On the heights of Chiddes

A pleasant short hike through forests, streams, hamlets and magnificent panoramas with, on a clear day, a view of the Auvergne volcanoes...

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.01 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 154 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 155 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 461 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 324 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Morvan
  • ⚐ District: Chiddes (58170)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.880554° / E 3.927925°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2824OT
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

On the Goutte Noire road, start near a thatched house.

(S/E) Take the dirt track on the right (blue markings) which runs alongside the property before entering a beautiful deciduous forest.

(1) When you reach a wood storage area in the forest, leave the blue markings that descend to the right and take a path that branches off to the left and descends rapidly into the forest.

(2) At the junction with the Route de la Goutte Noire, cross straight ahead and then take the track that branches off to the left, marked in yellow.

(3) Near the hamlet of Montcharlon, continue left on the yellow-marked path and cross the stream. If the water level is too high to ford, go up a little to the left, where tree trunks often serve as a footbridge! Then go back up the yellow-marked path. Ignore two paths on the right and another on the left.

(4) At the end of the dirt track, in the hamlet of Place de Lune, near a house by the road, take the track that descends gently to the right, leaving the yellow markings that go back up to the road. Continue by turning right at the first three-way junction. Weather permitting, the volcanoes of Auvergne can be seen on the horizon...

(5) At the junction with the Route de la Corvée, at a place called Le Genêt Vert, turn left. Cross the hamlet of La Corvée and its few granite houses, typical of the Morvan region.

(6) At the end of the road, at the post box, rejoin the road you arrived on by car. Turn left uphill.

(4) Turn right 20 metres before a road on the left and climb back up to the starting point, enjoying the view once again (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 456 m - Departure near the thatched-roof house.
  2. 1 : km 1.14 - alt. 459 m - Wood storage area
  3. 2 : km 1.48 - alt. 423 m - Crossroads with the Route de la Goutte Noire
  4. 3 : km 2.59 - alt. 336 m - Track on the left
  5. 4 : km 4.1 - alt. 418 m - Hamlet of Place de Lune
  6. 5 : km 4.5 - alt. 405 m - Crossroads with the La Corvée road.
  7. 6 : km 4.96 - alt. 401 m - Crossroads with the Route de la Goutte Noire
  8. S/E : km 6.01 - alt. 456 m - Return to the thatched-roof house.

Notes

There are no drinking water points on this route, but you can always ask the friendly locals for some...
Walking shoes will be welcome on the descents on stony tracks...

Worth a visit

You can also start from (2).

At the start, there is a small information panel describing the Morvan landscape. Beautiful views over the Roche valley, Mont Dône, Touleur, Beuvray, and the villages of Chiddes and Millay...

Towards (4), on a clear day, there is a view of the Auvergne volcanoes.

From (5), a typical Morvan stone house.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
User 5959854

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 02, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A parish-specific to Brittany, very nice route with beautiful views and varied trails.
I can confirm that parking is difficult
The stream crossing the path is very parish specific to Brittany to parish-cross at the end of August with a few stones laid across it, but must be much more difficult at other times of the year

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Nadège G
Nadège G

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 30, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I recommend this hike. Just be careful when crossing the river, especially if the water is high. I was with two dogs and had quite a struggle.

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cbd35
cbd35

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 08, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, hilly and shaded walk, ideal for families.

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JM SIMOENS
JM SIMOENS

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 20, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

To start the hike, you first need to find somewhere to park. To do this, take the road reserved for authorised vehicles and park on the side of the road about 80 metres from the start. Alternatively, you can always park in the church square, 30-45 minutes from the start. The choice is yours.
A short, relaxing walk that I did after another one the day before.
There's a beautiful view at the start, but that's where it ends. After that, it's all cool forest.

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labombardellaz
labombardellaz

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant route with beautiful panoramic views. The route descends through a very pleasant "bucolic" valley before reaching the stream to cross.

The starting point DA on the map is not easy to find without GPS, as it is located on a local road that does not appear on road maps, but the Visorando map makes it fairly easy to find.
It is impossible to park there without obstructing the passage of other vehicles, as it is the junction of several paths. It should be noted that the thatched house disappears, at least in the summer, into the vegetation of the tall trees in its grounds and can only be spotted when you are right next to it.
It is possible to park your vehicle further down, about 200 metres away, on the wide grassy verge of the tarmac access road to the starting point.
It would be easier to park at a place called La Corvée at 6. Or at 2 as indicated in the description, if the ground is not muddy.

Ignore the first wood storage area, which also has a path leading down to the left towards the Route de la Goutte Noire (black line on the map) before a clearing and which could be confused with the one mentioned in 1 on the map.

The logs used as a footbridge are no longer in place to cross the stream when it is not possible to wade across. We had to walk through the water to cross it.

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gauthiergilles
gauthiergilles

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely short hike with magnificent views. Beautiful paths through deciduous forest. Magnificent cottage at the start of the route.

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Clic
Clic

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 13, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk.
The only difficulty is that Maps takes you to the starting point via a path that is not suitable for vehicles.
For easier access, search for "la corvée" and then follow the directions.

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randokick
randokick

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 17, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike; we only encountered two people.

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poucito
poucito

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Did it in the morning / very pleasant hike, it was 31°C and the walk along the edge of the woods was very welcome. The weather was hot and foggy, so we'll have to go back to find the Auvergne volcanoes.
You need to park before the thatched house along the small road.

Thanks to the author of this hike.

In the afternoon, we went on a hike to the sources of the Yonne, which was also very pleasant.

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