The slopes of Montcient from Juziers

Circular route from Juziers station, alternating between farmland and forests. Several interesting churches (unfortunately often closed), beautiful wash houses, a fountain with its statue still intact. And of course, the beautiful covered walkway of the Mare aux Fées, which is well worth a detour.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 20.40 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 6h 45 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 325 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 323 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 181 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 37 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Vexin
  • ⚐ District: Juziers (78820)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.992443° / E 1.845902°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2113ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

(S/E) Exit the station on the north side. Walk up towards the town hall, turn right in front of it, then left and walk up Boulevard de l'Hôtel de la Ville.

Red and whiteGR®® markings

After 200 m, at the first fork, turn right onto Rue du Marais.

(1) At the end of the street, at the end of the houses, cross the road and climb up the farm track opposite. After about 300 m, you will reach the forest.

(2) Turn left along the forest. 50 m further on, the path turns to the right. You will reach a crossroads with five paths.

(3) Continue almost straight ahead north on Chemin du Marais to Oinville.

YellowPR®® markings

(4) At elevation 151, you will come to a path coming from the left. Continue along it to the right, then turn right at a right angle to walk alongside a forest on your left. You will arrive at a well-maintained forest, then between horse paddocks.

(5) At the road, turn left at the bend. After the buildings, the road becomes a path.
After about 750 m, leave the path that runs alongside the fields and take the fork that enters the forest on the right, before coming out into the fields again. You will arrive at a tarmac road with an underground reservoir on the right (before reaching the power lines).

(6) In rainy and muddy weather, take the road, otherwise take the path opposite.

(7) When you reach the village of Oinville-sur-Moncient, look for the return path on the right and walk to the church.

(8) Retrace your steps to the start of the path indicated on the left.

(7) Take this path, which passes in front of a wash house and then follows a small stream.
When you reach a good path, turn left along the exercise equipment.
Turn right in front of the town hall and arrive on the D913.

(9) Cross carefully and take the street on the right that follows the Montcient.
After the houses, the street becomes a path. Just before reaching the D 43, turn left onto the path that climbs towards the antenna.

(10) Shortly after the antenna, turn right onto the path that descends to Seraincourt and leads to the Church of Saint-Sulpice.

(11) After visiting, return to the fork.

(10) Continue on the right along the path you followed earlier, staying on the ridge and ignoring the paths that diverge to the right or left. You will arrive at the first houses.

(12) Turn left at the football pitch, cross a tarmac road (signposted Oinville-sur-Montcient on the left) and take the path opposite, which quickly becomes a dirt track. Cross another tarmac road and continue along the ridge. Pass a first crossroads at right angles at the corner of a small wood.

(13) At the next crossroads, turn left onto the path, which veers left again after a hundred metres. You will arrive at the Allée Couverte (now uncovered) de la Cave aux Fées.

(14) Continue downhill towards Brueil-en-Vexin. When you reach the D 913, turn left, then take the first right after 100 metres. Pass La Montcient (wash house on the left), then go uphill.

(15) Turn left onto Rue de l'Église, pass in front of the town hall, then turn right, leaving the Church of Saint-Denis on your left. Continue to the end of this street, turn left onto Rue de la Carrière and continue to a small square at the end of the road.

(16) Cross it and take a small path that starts with steps. You will arrive at the D130 at a crossroads. Cross carefully and take the farm track opposite (monument on the right).
The path climbs up to a sort of plateau, crosses farmland and leads back to a small wood.

(17) At the crossroads, take the path on the right that enters the woods and continue to the hamlet of La Chartre. At the road, turn right.

Not signposted

Pass a wash house on your right and continue to the Fontaine Saint-Gaucher fountain.

(18) Retrace your steps to the fork, turn right, then take Rue de Juziers on the left at the entrance to the bend. Follow thePR®® andGR®® markings. Continue along this tarmac road and pass under the high-voltage power lines.

(19) About 300 m further on, in a right-hand bend, leave the road on the left, then turn right into a lane that will be in line with the road you have just left. Continue straight ahead until you reach the fork in the road you took on the way out.

(3) Turn right to return via the same route you took on the way there to the station (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 50 m - Juziers Station (line J) - Gare de Juziers
  2. 1 : km 0.84 - alt. 105 m - Fork in the path
  3. 2 : km 1.05 - alt. 116 m - Crossroads at the entrance to the forest
  4. 3 : km 1.6 - alt. 161 m - Crossroads of the circular loop
  5. 4 : km 2.02 - alt. 152 m - Junction with the PR
  6. 5 : km 2.9 - alt. 138 m - Les Juliennes
  7. 6 : km 4.47 - alt. 108 m - Reservoir
  8. 7 : km 5.15 - alt. 70 m - Fork in the road - Access to the church
  9. 8 : km 5.24 - alt. 75 m - Église Saint-Séverin (Oinville-sur-Montcient)
  10. 9 : km 5.9 - alt. 44 m - Route D913
  11. 10 : km 7.32 - alt. 67 m - Fork in the road after the antenna - Bernon (cours d'eau) - Affluent de la Montcient
  12. 11 : km 7.69 - alt. 39 m - Église Saint-Sulpice (Séraincourt)
  13. 12 : km 9.8 - alt. 104 m - Football pitch
  14. 13 : km 12.1 - alt. 129 m - Crossroads
  15. 14 : km 12.67 - alt. 119 m - Cave aux Fées
  16. 15 : km 13.45 - alt. 83 m - Church Street
  17. 16 : km 13.98 - alt. 99 m - Placette
  18. 17 : km 14.93 - alt. 111 m - Carrefour du Boquet
  19. 18 : km 15.88 - alt. 141 m - Saint-Gaucher Fountain
  20. 19 : km 17.56 - alt. 180 m - Saint-Laurent Path
  21. S/E : km 20.4 - alt. 51 m - Juziers Station - Gare de Juziers

Notes

Some sections of the route may be muddy in wet weather.

Worth a visit

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.9 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
randolim78
randolim78

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 13, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike alternating between forests, fields and villages in the Vexin region. There is a slight incline at the start, but otherwise the description is accurate. I recommend it.

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Chrisauber
Chrisauber

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 05, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hiking trail, especially at this time of year when the fields offer a thousand shades of green and yellow.

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ealet
ealet

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 04, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A beautiful hike with some lovely sections (between 10 and 13 when following the ridge path, the route in Breuil, and the church in Seraincourt).
To see the Saint Gaucher fountain and avoid the tarmac, you can take the small path on the right before the village of La Chatre (signposted) and return to point 18.
Quite a few hikers and mountain bikers on this Sunday morning.
Thanks to the author for sharing this.

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Claude L2.
Claude L2.

Thank you, NRBJ, for these clarifications and suggested improvements!

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NRBJ
NRBJ
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route that alternates between forest, fields and farmland, villages in the Vexin region, churches (I noticed that the one in Seraincourt is only open on Sundays from 10am to 12pm), wash houses, and a few roads, but not too many. The paths are already quite dry, with no mud.
Be careful at point 16 in Brueil, where there is a no-entry sign because the small staircase is considered dangerous. Honestly, I got through easily anyway. You just need to be careful for 5 metres. Otherwise, if necessary, you can quickly rejoin the route by taking the road on the left.
At La Chartre, and between points 18 and 19, the road is a bit dangerous with no hard shoulder, so be careful as there are a few cars passing by.
To avoid taking the same route back to Juziers, shortly after point 3 I took a path on the right into the forest, which runs parallel to the path I took on the way there. I then ended up on small footpaths in Juziers to return to the station.
Thank you.

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Kax
Kax
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

In the absence of the J line, I skipped the return trip to Juziers and started in Brueil, which gave me 18.5 km and only 250D+ and 250 D- according to the elevation profile. A lovely walk with lots of farm tracks and forest paths with lots of birds. Perhaps a few stretches of tarmac could be avoided by continuing further into the forest near La Chartre. I did it in the opposite direction to the description, so I didn't use the directions, only the GPX. Apart from a large group going in the normal direction, I only came across locals.

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veridisqvo
veridisqvo

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 16, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, which will undoubtedly be even more so in a few weeks/months when the fields are greener and the trees are in leaf! But I was able to listen to the birds and see the spring flowers. All the churches were closed, but as I had been warned, I wasn't too disappointed (I'll keep hoping to find them open one day, of course). The wash houses and villages along the way are charming. In hot weather, the long stretch between the fields must be a bit tedious, but not at this time of year. There are quite a few horses along the route too, which makes me worry about insects in the summer, but I'm a bit of a wimp about that and a little hostile to the equestrian industry. In short, thank you for this route, which I will definitely do again in other seasons — and perhaps not on a Sunday, so I can try to find an open church...

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