Girancourt Harol through orchards and past wind turbines

The route starts at the old Girancourt railway station, where there is ample parking.
The proximity to the Canal de l’Est means you can set off on other walks from this starting point, particularly towards Lac de Bouzey!

(S/E) Take Rue des Épinettes, leaving the old station and the departmental road behind you. Continue along the old railway line until the first junction.

(1) Turn right to follow the Blue Rings (Sentier de la Gitte) towards the village of Adoncourt and join a road.

(2) Turn right to follow the Blue Rings, then carry on straight ahead, passing a road on your right.

(3) Leave the Blue Rings markings and follow the Yellow Discs along Rue Chemin de Ville. Leave Adoncourt heading towards the wind turbines.

(4) Continue along the path as it extends, leaving the Yellow Discs behind and heading towards the wind turbines by following the Red Triangles.

(5) At the junction at elevation 359, carry on straight ahead to pass at the foot of the wind turbines (shortcut available: see ‘Practical Information’).

(6) Turn left after passing the base of the first wind turbine and join a road.

(7) Follow it to the right and continue downhill to the hamlet of La Rue.

(8) Carry on straight ahead along the same road until you reach a junction with a track.

(9) Take the hairpin bend to the left just after the wayside cross, follow the track passing above an orchard and join a road

(10) Turn right onto this road, continue uphill, skirting around Haut du Niaux, and arrive at a road.

(11) Turn right and begin the descent towards the village of Harol.

(12) At the junction before the cemetery, leave the Red Triangle markings and continue down into the village, following the Yellow Circles. Join the D4 and follow it for about a hundred metres.

(13) A little shortcut known to the villagers: after the house with the low wall on the left, take the small gravel path between the houses, then rejoin the tarmac road on the other side and turn left towards the farm, following the Yellow Circles again.
If you’d rather not take the shortcut, follow the Yellow Circles.

(14) Cross the road and take the path opposite, slightly to the left (old railway line), then you’ll reach a road leading to Dommartin-aux-Bois.

(15) Carry on straight ahead along the old railway line, following the Yellow Circles towards the Pont de Blumont.

(16) Carry on straight ahead along the old railway line until you reach the junction from the outward journey.

(1) Take the route back the way you came to reach the car park at the old Girancourt station (S/E).

(5) You can shorten the route by turning left. Follow a path and then a road to reach (11).