Léognan circular via Lac Bleu, Eau Blanche and the château

Hike/walk near Léognan starting from Lac Bleu, passing through woods, vineyards, streams, Château de Léognan and Château de France.

It was a pleasant discovery. This route is not very busy.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.98 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 17 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 17 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 57 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 36 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Léognan (33850)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 44.723394° / W 0.621584°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1537SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

(S/E) From the Lac Bleu car park, pass by the restaurant and walk along the lake on the left, following the green markers, to reach the white path. Turn left, follow the path through the forest or the white path and, at the crossroads, turn left at the corner of the woods.

(1) At the private property sign, turn right, follow the small path along the ditch, then the vineyards, and pass by the small pond on your right. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead, passing by the houses. 80 m after the last house, turn left.

(2) Take the white path, pass the piles of rubble on the path and continue to the barrier.

(3) Turn left, after 100 metres turn right and continue to the white gravel path.

(4) Turn left, follow the path, pass the horse equipment and join the tarmac road.

(5) Take the hairpin bend to the right, cross the small Véret Blanc stream and continue to Château de Léognan.

(6) Turn left opposite the château entrance, follow the path (GR®655) then the small path that branches off opposite the bend for 250 m. At the corner of the field, turn left onto the small path and join a track.

(7) Cross the track and continue straight ahead. There is a solitary chestnut tree in the middle of the crossroads. After a straight stretch, the path turns right and joins a track. Bear left to descend towards the Véret Blanc stream.

(8) Cross the stream on the wooden footbridge, continue along the path, pass a firewood depot and continue to the road.

(9) When you reach the "Caupey" path, turn right. Leave the GR®655.

(10) Take the Piste des Rouges path on the right and cross the Véret Blanc.

(11) Take the path on the left and follow the stream. Stay on the path closest to the Eau Blanche. It winds like the stream in the forest until it reaches the ford.

(12) Ford the stream. It is difficult to cross without getting wet. Take the small path on the left, which allows you to cross the stream on a wooden beam secured with bamboo as a guardrail. Leave the Eau Blanche stream by taking a fairly inconspicuous path. You will arrive in a wooded area. When you reach a field, go around it. Follow the Eau Blanche stream.

(13) Here, cross the Sartre stream and rejoin the Eau Blanche stream. Follow it and make a short turn to the left, then another to the right, along the edge of the vineyard, which you should follow until you reach the edge of the woods.

(14) Cross the woods and follow the vineyard until you reach the path that leads into the forest. At the end of this path, there is a house on the right. You will arrive at the Chemin des Bougès. Turn right and walk for about ten metres.

(15) Take the path on the left. Continue straight ahead, passing under the Château de France, and continue straight ahead until you reach the path between the vineyards.

(16) Turn left and take a wide path between the vineyards. Cross the Eau Blanche and follow it to the intersection just before Lac Bleu, then turn left onto Chemin des Terres Rousses. You will arrive at the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 53 m - Lac Bleu car park
  2. 1 : km 1.09 - alt. 53 m - Fork in the road at the private property sign.
  3. 2 : km 2.55 - alt. 56 m - Private property sign
  4. 3 : km 3.64 - alt. 57 m - Barrier
  5. 4 : km 4.47 - alt. 54 m - Chemin des Saulx
  6. 5 : km 5.56 - alt. 53 m - Road on the right at the hairpin bend
  7. 6 : km 6.67 - alt. 54 m - Château de Léognan
  8. 7 : km 7.15 - alt. 53 m - Track opposite (Châtaignier)
  9. 8 : km 8.03 - alt. 42 m - Crossing the Ruisseau du Véret Blanc
  10. 9 : km 8.62 - alt. 50 m - Chemin de Caupey
  11. 10 : km 8.91 - alt. 45 m - The Bougès trail
  12. 11 : km 9.24 - alt. 39 m - Crossroads of the Bougès trail
  13. 12 : km 10.97 - alt. 48 m - Gué de l' - Eau Blanche (rivière) - Garonne
  14. 13 : km 11.91 - alt. 45 m - Sartre stream
  15. 14 : km 12.72 - alt. 42 m - Entrance to the forest
  16. 15 : km 13.3 - alt. 46 m - Chemin des Bougès
  17. 16 : km 14.43 - alt. 41 m - Crossroads between the vineyards - Château de France
  18. S/E : km 15.98 - alt. 53 m - Lac Bleu car park

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

4.1 / 5
Based on 11 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.9 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Bourmu33
Bourmu33
• Edited:

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very easy route with GPS compass
Pleasant woodland, few roads, limestone paths, vineyards
Completed within the indicated time frame in good weather without rushing
Super

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danvi
danvi

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Pleasant route. The tall grass on part of the route, which appeared to be less frequented, led us to bypass it without difficulty.

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calaya
calaya

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Beautiful route, very varied in terms of natural and cultural environment (vineyards). Some points along the route are a little difficult to understand, but the route is well worth doing.

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RMOH
RMOH

Overall rating : 4 / 5

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

A problem at stage 3: there is a small path on the left in the woods before the normal path. We took it because there were no signs indicating which path to take (in this case, a forest road).

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camapaju
camapaju

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 09, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route through forests and vineyards

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Branchu laurent
Branchu laurent

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
A very pleasant route to follow.
At point 8, without a military map or an app with this type of map, you might worry about the detour.
It's a shame that after point 13, the path is quite narrow (due to a fence around a vineyard), making one section difficult to pass.
Other than that, it's a route I would do again because it's very nice.

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Etevlys
Etevlys

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 28, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello: … THIS ROUTE IS ENJOYABLE TO DO;
up to point 8: perfect description / at point 10: there is a typo "..de la Piste Rouges.." it should be Bouges. I struggled with that for a long time. At points "11 - 12 - 13 - 14" I didn't follow the description (fenced vineyard plot, I crossed the water via a two-plank bridge with supports on each side without getting wet, couldn't find the exact route...) I made up for it because I know the area. I'll do this section again, I want to see it! From point 15 to the finish: EASY!
I'm not disappointed.

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chipie33290
chipie33290

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route with very little road travel and the chance to discover Léognan Castle.
When we asked at reception, we were given permission to drive through the grounds to see the chapel, the château and the dovecote
Beautiful forests and very pleasant paths along streams
I followed the route using the app on my phone and it is different in places (fenced vineyard plots and non-existent paths) but it is impossible to get lost
Really nice, thank you for this route, which I will happily do again.

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Etevlys
Etevlys
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I am a hiker, good route, well suited to the geography of the region: FLAT. I studied the route on Google Earth before the hike, which was great. I mainly used the map of the route, as the descriptions of certain places can cause doubts and hesitation.
I would do it again...

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myralex
myralex

Overall rating : 2.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 27, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : Yes

Hello,

Following the route description carefully, shortly after the signposting, the details of the landmarks did not match the description at all.

We were disappointed with this circular. We had to return to the main road.

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jean-louis michel
jean-louis michel

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The description is sometimes vague or too concise, which sometimes left us unsure about which route to take. That said, it's not a big deal because the country is fairly simple in its layout, and it's easy to find your bearings.

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