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Start: Start from Chaumard church.
Waymarkers: The hiking trails are wide and well-marked with yellow markings.
(S/E) With your back to the church, to the right of the restaurant/crêperie, follow the road up behind the village. Continue on a track which soon turns northeast.
(1) About 900m after the start, leave the grassy path on the right, after the meadow, and continue straight ahead on the path shared with the GR® (red and white markings).
(2) At the end of the climb, continue straight ahead on the asphalt road.
(3) At the end of Les Quatre Vents, turn right and continue on a track.
(4) At the hut, follow the forest road to the right and leave the GR®.
(5) In the deciduous forest, at the crossroads of forest roads, take the first right at 90 degrees, towards the stream. Several signs indicate the path leading down to the Chaumard maquis monument.
(6) Continue downhill, South-West facing, to reach a stone tablet at the maquis de Chaumard.
(7) At the main road, turn right and follow it.
(8) Keeping an eye on the yellow signs, leave the road and turn right into the forest. After climbing for about 800m, catch up with the main road and follow it to the left. Ignore a road on the left which leads down to La Courcelle.
(9) After leaving the asphalt road, take the dirt track which continues it, leaving the path on the right.
(1) Turn left to reach the village (S/E).
A beautiful walk, the forest is magnificent and there are lots of flowers, but because of the vegetation we only saw the lake at the end. The stele commemorating the Chaumard maquis was an emotional moment, and at the end we took the road back to avoid the last climb.
