On the blackthorn path

A lovely, very rural route in the beautiful Soumagne region.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.13 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 55 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 101 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 106 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 283 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 204 m

Description of the walk

Head to Rue de Wergifosse in Micheroux/Soumagne. There is a large car park near the roundabout and opposite the Turkish restaurant.

(S/E) As you leave the car park, take Rue de Wergifosse on the left. Walk past the Joskin company, well known in the agricultural sector.
When you reach a cross on the right-hand side, continue straight on and walk past the Relais du Roy. Then turn right onto Voie des Maçons. Continue until the road is blocked by a barrier. Go round the side.

(1) Pass the stile on the right. Cross the meadow.

(2) Pass a solitary fence post. You may need to duck under a wire. It does not appear to be live. Continue following the signs for Chemin des Échaliers.

(3) At the fork, turn left and join Rue du Peuple. Follow it to the left. Then turn right onto Rue du Maireux. After a few minutes, take the first path on the right. This leads to Soumagne cemetery. Walk alongside the cemetery, cross the main road in front of you and head right.

(4) Follow the path on the left. Continue along it and, at the next fork, keep to the left. This path runs alongside the TGV line. Turn right and follow Rue des Carmes.

(5) Take the path on the right after crossing the Ruisseau des Marais. Cross the meadows, join Rue du Pansery and turn right.

(6) Cross the N3 very carefully. There are no pedestrian crossings in the vicinity.
Turn right and then immediately left onto Rue du Lac. At the end of the street, turn left into the woods. Stay on the main path. Cross the Ravel and take the path opposite.
Make sure you follow the GPS route carefully.
At the next fork, turn right and then left. Ignore thefirst andsecond paths on the right.
At the next fork, turn right and take the next path on the right. At the end, turn right.

(7) Join Rue Rôthis and follow it to the right. Cross Rue de la Chapelle and follow the Ravel
Cross Rue de Heuseux and follow the Ravel. Turn left onto Rue de la Siroperie and head right. Continue straight on along Avenue de la Coopération. Head towards Avenue Jean Jaurès and take the Ravel. Follow it for a few hundred metres.

(8) Before passing under the motorway bridge, take the path on the right and join Avenue de la Résistance. Turn left at the cemetery by the roadside, cross at the pedestrian crossing and head to the car park on Rue de Wergifoose (S/E)..

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 278 m - Car park on Rue de Wergifoose
  2. 1 : km 1.11 - alt. 265 m - Échalier
  3. 2 : km 1.29 - alt. 258 m - Possible passage under overhead wires
  4. 3 : km 1.62 - alt. 247 m - Junction
  5. 4 : km 2.66 - alt. 234 m - Bas Bois Estate Trail
  6. 5 : km 4.26 - alt. 207 m - Path after Ruisseau des Marais
  7. 6 : km 5.78 - alt. 260 m - Dangerous crossing
  8. 7 : km 6.56 - alt. 269 m - End of the wooded section
  9. 8 : km 8.79 - alt. 277 m - Path back
  10. S/E : km 9.13 - alt. 278 m - Car park on Rue de Wergifosse

Worth a visit

Bas Bois Soumagne coal mine. Top of the slag heap.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
gabdek
gabdek

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very nice hike! Thank you.

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Elan rando
Elan rando

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 24, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route is very clear, the only problem is the section in the woods next to the Ravel, where it's not easy to find the path. It wasn't particularly the route itself, but the fact that there were lots of leaves, so the route wasn't easy to find.
The trail was not busy.

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Pierre Alleman
Pierre Alleman

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 08, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Disappointed... A large part of the route follows the TGV railway cutting. The landscape is beautiful, but you can hardly see it because you're stuck between the fence around the cutting and barbed wire, and you're splashing through mud (there are lots of mountain bikes, motocross bikes and other vehicles).
At (3), after a few minutes (sic), follow the first path on the right, read 'after half a minute, look carefully for the first path on the right wedged between two fences (GR signposting is very discreet).
At (6), follow the GPS route carefully. OK. The woods have been so churned up in all directions (mountain bikes, motorbikes, etc.) that my Dakota 20 was losing its mind.
At the end, there are so many right, left, right, left, right and right turns that I lost my head.
In short, put 'follow the GPS route' at the top of the description and you'll survive without any problems (just kidding).
In the end, thanks to the developer.
Pierre Emile.

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Jane1261
Jane1261

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 20, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Nice journey.

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claudegemis
claudegemis

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Great journey

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claudegemis
claudegemis

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

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