Les étangs des Princes
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.5 km
- Ascent
- +194 m
- Descent
- −160 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 25
- hiking
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 3 h
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 9.0 km under 10% and 0.5 km at 10 to 20%. Elevation from 337 m to 446 m over 9.5 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 31%
- Dirt & gravel 69%
- Path types
- Trail 34%
- Track 36%
- Road 29%
- Off-network 1%
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Département du Doubs.
Getting there
Start: Salle communale de Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard, Saint-Julien-lès-Montbéliard (25).
Sources
- Track: Département du Doubs (explore.doubs.fr), ODbL, ODbL 1.0 (explore.doubs.fr/trek/1562-Les-etangs-des-Princes). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 3 h, explore.doubs.fr
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- Official elevation gain: 194 m, Département du Doubs
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