Etang de Roche Ballue – Bear sculpture loop from Bouaye

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Etang de Roche Ballue – Bear sculpture loop from Bouaye

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Etang de Roche Ballue – Bear sculpture loop from Bouaye

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26.9km

110m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 9.60 km for 226 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.9 km

Forest Trail of La Roche Ballue

Highlight • Trail

Rather for MTB and gravel. Wet in winter.

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11.4 km

La Roche Ballue jump track

Highlight • Forest

3 very nice lines of bumps, very fun.

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11.6 km

Located in a beautiful natural site, this pond, in fact an old quarry filled with water, is open for swimming.
Be careful, beyond the buoys, the pond becomes very deep and therefore dangerous. It is therefore necessary to supervise the children.
There are also children's games, picnic tables and a bicross field on site.
NB: entry is payable in summer (with supervised swimming).
Apart from the road, several options of paths to get there or from there:
The Chemin des Foulques allows you to continue along the slopes towards La Montagne, for fairly committed cycling and passages that will require you to dismount.
The path of the Estacade which goes towards the Loire (cul-de-sac) offers several observation posts of the wetlands and their avian fauna.
The Chemin de la Mandrine links with the Port Lavigne shipyard and the statues of animals perched in the trees.
Finally, the Chemin de la Sangle goes towards Bouguenais. Nice, but you have to climb a long and steep staircase, so not at all compatible with heavy bikes or panniers.

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13.2 km

Permanent exhibition says The Settlers

Highlight • Monument

Good news for art lovers and children: this sculpture which had fallen into the Loire and had been found in Couëron was recently reinstalled on the site.

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13.5 km

Jaguar Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

The jaguar lounges on a branch in a tree near the river. This sculpture is part of the set "The Settlers"

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13.7 km

Port Lavigne Boatyard and Fishing Huts

Highlight • Structure

Picturesque place wedged between the Loire, fisheries, a bamboo grove and the shipyard that you can cross.
Accessible to everyone

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13.8 km

Bear sculpture

Highlight • Other

This sculpture, which is part of the triptych "The Settlers", can be seen from the other side of the fence. A bear and her cub climb a tree.

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14.2 km

Port Lavigne

Highlight • Settlement

This picturesque hamlet extends along the Bouguenais etier to the Loire, the dry port and The Settlers works.
Some typical houses on the banks of the Loire and the fisheries on the shore.
At the slipway, the boaters' path, a little damp in winter, allows you to join the Sainte-Hélène island cycle path towards Trentemoult.

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26.9 km

End point

Train Station

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