周辺の天然記念物・トップ14

Not hard to see the elephant shape of the rock. Some nice paths and trails around.

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…without forgetting the famous “dog’s ass” 🙂

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The Béatrix cave is a natural wonder hidden in the forest of Fontainebleau. This cave, dug in the sandstone, is accessible during an outing in the forest. It offers an enchanting spectacle with its stalactites, its concretions and its walls covered with moss. It is also known to have been the place of meditation of Queen Marie-Antoinette.

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Many characteristic rocks.

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Great place for a walk! I have great childhood memories.

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Surprising to see this dune in the middle of the forest of Fontainebleau

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The sand dunes of Béorlots are accessible by a paved road and constitute a unique testimony to the geological phenomenon which occurred in the forest of Fontainebleau at the end of the tertiary era thirty-four million years ago. At this time took place the last marine invasion of the Paris Basin, including the forest of Fontainebleau. As the sea retreated, it left behind a thick mantle of silica-rich sand. Then in the Quaternary were formed the famous sandstone chaos of the massif, and these dunes due to wind phenomena. Yet these dunes are in danger. They were overgrown with tall pines. They were uprooted in 2001. But the pines, which grow easily in the open, are gradually coming back. It is estimated that these quaternary dune fields, which appear here and there in the national forest, cover between 15 to 25% of the Massif de Fontainebleau.

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Through the forest one finds this clearing with its rocks typical of the forest of Fontainebleau and its sandy "beaches".

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