Les Platières de Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze

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A short, pleasant route with no particular difficulties, offering some lovely views and a variety of paths.

Take the time to admire the views across the Platières (fields or pastures).

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.54 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 131 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 138 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 659 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 581 ft
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Description of the walk

Start from the car park in the village square of Saint-Étienne-sur-Reyssouze.

Yellow signposts, no. 11

(S/E) From the car park, turn right towards the church and its cemetery; when you reach the cemetery, take the tarmac path on the left.

(1) At the junction, turn right onto the tarmac path, then turn onto the stony path on the right. Continue to the next junction, then turn right onto the tarmac path towards Route d’Ouche.

(2) Shortly after turning left onto Route d’Ouche, turn off onto the path on the right (Chemin des Fontanettes). At the crossroads, turn left onto a stony path.

(3) At the three-way junction, follow the path on the left which climbs gently.

(4) At the pastures (Pré Boulier), turn onto the dirt track on the right between two fields, then take the slightly stony track on the left (Chemin du Chaugeot). At the crossroads where four tracks meet, carry straight on.

(5) Follow the path heading to the left, then take the stony path to the right to join a tarmac road, ignoring the side paths. Take this road to the right.

(6) At the sign (Chemin des Violières), turn left to walk alongside the sheds. Follow the main track until you reach a road, cross it and follow the track branching off to the left. At the next junction, turn left.

(7) Leave the tarmac path and follow the dirt track straight ahead, at the D26; cross it carefully to join the path straight ahead. After following this path, you’ll reach a road; cross it and continue straight on.

(8) At the building opposite you, leave the tarmac road and follow the track on the left until you reach the Stop sign. Turn left towards the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 646 ft - Village car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.26 - alt. 650 ft - Turn right onto the tarmac path
  3. 2 : mi 0.9 - alt. 610 ft - Chemin des Fontanettes, on the right
  4. 3 : mi 1.62 - alt. 594 ft - Turn left onto the uphill path
  5. 4 : mi 2.06 - alt. 587 ft - Pré Boulier on the right
  6. 5 : mi 2.83 - alt. 650 ft - Left / right
  7. 6 : mi 3.4 - alt. 643 ft - Sign for the Chemin des Violières
  8. 7 : mi 4.39 - alt. 656 ft - Leave the tarmac path
  9. 8 : mi 5.1 - alt. 623 ft - Opposite the building, turn left onto the path
  10. S/E : mi 5.54 - alt. 646 ft - Return to the car park

Notes

(S/E) The car park is situated opposite a viewpoint overlooking the Reyssouze Valley; at the edge of the car park there is a sign with a map of the routes.

The route can be tackled on foot, by mountain bike or by hybrid bike.

Worth a visit

Highlights of this route include: the woodland, traditional Bresse architecture, the bocage landscape, mixed farming and livestock rearing, and Bresse poultry.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 2 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
3.5 / 5
tenebre6683
tenebre6683

Hi, thanks for that little comment and that little idea

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AscleKef
AscleKef
• Edited:

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 10, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk through the Bresse countryside, perfect for early spring. In La Besace (8), do make sure to take a detour to the very pretty farmhouse on the right and carry on as far as the mill before retracing your steps.

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tenebre6683
tenebre6683

Hello August,

I’ll be walking the route soon and will be able to check the signposting, and let the relevant people know so they can re-mark the route.
See you soon.

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augusto
augusto
• Edited:

Come to think of it, there were indeed a few scattered signposts indicating the local place-name and the distance to the next ‘local place-name’, but no little yellow rectangles and no changes in direction – which would have been very useful!

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tenebre6683
tenebre6683

Hello August,

Well, that’s a surprise – I’ll try to pop round as soon as I can.

Have you seen any yellow signs?
(Signs or paint).

I’ve actually noticed on some of the routes I’ve been exploring that some signs were missing – it’s a source of amusement for a few pranksters 😒.
I’d gone into quite a lot of detail, and as the map has grown, that’s helped quite a bit.
Apologies again for the inconvenience.

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augusto
augusto

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 01, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Route completed on 28 February 2021
SURPRISE:
No signposts; rumour has it that all the signposts have been removed pending the installation of newer, more modern ones
It would have made more sense for the old markers to have been removed at the same time as the new ones were put in place,
but one person’s logic isn’t necessarily another’s!
With the map, we still managed – despite a long round trip – to get back… before 6 pm.

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