The Weeping Rock

This short walk will take you from Pointe Grigri to the ‘Roche qui Pleure’, cradled by the waves.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 1.02 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 0h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 102 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 82 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 115 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 36 ft

Description of the walk

(S/E) From the car park at Grigri Point, walk along the top of the beach, passing just below a beautiful house.
The path enters the pine forest, though it isn’t always clearly marked. The aim is to follow the coastline whilst staying well within the forest. You’ll pass benches set along the cliff edge from which to admire the view.

(1) Carry on a little further, go down and then up the small ravine, and once you’ve climbed back up, turn right towards the rocky headland, leaving the pine forest behind.
Climb to the top of the small rocky dome, then head to the very end of the headland.

(2) From La Roche qui Pleure, turn back and head for the small tarmac road lined with colourful markers. Follow this road until you reach a sort of car park, then head back into the forest and walk more or less alongside a fence, which will take you back onto the path you took on the way out; follow this in the opposite direction until you reach the ‘Grigri’ car park (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 62 ft - Pointe Grigri car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.27 - alt. 56 ft - Cliff
  3. 2 : mi 0.51 - alt. 39 ft - The Weeping Rock
  4. S/E : mi 1.02 - alt. 66 ft - Pointe Grigri car park

Notes

The Weeping Rock is a rock which, when struck by the waves, allows the water to run down its surface like tears. A sign explains this just before you reach it.
No special footwear is required.

Worth a visit

Grigri Beach – but be careful when swimming.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Reliability of the description
4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
Philsherpa
Philsherpa

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

At the ‘Weeping Rock’ – now renamed the ‘Flowing Rock’ – the route was haphazard.
This may have been due to the age of the route and the GPS technology of that era.

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Pierrealibert
Pierrealibert

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

It’s a short stop, but well worth a visit if you’re driving past. There’s a stunning view of a coastline sculpted by lava.

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