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France
Normandy
Alençon
Écouves

Carrefour du Chêne au Verdier – Sherman tank loop from Écouves

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Hiking trails & Routes
France
Normandy
Alençon
Écouves

Carrefour du Chêne au Verdier – Sherman tank loop from Écouves

Hard

5.0

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11

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Carrefour du Chêne au Verdier – Sherman tank loop from Écouves

08:21

28.9km

680m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 10, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

395 m

Town hall and church

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2

6.80 km

Carrefour du Chêne au Verdier

Highlight • Monument

Remarkable crossroads of the Ecouves forest with its sculpted giant sequoia.
The latter, victim of lightning, was condemned to disappear.
It was decided to give it a second life, in …

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8.75 km

Vignage Rocks

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The Rocher du Vignage, located along a course of the Radon trail, offers us a very pleasant view of the Ecouves forest

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16.9 km

Forêt domaniale d'Écouves

Forest

5

17.7 km

Le signal d'Écouves

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The signal d'Écouves, at an altitude of 413 m, is the highest point in Normandy and the second highest peak in the Armorican Massif.
Source: Wikipedia

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18.4 km

Écouves Forest

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The Écouves national forest is located in the Normandy-Maine Regional Natural Park. It is home to abundant game, sessile oaks, beeches and Scots pines, over 15,000 hectares.

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18.9 km

Sherman tank

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This Sherman tank was part of the 2nd armored division of General Leclerc.It belonged to the Roumianzoff detachment that had just liberated Alençon ... It was destroyed at a place …

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28.9 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.7 km

5.30 km

1.98 km

1.30 km

693 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.5 km

10.9 km

1.77 km

1.11 km

508 m

122 m

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

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Saturday 23 May

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