Circuit des Menhirs
Key facts
- Distance
- 9.1 km
- Ascent
- +72 m
- Descent
- −75 m
- Estimated time
- 2 hr 10
- hiking ; mtb : 50 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
- official rating
- Route
- Loop
- back to the start
Official time: 2 h 15 min
Profile and gradient
- under 10%
- 10 to 20%
- over 20%
Gradient along the route: 9.1 km under 10%. Elevation from 11 m to 50 m over 9.1 km.
Surface and path types
- Surface
- Paved 35%
- Dirt & gravel 63%
- Unknown 2%
- Path types
- Trail 14%
- Track 49%
- Road 35%
- Off-network 2%
Difficulty
Official rating: easy, by Département de Loire-Atlantique.
Getting there
Start: Chauvé, Chauvé (44).
Sources
- Track: Département de Loire-Atlantique, PDIPR, Licence Ouverte 2.0, Licence Ouverte 2.0 (Etalab) (data.loire-atlantique.fr/explore/dataset/224400028_itineraires-de-promenade-et-de-randonnee-en-loire-atlantique-pdipr/). Time estimated by GPX Path with the Mac app rule, breaks not included.
- Official time: 2 h 15 min, data.loire-atlantique.fr
- Surface and path types: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 28 October 2026, matched to the track every 10 m (openstreetmap.org/copyright)
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