Roche Clothilde trail

Park at the junction of the D148 and the Route Forestière du Bois Prieur.

(S/E) Take the Route Forestière du Bois Prieur. A few metres on, you’ll find a superb two-stemmed oak. After the junction with the^GR® path (red and white), on the left within the plot, there is another oak, this time with three stems, and next to it a ‘Shingle’ Scots pine. Continue to the next junction, following the^GR® path^.

(1) At the junction, take Route Desquinemare on the right, heading due south, and, before the next junction, on the left is a grafted pine. Now turn left to find an oak, then another oak; next, keep turning left onto Route Lefoin and then left again onto Route de la Plaine, where you’ll see two three-stemmed oaks. You’ll find yourself back at the junction from the outward journey.

(1) Turn right and follow the^GR® again; not far on, you’ll see a beautiful beech tree.

(2) At the next crossroads, turn right onto Route du Genévrier. Continue along this road, cross Route du Rocher Marion des Roches and carry on until you reach a Fork in the road; take the right-hand fork to pass in front of Rocher Besnard. Continue on to reach Route de Zamet with its two-stemmed oak.

(3) Then turn left onto the Route de Zamet; further on, follow the little Sentier de la Roche Clotilde to see the rock of the same name with its twin-trunked pine nearby, then rejoin the Route du Rocher Besnard.

(4) : Follow the Route du Rocher Besnard to the left, where you’ll come across, in turn, one oak tree, then another, and yet another – all remarkable specimens. Once you reach the Route des Sablons, turn left.

(5) Continue back to the car park, passing the beech tree you saw earlier (S/E).

This entire route is taken from booklet no. 5 on remarkable trees published by the Friends of the Fontainebleau Forest.

No water or refreshments available.

If you’d like to know the approximate age of the trees you come across:
Take a piece of string 5–6 metres long, mark it at 1.00 m, 0.50 m and 0.25 m intervals, and set off.
Once there, measure the circumference of the trunk at a height of approximately 1.40m and divide this measurement by 3.14.
Then multiply by 2.5 (more details on the website).
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