In the Massif de la Dame Jouanne

Beautiful walk in the Dame Jouanne massif with magnificent views and a few curiosities.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.40 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 131 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 124 m

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    Highest point: 120 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 66 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Larchant (77760)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.293913° / E 2.597159°
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 2417OT, 2417OTR
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Description of the walk

Starting point: Car park a few hundred metres from the Larchant cemetery, to the north, on the road to Villiez-sous-Grez.

Head into the forest, towards the west. After about 200 metres (1), turn left and you will quickly reach the Denecourt-Colinet trail no. 19, marked in blue. Turn left and follow the blue markings for about 1.5 km, heading south at first and then making a wide loop to the right until you reach theGR®13(2) (red and white markings).

Turn left onto the sharedGR®13/No. 19blue trail for about 200 metres. Then leave the blue markings (3) and follow theGR® markings, turning left. Follow theGR®13(red and white) for about 1 km.

At a crossroads (4), just before entering Larchant where the path becomes a paved road, take the dirt track on the left. At the end of the track, cross the road and take the dirt track opposite, which runs alongside the cemetery.

At a T-junction, turn left, then left again. Continue until you reach the road on the right and follow it for about 100 metres. When the road curves slightly to the left (5), take the path on the right. At the first fork, take the main path on the right. The path then splits; stay on the left-hand track. Continue until you reach Chemin de La-Chappelle-la-Reine in Nemours (6).

Take this path on the left, then the first path on the right, heading north-east. After less than a kilometre, join theGR®13(7). Turn left onto theGR®13, which climbs and winds through the rocks of the Massif de la Dame Jouanne. Join the blue-marked path no. 19 (8).

Follow the sharedGR®13/No. 19blue markings to the right, on the Chemin de La-Chapelle-la-Reine. Pass the Chalet Jobert. Cross the road coming from Larchant and continue straight ahead. After about 250 metres, turn sharply left. Leave the blue trail on your right and head south, still on the red and whiteGR® trail. After about 1 km, you will come to the blue trail marked 19 (9).

Turn left, ignoring a path on your right. At the next junction, leave the blue trail straight ahead and continue right on the GR®. At the next junction, turn left onto the path to La Chappelle-la-Reine in Larchant. After about 100 metres, turn right onto the path that leads to the Rocher de la Justice. Cross another path. At the next junction, turn left (still on theGR®). Make a loop south-west, south, south-east until you are near the Rocher de l'Eléphant. Turn left to return to the starting point.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 67 m
  2. 1 : km 0.11 - alt. 75 m - Fork in the road
  3. 2 : km 1.21 - alt. 81 m - Junction with the GR13
  4. 3 : km 1.45 - alt. 113 m - Leave the blue-marked trail
  5. 4 : km 2.19 - alt. 82 m - Crossroads before entering Larchant
  6. 5 : km 3.38 - alt. 69 m - Fork
  7. 6 : km 4.91 - alt. 67 m - Chemin de La-Chappelle-la-Reine in Nemours
  8. 7 : km 5.73 - alt. 71 m - Junction with the GR13
  9. 8 : km 7.25 - alt. 73 m - GR13 shared section / blue trail no. 19
  10. 9 : km 8.29 - alt. 73 m - Junction with the Denecourt-Colinet trail
  11. S/E : km 9.39 - alt. 67 m

Notes

Bring a 1:25,000 map (at least the one available for download on this website). A compass may be useful.

There is a water fountain 50 metres from the car park (in the middle of some ruins).
Bakery and restaurant in Larchant.
Restaurant and bar at Chalet Jobert.

Worth a visit

Saint-Mathurin Church in Larchant

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

4.3 / 5
Based on 26 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
Joël dugay
Joël dugay

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

The route gets a little lost before the chalet (one or two signposts are missing to keep the circuit going).
A pleasant, varied route with a few moderately steep sections
Larchant is a charming little village with a new, welcoming bakery/café

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Seb & moumoune
Seb & moumoune

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

After a slightly complicated start, everything fell into place. A very beautiful ride, a little chilly but that's to be expected at this time of year. At least it wasn't raining and there was no wind. Moumoune & Seb

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likaro
likaro

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 11, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and varied route, allowing you to discover the magnificent "tortured" rocks of Dame Jouanne. The car park indicated as the starting point is actually reserved for coaches. The car park is 100 m further south. At point 4, we continued to the beautiful St-Mahurin church, following the "old village" route suggested on the Larchant cultural association's website. The village's artisan bakery is also well worth a visit (I don't own any shares). You can rejoin the route at the cemetery via Rue de Chouard.

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Charly Alain
Charly Alain

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

This was our first time hiking in the Fontainebleau Forest. We really enjoyed this trail among the rocks, which offers a real change of scenery for those who, like us, are more used to hiking in flat forests without rocks. We didn't find it particularly difficult and the path was very clean despite the heavy rain in previous weeks, which was much appreciated...
It really makes us want to try other trails to admire the surprising nature of the Fontainebleau forest.

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Jean.Taverne
Jean.Taverne

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

With the description provided, the start of the route is not easy to find. The GR fork between 3 and 4 has disappeared. The long straight stretch along the marshes is not very interesting. We have adapted the route to take in the beautiful sites in the area, particularly the "Mont Blanc".

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!!15TiLu62;
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 17, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

a beautiful route to follow, except for a few places where you have to look for the blue arrows indicating the route

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Unpasdeplus
Unpasdeplus

Overall rating : 1.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Disappointed to be mostly circling around rocks instead of being up high. There are very few remarkable rocks.

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pierrecommerce1
pierrecommerce1

Hello,
I attempted to follow this hike on 31 October 2022, but I modified my itinerary to follow only the blue route, as it is challenging to follow both the blue markings and the red and white markings of the GR13.
The 1:25,000 Visorando map with all the points marked is illegible! (The points hide the details and the junctions). Otherwise, you have to read the description and spend your time with your nose in the map instead of enjoying the scenery.
In the Fontainebleau massif, there are too many trails and too many details for this type of map. It should be possible to minimise or hide the display of the numbers of the points in the description.
Otherwise, no problems elsewhere; the Visorando maps are parish specific to Brittany.

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DANYEGASEL
DANYEGASEL

I didn't follow the entire route, as I was drawn to other areas. I skipped sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. From 7 to 3, the route is easy with blue markers from 19 and GR13 markings. Beyond 3, I continued to Mont Blanc, a vast expanse of sand, following 19. The rocky parts are remarkable and this region is highly recommended. Your map was useful to me as it was quite accurate and showed the wide variety of paths.

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BY
BY

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful forest, beautiful rocks, beautiful views, varied paths. Some passages between the rocks are quite challenging... The basilica in Larchant is worth a detour. One small disappointment: the Jobert inn is closed in the late afternoon on weekdays...

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hélène1
hélène1

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very pleasant hike with beautiful views

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valerie45
valerie45

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

very beautiful hike, it's a shame that the "Bouledogue" rock isn't marked, it's a must-see

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guyhubert.fontaine
guyhubert.fontaine

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike completed on a Sunday in early October in very pleasant weather, with a short stop for lunch at the Jabert inn, located along the route: an excellent day out!

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FT31
FT31

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hike completed on a very hot day in the morning and very pleasant as the route is mostly shaded (even along the marshes). A few issues due to discreet signage around 3 and 4 and some confusion towards the end of the route. Otherwise, beautiful views of Larchant, magnificent rock formations with beautiful shapes. I recommend taking a detour to see the remarkable Saint-Mathurin basilica. Thank you to the author of this hike for sharing.

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henri57
henri57 ★
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Hello,

Thank you for your feedback.

For a first experience, very positive!

So keep it up!

See you soon!

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