The Aspach Planet Trail

The Chemin des Planètes, created by the Astroaspach club in partnership with the municipality of Aspach, is a 3 km route that offers an original way to discover our solar system through educational panels depicting the distance between the planets to scale: 1 metre walked represents 2,100,000 km in space. From the Sun to Neptune, what a journey!
Along the way, you can also enjoy a stroll through the Litten Forest, its chapel (1862) and the village’s rural surroundings, walk through the narrow streets of Aspach and, at the end of the trail, cross the Jardin des Libellules (a community garden dedicated to water conservation and biodiversity).

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 3.25 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 05 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 48 m
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    Descent: - 45 m

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    Highest point: 334 m
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    Lowest point: 296 m

Description of the walk

Park in the car park at Place de l'Église near Aspach Town Hall.

(S/E) Head south-west along the path marked with yellow arrows, first through the fields and then through the forest, until you reach the Chapelle de la Litten.

(1) Turn right, then a few metres further on leave the marked trail. Take a path on the left, walk through the woods and shortly after leaving the woods you will come to the Hasselbaechle stream.

(2) Cross it, then follow a wide path. Turn right onto it, then turn left at the next junction onto Rue Bellevue. Continue right along Rue de l'Espérance until you reach a T-junction.

(3) Turn right at a 90° angle, reach the Zipfelgraben stream, cross it to enter the Jardin des Libellules.

(4) Continue on to return to the car park at Place de l'Église (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 299 m - Car park: Place de l'Église – Aspach Town Hall
  2. 1 : km 0.67 - alt. 332 m - Litten Chapel
  3. 2 : km 1.47 - alt. 298 m - Hasselbaechle stream
  4. 3 : km 2.83 - alt. 300 m - T-junction
  5. 4 : km 3.07 - alt. 296 m - Dragonfly Garden
  6. S/E : km 3.25 - alt. 299 m - Car park: Place de l'Église – Aspach Town Hall

Notes

Contact: Aspach Town Hall: 03 89 40 92 20
Email: info@sundgau-sudalsace.fr
Target audience: adults (individuals), groups, school groups.
Type of trail: nature discovery / interpretive trail.
Themes of the route: botany – nature discovery.

Worth a visit

(4) Jardin des Libellules: worth a visit

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