Le Val de Loisnes via Le Blanc-Mont

This hike starting from Parc Germinal will take you along the old cavaliers (railway tracks from the mining era), passing through the hamlet of Blanc Mont. You will walk along the Loisnes before returning to Hersin to cross the public garden and the slag heap.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.78 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 32 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 32 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 82 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 50 m

Description of the walk

Start at the Parc Germinal car park.

(S/E) With your back to the park, take Rue Emile Zola on the right.

(1) After the bridge, take the wooden steps on the left and continue straight ahead, crossing a street.

(2) Cross Rue de Verdrel with caution, then first turn left then right, take the steps on the left and continue straight ahead until you reach the Y-junction.

(3) Keep to the right and at the end, first turn right then left. At the fork, keep left and continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads.

(4) Turn right twice, then continue straight ahead to reach Rue Jules Guesde.

(5) Turn right, then right again at the end, then cross Place de la Liberté. Go down the steps, then first turn right then left.

(6) Turn left onto Rue Carrée, then cross the road (D65) and continue straight ahead to enter the public garden.

(7) Cross the street, continue straight ahead, then take the first right, cross Rue Émile Basly and continue straight ahead.

(8) At the crossroads, stay on the path on the right, then continue straight ahead, cross Rue Arthur Lamendin and go straight ahead to reach the crossroads you passed on the way there.

(1) Turn left to reach Parc Germinal (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 80 m - Parc Germinal
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 75 m - Wooden staircase
  3. 2 : km 0.74 - alt. 79 m - Rue de Verdrel
  4. 3 : km 1.65 - alt. 74 m - Y-shaped fork
  5. 4 : km 3.24 - alt. 50 m - Crossroads towards the hamlet of Blanc-Mont - Loisne (rivière) - Affluent de la Lawe
  6. 5 : km 4.44 - alt. 63 m - Rue Jules Guesde
  7. 6 : km 5.01 - alt. 70 m - Rue Carré
  8. 7 : km 5.33 - alt. 81 m - Petit chemin de Sains
  9. 8 : km 6.59 - alt. 80 m - Crossroads
  10. S/E : km 7.78 - alt. 80 m - Parc Germinal

Notes

No water source

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