Tour of the Étang du Val

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Walk around the Étang du Val, crossing the Lande de Cojoux and then skirting the Château du Val.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 7.22 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 15 
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    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 71 m
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    Descent: - 73 m
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    Highest point: 70 m
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    Lowest point: 19 m
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Description of the walk

Park in the car park provided for hikers in the hamlet of Vieux-Bourg.

(S/E) Reach the path that passes above the Moulin de Haut. Head down towards the edge of the pond. Reach the wooden bridge.

(1) Turn right. Follow the shaded path to the stony track that crosses the Cojoux moor.

(2) Climb to the highest point of the megalithic site near the Moulin de Cojoux and reach a fork.

(3) Turn left, ignoring the hamlet of Poubreuil. Further on, turn right then left towards the hamlet of Le Marais, which you leave on your left.

(4) Turn right to cross the bridge over the Canut. Turn left at the cross and reach the Y-junction directly opposite Château du Val. You can see it on the left.

(5) Continue along the road on the left. Turn right at the right-angled bend to go round Bocadève. Reach the junction with a stony track.

(6) Turn left onto it and climb up to the Rocher de Bocadève.

(7) Take the path on the left. Begin a gentle descent to reach another junction near the confluence of the two streams.

(8) Turn left, following the left bank of the stream that feeds the Étang du Val. Pass above the Moulin du Bas and continue to the Moulin de Haut.
Stay on this path to reach the hikers’ car park in the hamlet of Vieux-Bourg very quickly (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 29 m - Hikers’ car park in the hamlet of Vieux-Bourg
  2. 1 : km 0.2 - alt. 26 m - Shore of the pond
  3. 2 : km 1.58 - alt. 46 m - Lande de Cojoux
  4. 3 : km 2.04 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  5. 4 : km 3.11 - alt. 39 m - Bend near the hamlet of Le Marais
  6. 5 : km 4.06 - alt. 34 m - Y-junction
  7. 6 : km 4.91 - alt. 57 m - Bocadève
  8. 7 : km 5.69 - alt. 46 m - Bocadève Rock
  9. 8 : km 6.34 - alt. 22 m - Crossroads where the streams meet
  10. S/E : km 7.22 - alt. 29 m - Hikers’ car park in the hamlet of Vieux-Bourg

Worth a visit

You can visit the menhir alignments at Lande de Cojoux.
It is an easy and peaceful walk throughout. It consists mainly of footpaths and tracks. Part of the route is on a quiet local road.

Reviews and comments

4.1 / 5
Based on 6 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.3 / 5
Route interest
3.7 / 5
Moizan
Moizan

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 26, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Apparently quite busy

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Emmatimo
Emmatimo

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 28, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk that took us 2 hours and 20 minutes; a map is essential as there are no signposts for most of the way. Just a bit too much road towards the end. But we’d happily do it again... Thanks

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Shimo,
Shimo,

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : May 09, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A disappointing walk – far too many roads!!!! You pass right by the megalithic sites without even seeing them; choose a different walk.....

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Ti-yun56
Ti-yun56

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : Yes

The walk itself is easy. We completed it in 1 hour 55 minutes with two children aged 12 and 14. We certainly don’t have a good sense of direction, so the route description would have led us rather astray. However, the route marking is very reliable and proved indispensable to us. Unfortunately, we were disappointed by the walk because it’s called the ‘Tour de l’Etang du Val’, so we expected to walk around the lake… We saw streams, but mostly lots of roads. More roads than streams, in fact… We had previously done another hike, the Étang du Val and Megaliths in Saint-Just, which was much more interesting, prettier and more enjoyable.

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coco68@
coco68@

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

On this lovely December Sunday, what a pleasure it was to have gone on this hike.
However, be careful...!!! You need to watch out for slippery rocks and flooded paths, which is NORMAL at this time of year...!!!

The Lande de Cojoux is a beautiful megalithic site.
Between points 4 and 5, we turned off to explore the magnificent Tréal covered walkway, and we’re delighted we took this little detour.

Thank youuuu for this lovely route...!!!

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Hulotte
Hulotte

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

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

A lovely walk, fairly easy, with varied and attractive scenery and beautiful megalithic sites, all covering a route that takes about two hours at a steady pace, or a little longer if you want to take in the megaliths and the scenery.
We’ll definitely do it again; it was very enjoyable.

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