No shops or restaurants along the route.
There is only one picnic table at the edge of the forest shortly before km 11.
The villages of Bossut and Gottechain were merged in 1811 to form the municipality of Bossut-Gottechain. The 1977 municipal reform incorporated both into the entity of Grez-Doiceau.
With this little page of Belgian history turned, the walk starts from the square in Bossut and takes you on a route that is more rural in Wallonia and more wooded in Flanders (Meerdaalbos), another Belgian story as the route straddles the two neighbouring provinces of Brabant.
Details
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 12.66 mi
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Average duration: 6h 25
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Difficulty: Difficult
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Back to start: Yes
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Ascent: + 696 ft
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Descent: - 686 ft
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Highest point: 361 ft
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Lowest point: 121 ft
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Country: Belgium
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City: Grez-Doiceau
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Start/End: N 50.761745° / E 4.69549°
Photos
Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 305 ft - Place de Bossut
- 1 : mi 0.51 - alt. 292 ft - Rue des Meuniers
- 2 : mi 1.63 - alt. 249 ft - Deciduous forest
- 3 : mi 2 - alt. 285 ft - Votive elm tree
- 4 : mi 3.25 - alt. 144 ft - Nethen, church and cemetery
- 5 : mi 4.68 - alt. 338 ft - Deciduous forest
- 6 : mi 6.2 - alt. 269 ft - Meerdael Forest
- 7 : mi 8.3 - alt. 269 ft - Fork towards Saint-Corneille
- 8 : mi 9.35 - alt. 279 ft - Chaussée de Namur, N91
- 9 : mi 10.56 - alt. 312 ft - Rue de Linsmeau
- 10 : mi 11.62 - alt. 302 ft - Gottechain
- 11 : mi 12.26 - alt. 210 ft - N25
- S/E : mi 12.66 - alt. 305 ft - Place de Bossut
Notes
Worth a visit
Leuven, a beautiful city that is well worth a visit
Other walks in the area
Circular route around Grez-Doiceau
From Nethen to the Meerdael Forest circular
Nodebais and Beauvechain
Countryside and forest in Brabant around Pécrot-Nethen
Short tour of Ottenburg
Circular between Zoet Water and the Heverleebos Arboretum
Ijse Valley in Huldenberg
Forest walk at Fort des Voiles
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