.

(3) Cross straight over the Ancien Chemin de Melun and continue southeast.

(4) At the next junction, join the GR1. Turn right (southwest) onto the Chemin du Rocher Fin, and follow the red and white waymarks of the GR1, ignoring any paths off to either side. Just after a bend to the left, ignore a path from the right and continue southwest.

(5) Turn right (southwest) along Chemin de la Mée. Ignore the paths off to the left and keep going until you reach the junction with the Sentier des 25 Bosses (it is much narrower, so be careful not to miss the crossing). Look out for a red two-directional arrow.

(6) Leave the GR and turn right down the path, which is waymarked in red. At a crossing turn left and climb up the east slope of Rocher Guichot. Come back down on the north slope. At the T-junction turn left and you will immediately reach the junction Carrefour des Longs Réages.

(7) At the junction, take the path to the right at a right angle (north-northwest), still following the red waymarks. The path makes a series of bends to the left-right-left, and then climbs up Roche aux Sabots

(8). Ignore the path with red waymarks, which bears off to the right (north), and begin the descent to the west. Cross Chemin de la Plaine de Jean des Vignes and make your way back to the starting point.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 71 m - Noisy-sur-Ecole - Car park behind the cemetery
  2. 1 : km 0.33 - alt. 68 m - Cross
  3. 2 : km 1.62 - alt. 68 m - Departure from Chemin du Rocher des Potets
  4. 3 : km 2.53 - alt. 72 m - Crossing with the Chemin de Melun at Le Vaudoué
  5. 4 : km 3.1 - alt. 72 m - Chemin du Rocher Fin - Junction with the GR1
  6. 5 : km 4.41 - alt. 72 m - Chemin de la Mée
  7. 6 : km 5.08 - alt. 69 m - Junction with the Sentier des 25 Bosses
  8. 7 : km 6.54 - alt. 68 m - Carrefour des Longs Réages
  9. 8 : km 7.38 - alt. 77 m - Roche aux Sabots
  10. S/E : km 7.72 - alt. 71 m - Noisy-sur-Ecole - Car park behind the cemetery

Notes

It is essential you have a map on a scale of 1/25000 with you (at least the one that can be downloaded from this site). A compass could be handy too.

You will need good walking shoes.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 50 reviews

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

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant and varied hike, alternating between flat paths and rocky sections. The trail is fairly busy with hikers and climbers, but not to the point of being disruptive. We followed the GPS route rather than the description. Be careful of a few slippery sections on the rocks. The car park indicated for the starting point is the cemetery car park, but this is not the right one; you need to go a little further.

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didlec
didlec

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

very easy hike ending with two small hills that add a little interest to the otherwise very flat route.

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andre.mirat
andre.mirat

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 26, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Ample parking. A little disappointed at the start of the hike as it lacked variety even though the forest is very beautiful, quite a long route, very flat, but once we had tackled the two bumps of the 25 bumps route we had what we wanted in terms of variety! Very happy with this lovely, easy and varied walk.

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Sérifos
Sérifos

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant tour for the whole family. Walked with 1 child (6 years old). Interesting mushrooms all along the route and the passage of the rocks, great! Very few people: 6 in total.

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Patricia DUPIRE
Patricia DUPIRE

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 18, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Discover the forest of Fontainebleau. Well-marked trails and very practical visorando information sheet. Superb trail with rocks, heather, moss etc...
Perhaps we should have started at the end and done the walk in the opposite direction, as the route ends with a climb up the two rocks, Guichot and Roche aux Sabots, which are a little steep and slippery for our age (80 and 76), but we did them anyway and were very pleased.

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Luolun
Luolun

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant tour for the whole family. We hiked with 2 children (aged 10 and 7) without any problems. On the contrary, they loved the rocky sections.
Hardly anyone there at this time of year. A great time!
However, avoid the heat of summer as some sections are very exposed.

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finyi
finyi

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 11, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk in a rocky massif ...

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a28041960
a28041960

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very nice hike that we shortened a little by taking the 25-moguls path before point 5.
Long, fairly flat sections in a beautiful forest
Not too busy apart from the section, which was very pleasant, on the 25-moguls path, which is a real "motorway", and the car park was also very busy on this Sunday in August.
The only comment is that point 8 is a little too far along the route, after the fork.

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Tevouille
Tevouille

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 17, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful walk in the Fontainebleau forest.

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mainbourg
mainbourg

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk, mostly on forest paths, ending with two climbs, Rocher Guichot and Roche aux Sabots, which are part of the 25-mogul circuit.
Be careful after point 4, and once well on the GR1 (Chemin du Rocher fin), to continue as far as the Chemin de la Mee (point 5), avoiding turning right too soon onto the Chemin de la Mee between plots 145 and 163.

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jack754
jack754

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 10, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

good description easy to follow except at the end of the second bump where without the GPS we wouldn't have found the right track

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MOOVEO91
MOOVEO91

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 31, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Superb walk.
This was my 1st hike in this forest but certainly not my last. 2 nice climbs at the end with a beautiful view of the 3 Pignons massif at the top. The descent from the Guichot rock face was a bit tricky (slippery rocks) and not very popular at this time of year.
Well done for this well-done report.

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schubdide
schubdide

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Good varied course

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Capucines26
Capucines26

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pretty, easy and varied route!

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eltatio
eltatio

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A nice little circuit that starts on wide paths and finishes with two beautiful bumps ...

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