Greenery between Treillières and La Chapelle-sur-Erdre

Starting from Les Closes du Verger, you will discover a beautiful green area nestled between Treillières and La Chapelle-sur-Erdre. Through fields and forest paths, this is a lovely way to discover nature on the outskirts of Nantes.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.07 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 60 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 66 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 68 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 15 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Treillières (44119)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.289355° / W 1.596426°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1223SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

The starting and finishing point is the Gergaudières car park, at the end of Impasse de la Pommeraie in Treillères.

(S/E) Take the road to the right heading north and follow the path to the intersection.

(1) Turn left and continue along the path. Turn left then right at the road and continue towards the Fort l'Evêque mill

(2) Turn right once you have passed the mill and continue until you pass under a power line.

(3) At the end of the path, turn left, then veer left and cross a stream. You will reach a place called Le Brûlis.

(4) In the centre of La Ménardais, turn right at Le Brûlis and continue straight ahead towards the north-east, crossing La Ménardiais.

(5) Turn right onto Chemin de la Houssais.

(6) At the end of Chemin de la Houssais, turn left onto Route du Pont du Gué. Before reaching the bridge, take the path on the right. You will see a charming little pond on your left. Continue along the well-marked path, which leads back to the road.

(7) Cross Rue de la Frosnière and continue to the junction with a road on the left.

(8) At the intersection, turn left and pass La Louinière. At the four-way intersection, continue straight ahead, then continue a few metres past the three-way junction until you reach the Noë Violin intersection.

(9) Turn right at the Noë Violin junction and continue along the road to La Cathelinière.

(10) Turn right, then left.

(1) Continue straight ahead to the Gergaudières car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 60 m - Gergaudières car park
  2. 1 : km 0.55 - alt. 55 m - Crossroads of the circular
  3. 2 : km 1.71 - alt. 66 m - Fort l'Evêque mill
  4. 3 : km 2.15 - alt. 65 m - On the left before the road (standard barrier)
  5. 4 : km 3.27 - alt. 56 m - Le Brûlis de la Ménardais
  6. 5 : km 4.61 - alt. 31 m - Chemin de la Houssais. Vallée du - Gesvres (rivière)
  7. 6 : km 5.71 - alt. 39 m - Route du Pont du Gué
  8. 7 : km 6.8 - alt. 32 m - Crossing the Rue de la Frosnière
  9. 8 : km 7.45 - alt. 63 m - At the intersection, turn left
  10. 9 : km 8.32 - alt. 52 m - On the right, Noë Violin intersection
  11. 10 : km 9.05 - alt. 57 m - Turn right at La Cathelinière
  12. S/E : km 10.07 - alt. 59 m - Gergaudières car park

Notes

This path may be wet after rain.

Worth a visit

This is a nature walk with no historical sites, but it is a veritable green oasis where we can stroll peacefully along forest paths and paths running alongside fields where cows come to say hello. We also walk along a few paths where we discover some beautiful stone houses, including the Fort l'Evêque mill.

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 20 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Vanessa Bauché
Vanessa Bauché

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful hike!

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JBEAU
JBEAU

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful, easy hike with paths in good condition.
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Max 3007
Max 3007

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and easy route. Not enough nature for my taste.
Paulmasters' comments were very helpful in terms of crossing the Ménardais. The route starts from the car park on the right before the cul-de-sac, not at the end of the cul-de-sac.

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Régine B
Régine B

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 10, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A fairly varied route in terms of scenery.
Be careful not to follow the yellow markings systematically

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Robin M
Robin M
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Just a nice walk. The description could be a bit more detailed, but we managed it without getting lost thanks to the map

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Luceen44
Luceen44

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 31, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful route through the countryside, between woodland and open paths. Very pleasant.
A slight uncertainty when crossing La Ménardais. The precision provided by Paulmasters helps you find your way.

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Madho44
Madho44

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 02, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An interesting route overall, even in winter, with pretty valleys after the pond.
However, we lost our way twice due to inaccuracies in the description: at La Ménardais (4) and La Cathelinière (10), where it should be specified that on arrival, you should turn right, walk 300 metres and then turn left onto the path through the fields.

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LECOURTJ
LECOURTJ

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant ride despite the cold, wind and gloomy weather on Sunday. To be repeated in spring!

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Daniel Epingard
Daniel Epingard
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easily accessible from Stream.

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Magalio
Magalio

A trip taken between May and July, so since then! But a pleasant green setting on the outskirts of Stream, definitely worth repeating.

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plump
plump

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 25, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful route through the countryside and villages.

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Magalio
Magalio

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk, but noisy at the start and finish with the RN 137 providing background noise. That said, the winds may have been favourable (as it was very windy)

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Gabrielle/Pitaya
Gabrielle/Pitaya

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

With the comments, I was afraid of getting lost near the village of La Ménardais. But I followed the route and everything went well. Beautiful countryside scenery and woodland trails. I'd love to do it again...

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mattmoore
mattmoore

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 18, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant walk.

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Netra
Netra ★

Hello paulmasters,

Thank you for your comments and suggestions for rewriting the description where you feel it was unclear.

Of course, you cannot edit the description of a hike that you did not write yourself. The forum where you posted your message is the perfect place to make this type of suggestion: hikers who read the comments before embarking on this hike will have access to them.

The author is notified each time a message is posted about a hike they have published. It is up to them to decide whether or not to modify their description.

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