La Butte de Montgé-en-Goële, short route

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The Butte de Montgé stretches north of the N3 between Dammartin-en-Goële and Meaux. This hike has two very contrasting aspects: a section through the forest on the crest of the hill, followed by a return along the plain at the foot of its southern slope.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 8.17 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
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    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 62 m
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    Descent: - 68 m
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    Highest point: 194 m
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    Lowest point: 113 m
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Montgé-en-Goële
Cuisy
Cuisy
Cuisy

Description of the walk

Park along Rue Neuve, not far from the cemetery entrance.

(S/E) Head east and climb up to the crossroads where you will come across aGR® marked trail.

White and redGR® markings

(1) Take theGR® on your right and follow it, making sure to keep an eye out for the markings. You will come to a multi-directional crossroads.

(2) Continue right on the path that winds along the ridge for approximately 1.5 km until you reach a junction of two forest tracks.

(3) Turn right to descend towards the D9. Cross carefully and continue for about 1.5 km until you reach a barely marked pass.

(4) Turn right at a 90° angle onto the path that descends. When you reach the edge of the forest, turn right and continue to the wide agricultural track where theGR® turns left.

No markings

(5) Leave theGR® and follow the farm track on your right. Pass the hamlet of Chambrefontaine, then the old Cuisy station, now a small building in very poor condition.

(6) Keep right at the crossroads, pass south of the village of Cuisy without entering it and join the crossroads with the D54.

(7) Continue straight ahead; the road becomes a farm track a little further on, after the quarry. Continue straight ahead until you reach Rue de Cuisy in the village of Montgé-en-Goële. First turn right then left at the next junction onto Rue de la Ferme d'en Bas and follow it to the next junction, near the Foyer Rural.

(8) Turn right onto Rue du Pré Huard, which climbs towards the centre of the village. Cross the D9 at the pedestrian crossing and continue straight ahead on the same street to reach Rue de la Loi (D41E1).

(9) Cross over to Rue Neuve and head to the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 177 m - Parking on Rue Neuve.
  2. 1 : km 0.28 - alt. 190 m - Start of GR°°®°° trail markings.
  3. 2 : km 1.04 - alt. 178 m - Multi-directional crossroads
  4. 3 : km 1.77 - alt. 180 m - Crossroads, on the right
  5. 4 : km 3.31 - alt. 166 m - Pass, on the right
  6. 5 : km 3.95 - alt. 127 m - End of GR°°®°° signage, on the right
  7. 6 : km 4.73 - alt. 126 m - Old railway station, crossroads
  8. 7 : km 5.58 - alt. 122 m - D54
  9. 8 : km 7.59 - alt. 125 m - Rue du Pré Huard
  10. 9 : km 8.06 - alt. 166 m - Rue de la Loi
  11. S/E : km 8.17 - alt. 175 m - Parking on Rue Neuve.

Notes

Hiking boots, as the ground can be muddy in the forest.
Drink.

Worth a visit

Montgé-en-Goële Church.

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.

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Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 10 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
3.4 / 5
Clovis5793
Clovis5793

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant hike. The starting village and the first part of the hike through the woods give it a pleasant low mountain or hilly feel. It's true that in rainy weather, the path can get very muddy and there is frequent aircraft traffic. But hey, this is the Ile-de-France region and not far from the Roissy airport...

The second part (the return) is through fields.

The starting point could perhaps be reconsidered. Currently, it begins in the middle of the village, where parking is inconvenient. However, there is a car park at the end of the hike near the community centre (if I remember correctly), at the bottom of the village.

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Xia
Xia

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 21, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The route through the forest is pleasant, even though the path has been ploughed, but the return journey is rather uninteresting.

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Kax
Kax

Overall rating : 3.5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 18, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

I had been warned about the aeroplanes, but on top of that there were paths rutted by forestry machinery, littered with tree trunks, branches and wood debris for several hundred metres, as well as fly-tipped rubbish. I'm not saying there aren't a couple of nice sections, but overall it's not a success for me at all...

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Marc.heur
Marc.heur

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 15, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk with beautiful sites to discover for those who can ignore the aeroplanes. We are just a few kilometres from Roissy. But we knew that before we came.

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le marcheur étourdi
le marcheur étourdi

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A few improvements to mention the starting point. You have to go to the end of the new street, which ends in a cul-de-sac in front of a fairly wide blocked path. The starting trail is a few metres further down. The signage could be improved slightly.

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Gery Rando
Gery Rando

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Nice section in the forest. Monotonous section in the fields. Overall good. Easy, little elevation gain, no particular difficulty.

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humbert93
humbert93

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 02, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

too much noise, a plane every four minutes, it's hellish

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Mimicarado
Mimicarado

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 21, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely walk to enjoy with the family.

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PETE Alain
PETE Alain

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 22, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

The hike is pleasant, taking you through woods and fields. The village of MONTGE is also pretty. The only drawback is that this hike is in the path of the ROISSY flight paths, and you can hear the planes, which are still flying at a fairly low altitude.

Best regards

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Gege77500
Gege77500

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 23, 2016
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Major construction work between points 3 and 4 of the route.
In this area, we encountered lorries, excavators, bulldozers and steamrollers that are building a road (perhaps a forest road?), and the path, trees and hiking markers have been cleared over a distance of 400 to 500 metres.
On the other hand, between points 5 and 6, there is still a lot of tarmac, which is not very interesting.
Apart from that, it is best to do this route in dry weather.

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