Bois Joeuf

A family route suitable for all weathers, with or without your dog, fun with children, an easy and enjoyable short walk.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.44 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 104 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 107 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 273 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 175 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Jœuf (54240)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 49.235955° / E 6.014414°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 3312E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park behind the Joeuf swimming pool. The start is immediately on your left.

(S/E) Go down to reach the banks of the Orne.

(1) Once you reach the riverbank, turn left and continue along the riverbank until you reach the Haropré footbridge.

(2) Cross the footbridge and turn left. Continue straight ahead until you reach a four-way intersection.

(3) Turn right up Rue de la Forêt, which continues as a path through the woods.

(4) At a fork, turn left immediately, then left again, and continue straight ahead until you reach the "Maison des 3 Ours" (a hut used by hunters), where you can have a picnic (there is a table and bench).

(5) Turn right, pass a crossroads and, at the forest road, turn right. Continue straight ahead, then turn right and immediately left.

(6) Continue straight ahead and turn right.

(7) Finally, turn right to rejoin and descend Rue de la Forêt via the same route as on the way up to return to the swimming pool car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 192 m - Car park behind the Joeuf swimming pool.
  2. 1 : km 0.37 - alt. 177 m - Banks of the Orne
  3. 2 : km 1.11 - alt. 175 m - Haropré footbridge over the - Orne (rivière)
  4. 3 : km 1.94 - alt. 191 m - On the right, Rue de la Forêt
  5. 4 : km 2.48 - alt. 258 m - Fourche
  6. 5 : km 2.9 - alt. 261 m - Maison des 3 Ours
  7. 6 : km 3.45 - alt. 267 m - Straight ahead
  8. 7 : km 3.77 - alt. 261 m - Descent of Rue de la Forêt
  9. S/E : km 6.44 - alt. 192 m - Car park behind the Joeuf swimming pool.

Notes

The Maison des 3 Ours offers a picnic area and a playground for children, and the space is quite large.

Worth a visit

Around twenty types of mushrooms can be found in autumn.
Various hunters' huts are also worth seeing.
You may even spot a fox.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
3.9 / 5
pauline43
pauline43

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 17, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Allows you to stretch your legs. Thank you for this suggestion.

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pipa57
pipa57

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 25, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing

I usually write down my walks, which are mainly in the Mullerthal region of Luxembourg. Here, I would give it a 4/10. Part of the route in the Crombillon area takes us behind some run-down, dirty and unsafe council flats. The route needs to be changed so that you don't take the footbridge but continue along the blue line and rejoin the route 500 metres further on via the road bridge.

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loic.lang
loic.lang

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant walk along the banks of the Orne river and then up the wooded hillside.
However, we slightly altered our route along the way, continuing along the more pleasant left bank instead of crossing the first bridge, which would have taken us to the foot of large blocks of flats, and crossed at the next point.
Furthermore, rather than retracing our steps as recommended in the guide, we took another path that allowed us to make a circular route while remaining in the heart of nature: we followed the path along the ridge to the east until we reached the drinking water reservoir, then a path led us back down the hillside to a footbridge that took us back to the starting point near the swimming pool.

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Bridom
Bridom

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 30, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Easy and accessible to all.

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braunl
braunl

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 25, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

This hike combines green spaces with proximity to the city.

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jacques_54
jacques_54

Not used at the moment, I went to Joeuf during a trip to see the starting point of the walk, but we haven't done it yet. If all goes well, it's planned for June.

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lilrol
lilrol

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 20, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A beautiful, easy and varied short route: the Orne Valley and forest overlooking Joeuf.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

I hope Visorando will continue to exist for a long time to come.
Thank you, nolive73
Rest assured, we are doing everything we can to make that happen.
Happy New Year to you too.

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nolive73
nolive73

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 03, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Thank you for taking the time to make all these wonderful nature walks available for free.
The walk in Joeuf Woods on 1 January was very pleasant, the trees were covered in frost, it was magnificent (I haven't done the other walks I downloaded).
I hope Visorando will continue to exist for a long time to come.

And a happy new year to all hikers, beginners and experienced alike!

Olivier

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