The Source du Gour

A peaceful walk in our Comtois countryside to discover the riches of two villages on the first step of the plateau: the remains of an ancient castle that allow us to dream of the lost beauty of our once fortified villages and the often overlooked treasures of their churches.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.86 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 88 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 88 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 452 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 400 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the car park in Bouclans in front of the town hall. No signposts.

(S/E) With your back to the town hall, take the first street on the left, passing in front of the castle. You will soon come to a fork in the road; take the right-hand gravel track. You will quickly arrive at the source of the Gour. Cross the pastures and, on the way, turn around for a view of the village rooftops and bell tower.

(1) At a wooden shed, join a small tarmac road at a right-angle bend and continue straight ahead. You are now on mountain bike route 104.

(2) After 0.5 km, the road forks. Take the right-hand lane, which quickly becomes a gravel road. At the next fork, turn left, passing under some high-voltage power lines.

(3) At the entrance to the woods, take a perpendicular path on the left that crosses fields until it joins another path in the woods.

(4) Turn left onto a gravel path which quickly becomes a well-defined dirt track running through pastureland. At a crossroads, continue straight ahead on the same path.

(5) At the first houses in the village of Vauchamps, descend to the right towards the centre. You will reach the D354, which you take to the left, taking care to watch out for cars, fortunately few and far between. This will take you back to Bouclans. You will pass the cemetery and its chapel.

(6) At the Calvary, turn left onto Rue du Château, then immediately right to visit the church and its statues, and head back down to the car park via Rue Saint-Léger (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 424 m - Car park in Bouclans in front of the town hall
  2. 1 : km 1.31 - alt. 452 m - Hangar
  3. 2 : km 1.57 - alt. 437 m - La Grange au Chenil
  4. 3 : km 2.82 - alt. 445 m - Crossroads
  5. 4 : km 3.35 - alt. 424 m - Undergrowth
  6. 5 : km 5.42 - alt. 411 m - Vauchamps
  7. 6 : km 8.49 - alt. 422 m - Calvary
  8. S/E : km 8.86 - alt. 424 m - Car park in Bouclans in front of the town hall

Notes

A small section along a departmental road.

Worth a visit

NANCRAY: The Museum of Comtois Houses
The Comtois houses gathered at the open-air museum showcase the habitat, gardens, animals and environment.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 21 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.4 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
La Gana
La Gana
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 28, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant route for enjoying the September sunshine. The route is not difficult, with a gravel path almost all the way, except for the local road at the end.
The Source du Gour is very pretty and we enjoyed the picnic table, which was ideally located for us.

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NOLLICEC
NOLLICEC

Overall rating : 1 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 01, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

Signposting virtually non-existent, paths closed or unauthorised. Uninteresting hike.

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merici concorde
merici concorde

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful hiking route, easy to follow, not much undergrowth but fairly open clearings, varied terrain, beautiful wooden statues in the church at Glamondans. The only drawback is that the entire route is not marked. In some places, it is a little difficult to find the right path, particularly at point 5 on the map.
But it's a beautiful hike.

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cathbat
cathbat

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 07, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and easy hike.

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Paps
Paps

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

an easy route, suitable for all ages.

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Cyril25
Cyril25

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 28, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant and easy hike.
We did it in winter under beautiful sunshine.
We were looking for a hike outside the woods to enjoy the sunshine. It was ideal.
The end on the main road is not a problem. Part of it is on a footpath and the road is not very busy.

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bressane
bressane

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Perfect. The Gour spring was very active due to heavy rainfall. The end of the route, on a quiet country road, is made easier along a good portion of this road by a safe footpath.

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gaia rose
gaia rose

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful, easy and pleasant hike that passes through lovely villages. It's a shame that the last three kilometres are along a road that is quite busy on Sundays. Where is the path through the fields for the last part?

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chefm
chefm

Overall rating : 4 / 5

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

Nice route, very sunny. The only downside is the return trip along the main road (which is quite busy)

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MaryRando2017
MaryRando2017

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 29, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful hike, beautiful scenery, the hamlet of Vuillorbe with its chapel and castle.
At the end of the route, there is a bit of road, but beautiful views and beautiful houses – I was not disappointed.

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relacscarthago
relacscarthago

Is it possible to have more details on how to cross fields? Thank you

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sobeth
sobeth

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 05, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, very open walk that takes you from village to village. Ideal in spring, when the fields are in bloom.
The only downside is the last part, where you have to return along the road. We crossed through the fields instead.

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edithetdamien
edithetdamien

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 13, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk, best done in autumn as it's quite exposed... shame that the third part is on the road!

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wassi2015
wassi2015

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 09, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

the not-so-good return trip on the road

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25584245
25584245

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

hello, yesterday, Monday, I walked the route with the group from my village. It was a hike that I was mostly familiar with. I made a change between Vauchamps and Bouclans to avoid the D354 (it's much more pleasant). L: 12.2 km.

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