The Rond des Gendarmes in Saulxures-les-Bulgnéville

A lovely, fully shaded walk around Lake Conge – but that’s not all...

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.45 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 472 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 476 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,437 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 1,175 ft

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Description of the walk

Lac du Conge car park in Saulxures-les-Bulgnéville.

(S/E) Follow the road for a few metres, then at the signpost, turn onto a track. Pass under a high-voltage power line and continue through the woodland. You’ll come to a track suitable for vehicles; take it to the right until you reach the bend.

(1) Turn left onto the track and, at the end, turn left. At the end of this, turn right, then left. Take a path crossing the stream and a track (often overgrown with ferns). Continue straight on until you reach a Fork in the road.

(2) Turn right. You’ll come to a junction (often a very damp area) and turn left. Continue along this track until you reach the edge of the forest.

(3) Turn right and you’ll reach the hamlet known as ‘Le Rond des Gendarmes’. Keep left, then immediately turn right to take the path crossing a stream. Then turn right onto a steep path leading to the start of the Bulgnéville fitness trail.

(4) Walk straight on along the fitness trail until you reach the footbridge, which takes you back up the track for over a kilometre. At the bend, carry on straight ahead until you reach a path.

(5) Turn right. At the end of this path, turn right again onto a path running alongside a high-voltage power line. At the track, turn right until you reach the signpost.

(6) Leave the track and take the path on the left. At the end of the path, turn right then left and rejoin the track leading to Lac du Conge (caution: slippery path!) When you reach the lake, turn left to walk round it and, once you are almost directly opposite the finish point at the lake, head towards the Royal Air Force memorial (a bomber shot down by a German fighter on 29 July 1944). Then walk back along the lake to reach the car park and the information board.

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 1,188 ft - Lake Conge - Conge (ruisseau) - Affluent du Ruisseau de l'Étang de Bulgnéville
  2. 1 : mi 0.53 - alt. 1,273 ft - Turn
  3. 2 : mi 1.48 - alt. 1,283 ft - Fork in the road
  4. 3 : mi 1.78 - alt. 1,253 ft - Edge of the forest, Rond des Gendarmes
  5. 4 : mi 2.18 - alt. 1,201 ft - Fitness trail
  6. 5 : mi 3.14 - alt. 1,421 ft - Crossroads
  7. 6 : mi 4.21 - alt. 1,352 ft - Signpost
  8. S/E : mi 5.45 - alt. 1,188 ft - Lake Conge - Conge (ruisseau) - Affluent du Ruisseau de l'Étang de Bulgnéville

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

5 / 5
Based on 1 review

Reliability of the description
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Ease of following the route
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Route interest
5 / 5
User 26124245

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 04, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

One of my favourite routes in our area, it's a shame that the forest has been affected by work to change the high-voltage power lines

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