The former gravel pits at Gouts

Route marked ‘Blue Rectangle ’ by the Landes Tourism Committee.
Car park near the church, in the centre of the village.

(S/E) Leave the car park heading south-east, along the small road Rue de Mugron in the heart of the village. After about a hundred metres, turn left onto Rue des Écureuils.

(1) Turn right after the ‘airial’ (a sort of hamlet; see definition below) of Peyron onto the well-cleared track. When you reach the Meysoun property, continue to the Route de Mugron and turn left. Then take the Route d’Estage on the right.

(2) Turn right near the River Adour and the solar farm, opposite the old quarries. Head towards the bank of the River Adour and walk for a long stretch between the river, on your left, and the maize fields.

(3) After passing an area reserved for night-time fishing, turn right onto the track heading north towards the Lamoule airial.

(4) Turn right, cross the small footbridge over the Ruisseau de Marein and head back towards the village via the Route d’Audron. Return to the church car park (S/E).

Always bring a hat, water and sun cream.

Please note:

during periods of heavy rain, follow the flood guidelines for the River Adour and wear suitable footwear.

Do not miss point (3) under any circumstances; the banks of the Adour remain passable beyond this point.

(2) Floating solar panel array.

Airial: a vast, unfenced grassy area shaded by a few pedunculate oaks, Tauzin oaks or umbrella pines, dotted here and there with a few rural dwellings and their outbuildings, set apart from the villages in the Landes de Gascogne.