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Hiking in Nièvre

53

routes

7.3 km

median distance

59 m

median elevation gain

The river makes the whole department. La Charité-sur-Loire and Pouilly-sur-Loire line the wild river, with sandbanks, wooded islands and a nature reserve protecting terns and beavers.

La Charité, a stage on the Compostela road, adds its Cluniac priory, a World Heritage site; Pouilly gives the vineyard and its flint slopes, directly facing Sancerre on the far bank.

Tracy-sur-Loire and Saint-Andelain complete the picture with the Pouilly-Fumé vineyard and the Loire lateral canal, whose towpaths run dead straight, flat and shaded.

When to go — All year; autumn gives the best vineyard colour, and the Loire banks are best avoided in flood.

OpenRando lists 53 hiking routes in Nièvre. The median distance is 7.3 km, and most routes fall between 3.3 and 13.1 km — from an afternoon loop to a full day out.

The terrain stays gentle: median elevation gain is 59 m, and even the hilliest routes rarely exceed 124 m. Good ground for long outings without the climbing.

The most common starting points cluster around: La Charité-sur-Loire, Pouilly-sur-Loire, La Marche, Tracy-sur-Loire, Saint-Andelain, Germigny-sur-Loire. Every route comes with its GPX track, elevation profile and interactive map.

Longest routes in Nièvre

  • Boucle Viaduc ... – Viaduc de Saint-Satur au départ de Tracy - Sancerre18.8 km
  • Les châteaux du Nozet et de Tracy - boucle depuis Tracy-sur-Loire16.7 km
  • Bord de Loire boucle à partir de Germigny-sur-Loire14.3 km

All routes in Nièvre