This trail takes you through the Petite Charnie forest.
This trail takes you through the Petite Charnie forest. Covering 716 hectares, it is made up of hardwoods (oak, hornbeam, beech, aspen, chestnut, etc.) and softwoods (Douglas fir, Nordmann fir, maritime pine, Laricio pine, etc.). It also boasts a wealth of wildlife.
This trail starts around 15 km from Sillé-le-Guillaume, Conlie, Loué and Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes.
Start/finish point: Car park in the Saint-Symphorien forest near the picnic area along the D28.
- Turn left as you leave the car park, go around the barriers and walk 700 m up the main road.
- Turn right down the lane between plots 26 and 22. Continue until you reach the edge of the forest. Turn left.
- Shortly after passing the forester's house, take the left-hand path, then at the next crossroads where two paths are separated by an oak tree, take the left-hand path.
- At the end of this track, turn left.
- Cross a crossroads and take the track on the right. When you come to a barrier, cross the road and continue along the path opposite. Join the main gravel track and turn left.
- After 200 m, take the first track on the right through the barrier. Continue straight ahead until you reach the intersection of plots 5 and 6. Turn right at this point.
- At a large crossroads, turn left. Cross the next crossroads, then turn left between plots 4 and 5, then right between plots 4 and 14.
- At the edge of the forest, turn left between plots 14 and 20.
- Drive past "Le Grand Étang". Turn right at the barrier and continue straight on for around 1 km to reach the car park at the starting point.