Source of the Doubs and frog pond

Date of your route : Oct 19, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route for exploring the source of the Doubs, which is fairly short and presents no difficulty.

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Date of your route : Aug 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : Yes

An interesting route, ideal for young children but in full sun. However, following work to divert the river, there is no longer a frog pond, so the main attraction of the walk for children is no longer there.
Fortunately, there is a small waterfall.

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Date of your route : Apr 21, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant family walk with a few points of interest along the route: a pretty village, a peat bog, the ruins of an old mill, and a spring. There's a nice spot for a picnic near the spring.
We did the route in the opposite direction. The pond is still there and there is no housing development ;-) Two ducks flew away when I approached and there were no frogs (perhaps eggs) as it was probably too early in the season. After the pond, we continued straight ahead and then turned left without going through point 3.

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Date of your route : Aug 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The information needs to be updated – the pond no longer exists, unfortunately replaced by new housing. The bog is still worth seeing, though.

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Date of your route : Feb 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The route around the spring is very good, but we didn't see the frog pond. The walk through the village is very nice.

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Date of your route : Sep 18, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

We couldn't find the entrance to the "frog pond", but does it even exist in this year of drought?
The source of the Doubs obviously had a fairly low flow.
As already mentioned, the route lacks shade, so don't forget your sun cream!

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Date of your route : Aug 09, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Some beautiful views of the village of Mouthe
We did not find a frog pond at point 4

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Date of your route : Aug 20, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant, easy walk, 90% of which is in the open (we did it under the hot sun in Mouthe... yes, really!). The source of the Doubs is a very pleasant spot, with some beautiful photo opportunities. Typical Haut Doubs landscapes and peat bogs for the rest of the route. The frog pond is a little difficult to find at this time of year as it is almost dry. To see it, you have to enter the pasture, follow the path for about 100 metres, and then leave it on the left to walk through the grass for about 80 metres (you can't see the pond from the path). We had a very pleasant time on this route. Thank you.

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