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Hiking in Landes

964

routes

7.1 km

median distance

17 m

median elevation gain

The Landes offer the most even ground in the catalogue: a median gain of 17 metres, and trails running dead straight beneath the pines. The Landes forest, the largest in western Europe, covers most of the department and soaks up noise and heat alike.

Routes cluster along the coast — Mimizan, Biscarrosse, Moliets-et-Maa, Capbreton, Saint-Julien-en-Born. You walk the dune between ocean and forest, able to string kilometres together without meeting a slope. The courants, small coastal rivers running to the Atlantic, trace shaded routes inland to the lakes.

This is a department for endurance walking rather than effort — though the sand quietly makes those kilometres less easy than they look.

When to go — Year-round thanks to the oceanic mildness; spring and autumn are the most pleasant, summer being busy on the coast and subject to forest fire risk.

OpenRando lists 964 hiking routes in Landes. The median distance is 7.1 km, and most routes fall between 3.3 and 14.3 km — from an afternoon loop to a full day out.

The terrain stays gentle: median elevation gain is 17 m, and even the hilliest routes rarely exceed 60 m. Good ground for long outings without the climbing.

The most common starting points cluster around: Mimizan, Biscarrosse, Moliets-et-Maa, Capbreton, Saint-Julien-en-Born, Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains. Every route comes with its GPX track, elevation profile and interactive map.

Longest routes in Landes

  • Boucle Lac d'Aureilhan – Château Woolsack au départ de Sainte-Eulalie-en-Born29.4 km
  • Boucle Plage du Lac – Lac de souston au départ de Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains29.1 km
  • Boucle Panneau de chasse aux œufs près du sentier – Une maxime au milieu de la forêt au départ de Castaignos-Souslens29.1 km

All routes in Landes