Circular north of Charantonnay

This is a short, unpretentious walk, offering nothing more than the chance to get some fresh air and stretch your legs.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.31 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 109 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 105 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 465 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 363 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the Charantonnay school car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park heading north towards the church (Montée du Mollard). Walk past the church. Take the first lane on the left. The tarmac immediately gives way to a gravel road. Your path winds its way across the plain for a while.

(1) You will come to a small road, which you take on the right (ignore the yellow cross on a post).

(2) You will come to a complex crossroads. Leave the road on your right and, at the fork just after, take the right-hand branch (in front of you) and immediately turn right (you are walking eastwards).
Quite quickly, you will leave your road to take another small road on the left and pass in front of the Malatrait farm (sign).

(3) You arrive at the hamlet of Jacqueron. Take the first lane on the right (signposted Chemin du Langot). At a T-junction, turn right.

(4) You will arrive at a very pretty pond. Turn left (Chemin des Grenouilles) and pass several private ponds.

(5) You will come to another complex crossroads (signposted "Chemin de Roche", opposite on the left). Ignore this road coming from the left. At the fork immediately after, take the gravel path on the right.
You will come out onto another path and turn right (yellow markings).
Ignore a grassy path on the left and another path on the right. Your path leads you into the forest. Go straight ahead at the crossroads.

(6) Once you leave the woods, you will come to Chemin du Mariage. Turn left (yellow markings). When the road turns downhill to the right, take the gravel and grassy path in front of you (yellow markings). Pass to the left of a house before descending steeply.

(7) You will return to the small road you just left. Turn left (signposted "Côte de Varvaray"). Descend until you reach a T-junction. Take the urbanised lane on the right, which will take you back to the foot of the church, to the school car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 366 m - Car park below the church in Charantonnay
  2. 1 : km 1.94 - alt. 364 m - Place known as Maison Guinet
  3. 2 : km 2.69 - alt. 373 m - Olagnon House
  4. 3 : km 4.02 - alt. 400 m - Hamlet of Jacqueron
  5. 4 : km 4.78 - alt. 393 m - Pond
  6. 5 : km 5.83 - alt. 414 m - Chemin de Roche sign
  7. 6 : km 7.37 - alt. 464 m - Chemin du Mariage
  8. 7 : km 7.92 - alt. 413 m - Côte de Varvaray
  9. S/E : km 9.31 - alt. 365 m - School car park

Notes

Head to Charantonnay, a small village located between Saint-Jean-de-Bournay and Heyrieux, in the Isère department. Park in the school car park, below the church.

As the walk takes place not far from Saint-Exupéry Airport, you may see some air traffic above your heads.

Worth a visit

The rolling countryside of northern Isère.

A pretty pond.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 10 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
domibr
domibr

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello everyone,
There were about twenty of us who completed the 'circular route, North of Charantonnay' without any problems...
It was a pleasant walk, admittedly on tarmac, but in this very wet weather, that wasn't a problem...
This relatively short circular allowed us to get back to the cars just before nightfall, which is around 5 p.m. at this time of year...
We still have to do the "La Croix de Bénédict depuis Charantonnay" hike.
Happy hiking to all, and happy Christmas and New Year.
Best regards.
Dominique

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dougere
dougere

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 20, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant route, but a bit too much road.

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emmeline38
emmeline38

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

The explanations are very clear and the route is really good 😊
Perfect for clearing your mind 🙂

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liliane.clarens
liliane.clarens

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

On this beautiful sunny day, it was possible to see many peaks, including Pilat, the Monts Lyonnais and the snow-capped Alps.
We crossed beautiful countryside dotted with farms, fields of crops such as rapeseed, and a pretty string of ponds.
Thank you to the author for this very pleasant nature trail.

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Sud 8
Sud 8

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

First hike with friends on a bright day, topped off with a surprising view of the Mont Blanc Massif
We were delighted with this route

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sisaso
sisaso

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 20, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice walk with beautiful views. A bit too much road for my taste.

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drumtom
drumtom

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 24, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A nice little walk, very well explained... nothing to report.

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chrima
chrima

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 24, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Lovely route, very well signposted, we didn't get lost!!!!!!!

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michele.chevalier1056
michele.chevalier1056

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

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kawa600zx6r
kawa600zx6r

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 09, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Nice with friends and just a stone's throw from our house!!!

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