Between canal and Forêt d'Orléans — Loop from the château de Charbonnière

Between canal and Forêt d'Orléans — Loop from the château de Charbonnière

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Between canal and Forêt d'Orléans — Loop from the château de Charbonnière

03:14

73.9km

230m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Last updated: August 12, 2024

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 68.2 km for 94 m

Waypoints

Charbonnière Castle

Highlight • Forest

In the heart of the Orléans forest is the Château de Charbonnière. This castle belongs to the city of Orléans and dates from the 16th century. You can admire its imposing facade and one of its four elegant turrets, as well as a bread oven in front of the building. The castle can be rented for various events, but you can also enjoy its vast 150-hectare park, where you can run, walk, cycle or picnic. The castle is open every day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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36.4 km

La Motte Castle, Vitry-aux-Loges

Highlight • Castle

Vitry-aux-Loges was for a long time a royal residence, its castle welcoming the kings who came to hunt in the forest of Orléans already before the year one thousand. Time did its work and after a fire and then a storm, this castle was finally destroyed in 1767.
From the 15th century, several lordly residences made of bricks were built around the remains of the royal castle and the castle of Plessis: the castle of La Motte, surrounded by water moats, the castle of Vaux and that of Jarnonces which has now disappeared.

The construction of the canal and the arrival of the train would subsequently revitalize Vitry-aux-Loges.
Note that the town is now located in a Natura 2000 zone.

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45.7 km

Moulin-Rouge Lock

Highlight • Monument

The Canal d'Orléans is an old waterway that connects the Loire to the Canal du Loing and the Canal de Briare. Over its 78 kilometer length, the canal comprises a total of 26 reaches (portions of a canal between two locks) and 29 locks.

The Moulin-Rouge reach is 1,500 meters long. It is bordered upstream by the lock of Combreux and, downstream, by the lock of Moulin-Rouge.

The lock is no longer functional, but that does not detract from the charm of the place!

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67.8 km

Combleux

Highlight • Settlement

A picturesque village between the Orleans Canal and the Loire, Combleux was once a transit port when the Loire navy was expanding.

Traces of the old port activities are still visible: the bargemen's houses, the canal controller's house, and the lock keeper's house.

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