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Starting point: Place Jouffroy d’Abbans car park or leisure area (Rue du Moulin Vermoret)
(S/E) Walk along the Doubs, cross the footbridge, then turn left and follow the towpath.
(1) When you reach the lock, cross the bridge and turn right.
Walk along the canal until you reach the mobile homes. Turn left (follow the signs for Camping du Domaine d’Aucroix / Community Centre).
Walk past the campsite reception and cross the car park of the Centre d’Affaires et de Rencontres.
(2) To the right of the building, take the path leading uphill (follow the sign for Châtard). After about 500 m, you’ll notice a gap in the vegetation beneath a telephone line. You can see the mobile homes below. A few metres further on, take the steep path on the left. The path leads out onto the D112 road.
(3) Turn right and walk carefully for about 100 m along the side of this road.
(4) After the bend, at the small car park on the left-hand side of the road (under the power lines), take the path on the left (follow the sign for Rocher de Châtard).
Walk for about 1.5 km to reach the Croix de Châtard (marked with yellow and blue + white and red signs).
Alternative route: see ‘Practical Information’ at.
(5) The Croix de Châtard (7 m high) was erected in 1964. From this viewpoint, you can admire Baume-les-Dames, its hills and the old village of Cour.
A few metres further on, there is another viewing point.
Caution! Steep section after the cross! The ground is slippery in wet weather.
Continue along the ridge and head down to join the departmental road. Due to the sheer drops, take care not to stray from the path.
(6) Cross the D50 with the utmost caution!
You’ll come out at a bend where drivers have no visibility and don’t expect to see pedestrians crossing!
Cross the bridge over the Cusancin, a tributary of the Doubs, and turn left onto Rue des Pipes. Walk past the former Ropp pipe factory, a 19th-century artisanal complex. Continue in this direction until you reach the cycle path.
(7) Turn left towards Baume-les-Dames and cross the footbridge. On your right, you’ll see the Gondé basin, where Jouffroy d’Abbans carried out his first experiments with steam navigation.
(1) Follow the cycle path to the red footbridge, then return to Rue du Moulin Vermoret and your starting point (S/E).
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