Geodetic chimney of Spiémont

Start from the village car park located on the edge of the D50.

(S/E) Ignore the D50 and take the road downhill to the left. Note the wash house on your left, then turn left. Cross the D50, pass between the church and the town hall, Rue de Laveline du Houx, then continue along Route de Spiémont. At No. 18, leave the tarmac road, turn left onto the carriageway and you will soon reach a fork.

(1) Turn left, pass the telecommunications pylon and continue straight ahead at the four-way fork. A few dozen metres further on, you will find a path climbing to the right.

(2) Follow it to the geodesic chimney.

(3) Continue downhill along the access track to the chimney. At the next fork, keep left and rejoin the route you took earlier.

(2) Continue along the track and, taking the opposite route to the one you took on the way up, return to the village car park (S/E).

It is possible to do the hike with all-terrain pushchairs by following the access track to the summit (return route of the hike).

The 9-metre geodesic chimney was used to shelter the plumb line needed to take bearings and angle measurements for mapmaking in the early 20th century.

Geodetic chimney of Spiémont.