Étang du Vernet

La Celle

Dogs allowed

Distance
6.5Km

Duration
2h00

Trace
BOUCLE

Marking
Blue

In pictures

Route description

This walk reveals the charms of unspoilt countryside on the edge of the Creuse department in the ‘Land of Ponds’: no fewer than four ponds are served by the trail.

Trail highlights

– Church and cross.
– Vernet pond.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

Étape 1 : Opposite the start sign, take the route de Chalus. Turn left onto a track at
. Continue along the road and halfway up the hill, turn right onto a grass track until you reach an intersection at the top of the hill.

Étape 2 : Turn left onto the track and reach a road. Follow it to the right.
At the entrance to Chalus, just before the first house, turn right onto a track and then right again onto the road. At the crossroads, turn left onto the road.
At the ‘Cédez le passage’ sign, cross a road and go straight down a track opposite. Pass over a pond dike and continue straight ahead until you reach a road.
Follow it to the right until you reach a house on the left.

Étape 3 : Take the track on the left. Walk alongside a pond. At the crossroads, go left. At the next junction, take the track on the right. On the flat, leave a track on your left. At the T junction, go right. At the house, keep right and immediately turn left onto the track. Drive alongside the Etang du Vernet and then over the dyke. Continue up the track for 40m, then at the crossroads continue uphill. At the top of the hill (point 1), go down the track opposite and then follow the road to the left to get back to the starting point.

Opening hours

All year round daily.

Subject to favorable weather.

Comfort, facilities and services

  • Pets welcome

Dogs allowed

Environnements

Presence of livestock and guard dogs

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