When Mother Nature awakens, starting from Navaugle

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When Mother Nature awakens, all our senses come alive! A lovely walk to take in early spring, when the leaves on the trees are a vibrant green and the first flowers are beginning to bloom and bring colour to the verges.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.46 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 25 
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    Difficulty: Moderate
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 702 ft
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    Descent: - 686 ft
  • ▲
    Highest point: 1,004 ft
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    Lowest point: 489 ft
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Flowers by the wayside

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 591 ft - Navaugle Castle
  2. 1 : mi 0.41 - alt. 636 ft - Power line
  3. 2 : mi 1.45 - alt. 804 ft - Recyparc de Rochefort
  4. 3 : mi 2.79 - alt. 807 ft - Route
  5. 4 : mi 4.94 - alt. 531 ft - Queen Astrid Chapel
  6. 5 : mi 5.28 - alt. 535 ft - Briquemont
  7. 6 : mi 6.44 - alt. 633 ft - Parfond Ri
  8. 7 : mi 8.63 - alt. 984 ft - Plantis St-Philippe
  9. S/E : mi 10.46 - alt. 591 ft - Navaugle Castle

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 2 reviews
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
User 5155926

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 20, 2026
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent, wooded walk through a forest that is still unspoilt and very peaceful.
At the entrance to Briquemont, just past the chapel, there’s an old well on the right which provided shelter for our picnic whilst it was raining.
Thank you for sharing this.

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jacques.nys
jacques.nys

Thank you for your comment.
I’ll take a closer look at the track… I’ve already noticed that maps don’t always match the terrain very well, and that IGN maps (topo, as Visorando calls them) often differ from OSM (OpenStreetMap) maps!
Kind regards
Jacques

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Marraine caucau
Marraine caucau

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 14, 2026
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk if you enjoy strolling through the woods with nothing to see but nature. You’ll still pass close to the Queen Astrid Chapel.
The path wasn’t very easy to follow despite the GPX track, as it didn’t follow the trails very closely.

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