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Hiking in Somme

724

routes

8.7 km

median distance

48 m

median elevation gain

You walk on water here as much as on land. The hortillonnages of Amiens, floating gardens threaded with channels, and the Somme valley itself give flat walking between peat ponds, reed beds and old wildfowling huts.

Downstream, Abbeville opens onto the Bay of the Somme, one of Europe's finest estuaries: salt meadows, sandbanks, harbour seals and a light that fixed an entire school of painters.

East, around Péronne, the Picardy plateau carries the 1916 battlefields. The remembrance circuits pass cemeteries, craters and memorials across open, windswept ground.

When to go — Spring and autumn for the bird migration across the bay. A guided crossing is essential there: the tide comes in very fast.

OpenRando lists 724 hiking routes in Somme. The median distance is 8.7 km, and most routes fall between 4.2 and 14.4 km — from an afternoon loop to a full day out.

The terrain stays gentle: median elevation gain is 48 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: Amiens, Abbeville, Péronne, Boves, Bourdon, Dury. Every route comes with its GPX track, elevation profile and interactive map.

Longest routes in Somme

  • Boucle Écluse de Frise – Belvédère de Frise au départ de Frise26.6 km
  • Forêt domaniale de la Creuse boucle à partir de Bacouel-sur-Selle24.7 km
  • Boucle Les marais de la Violette – Croix de la rue des Vergeaux au départ d'Arrêt du Plateau24.5 km

All routes in Somme