From Parc de Sceaux to Meudon Forest via Parc de la Vallée aux Loups

(S) On leaving Parc de Sceaux station (the exit at the rear of the train when coming from Paris and at the front when coming from the suburbs), turn left onto Avenue de la Duchesse du Maine. Follow the^GRP®® for southern Paris, marked in red and yellow. At the end of the avenue, turn left onto Avenue Arouet. At the roundabout, continue straight ahead.

(1) Enter Parc de Sceaux. Take the second path on the right (Allée du Tir; still following the^GRP®®). Walk past the Statue of Servitude. At the end of the path, you’ll come out onto a circular esplanade (Statue of the Mascarons).

Take the path on the right and, immediately afterwards, go down the steps on the left which lead to a small path below (Allée Colbert). Follow this path to the right, leaving the Petit Bassin on your left. After first turning right then left, you’ll come out onto a large esplanade, lined with trimmed yews, in front of the château in Parc de Sceaux.

Cross the esplanade, keeping the château on your right. Then turn left into the path that runs alongside the Plaine des Quatre Statues. At the end of the path, leave the park via the Porte du Pont de Chartes. Then cross the D67 and head straight up the embankment of the green corridor where the^GR®®655passes.

(2) Leave the^GR®®655on your right and take the small^GRP®® path which descends towards Rue Auguste Pouillé. Turn right onto this street and take the path which starts immediately on the left (marked in red and yellow). At the first junction, turn right, then continue along the same path. You’ll come out onto the Sentier de Torques; follow it to the left. At the end, turn right onto Rue Jean Longuet, then take the first left onto Rue Marc Sangnier.

(3) Cross the D63 (Avenue Roger Salengro) and continue straight ahead along Rue Eugène Sinet. At the end of the footpath, turn left into the Jardin de l’Aigle Blanc (opposite the entrance to the Ile Verte). Turn left immediately and cross the park via Ruelle de la Fontaine d’Aulnay. On leaving the park, turn left onto Rue de Chateaubriand.

(4) Turn right into the Parc de la Vallée aux Loups (Chateaubriand’s house is nearby). Cross the park via the Chemin des Martyrs de la Résistance.

(5) At the crossroads, take the third path leading uphill to the right via a hairpin bend (marked in red and yellow). After the hairpin bend, continue straight uphill to reach the park exit directly, or turn left onto the marked path which winds through the trees and leads to the same exit via the Porte de la Micheronne (route shown on the map).
N.B. If the gate is closed – which does happen occasionally – head back down the path and turn right onto the Chemin des Martyrs de la Résistance (yellow markings) until you reach the Porte de l’Orme Mort. Reach the Porte de la Micheronne by walking up the Voie de l’Orme Mort.

(6) Follow the Avenue du Bois, then turn right onto it. At the junction (with the Maison du Moulin Fidel about a hundred metres to the left), make the first turn left then right to follow the Rue du Capitaine Georges Facq. Turn into the first street on the left, the Avenue Gabriel Péri.

After about a hundred metres, take the path on the right that winds its way between the blocks of flats. This marks the start of a stroll through the garden suburbs of Plessis-Robinson. Turn left towards Rue Fernand Fourcade. Cross this street and continue straight ahead along the path between the blocks of flats and allotments. At the end of the path, turn right onto Rue Victor Vernadat. Then turn left and go round the roundabout on the left-hand side.

(7) After crossing Avenue Charles de Gaulle, take the path opposite (Square de la Liberté), following the red and yellow markings. Turn left almost immediately and take the footbridge over the river to walk between the blocks of flats in the new garden city, following the river (red and yellow markings).

Continue straight on along Rue du Loup Pendu. After Allée de Lilas, turn left onto the footpath running alongside the river. Turn right onto Chemin des Nénuphars. Cross Rue Raye Tortue and continue straight ahead along Chemin de l’Eau Vive. Cross Rue Saint-Fiacre, then turn right.

Cross Rue du Loup Pendu and follow Chemin Léonard de Vinci straight ahead. Turn left onto Rue du Carreau, then right onto Avenue de la Libération. Continue straight on until you reach Avenue Paul Langevin. Then cross the roundabout and follow the path on the right for a few metres leading to the Parc des Sports (red and yellow markings).

(8) Head off to the right and walk along Avenue Paul Langevin. Then turn left onto Rue du Hameau and follow it to the roundabout. Opposite, take Rue de Versailles. Cross Avenue du Général de Gaulle (D906) and then the tram tracks (Mail de la Plaine station). Follow the tracks to the right for about 75 metres (Rue de Touraine).

(9) Take the^GRP®® path on the left (Allée de Corse, then Rue de Picardie). Cross Rue de la Porte de Trivaux at the traffic lights, then turn right and walk alongside the majestic entrance to Clamart Cemetery (notable for its trees and sculptures).

After the cemetery entrance, take the^{GRP®® path}, which starts at the far end of the car park on the left. Walk alongside the cemetery, following the path on the left until you reach the junction with a wide, perpendicular avenue (Chemin du Parc). Turn left onto this avenue and immediately take the small^GRP®® path on the left, which runs along the back of the cemetery. Continue in this way until you reach the next junction with a wide avenue (Le Tapis Vert; a beautiful view of the forest with the Meudon Observatory in the distance).

Follow the wide path to the right. After about 300 metres, cross it and continue through the woodland on the path that descends to the left (follow the^GRP®®). Continue along the^GRP®®, which branches off to the left in a hairpin bend and then turns right again until you reach the Étang de Trivaux.

(10) Walk round the pond on the left-hand side. At the corner, turn right and continue along the pond via the Route de l’Étang de Trivaux. At the end of the pond, turn left, passing a restaurant. Then veer left to walk alongside the Étang de Chalais.

(11) At the crossroads (on the right, a former hangar where an airship was built)^, take the GRP®® path opposite^. At the corner of a high boundary wall (cemetery), follow the^GRP®® path to the left to reach the Étang de Meudon.

Walk along the left-hand side of the lake until you reach its end, passing a restaurant on the way. At the end, turn left onto the Route de Villebon à Villacoublay. At the end of this road, cross the Carrefour de l’Étang de Villebon (leaving the lake on your right) and take the^GRP®® path (marked in red and yellow) directly opposite, which climbs south-eastwards. At the T-junction, turn right.

(12) Follow the path on the left, which runs parallel to Rue Henri Etlin. After a hairpin bend to the right, rejoin this street. Then turn left and walk alongside the technical college until you reach the N118.

(13) Take the footbridge over the N118. At the bottom, follow the path on the right, then veer left. Continue straight on along the^{GRP®® path} to the Fonds de la Chapelle junction. Then take the third path on the right, the Route du Cordon du Haut.

(14) Walk past the Chêne des Missions and its dolmens, and continue to the Carrefour de la Source Ferrugineuse, ignoring the side paths.

(15) At the crossroads, turn right, following the^GR®® (red and white markings). After about 150 metres, leave the Route du Cordon du Haut on the left, following the GR^®®. At the junction, turn right towards the radio mast.

(16) Go round the tower on the left. Cross the Rue du Pavé de Meudon and continue along the second path (^GR®®), which runs parallel to the Route des Bois Blancs. After about 200m, take the path branching off to the left (be careful here as the red and white markings are barely visible). At the end, turn sharply left (south-west) and head downhill. Take the first path leading down to the right. Please note that this final section of the path may be flooded and very muddy after rain.
Follow the^GR®® to the edge of Chaville and the Route du Pavé des Gardes (D181).

From there, you can reach the RER C station at Chaville Rive Droite.

(17) Once you reach the D181, take the path that climbs back up into the forest (marked in red and yellow). Walk past the Doisu forest lodge. At the top of the climb, follow the marked path to the right (go through the gate).

When you reach a sort of Fork in the road (clearing), take the small path leading straight ahead (unmarked). Near the corner of the cemetery’s boundary wall, turn right onto the second path (unmarked) to reach the Porte de la Mare Adam. Leave the forest and continue straight on along Rue de la Mare Adam. At the end, turn left onto Rue de Jouy to reach the Chaville-Vélizy RER C station (E).

The route starts at Parc de Sceaux station on the RER B line towards Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse. It ends at Chaville-Velizy station on the RER C line. At point (17), you can catch the Transilien L and U lines at Chaville-Rive Droite station.

Make sure you wear good, high-top, waterproof shoes, as the walk can be very damp and muddy, particularly on the final section which involves quite steep gradients.

(5) Access via the Porte de la Micheronne is subject to certain conditions. Please enquire at the park entrance to find out which access points are open.

Chateaubriand’s House.
Cités-Jardins du Plessis-Robinson (see the Plessis-Robinson town website)