Vilpert Ponds – Croix de Vilpert Monument loop from Garancières - La Queue
Vilpert Ponds – Croix de Vilpert Monument loop from Garancières - La Queue
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Vilpert Ponds – Croix de Vilpert Monument loop from Garancières - La Queue
02:46
61.4km
430m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 19, 2026
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Start point
Train Station
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15.4 km
Vilpert Ponds
Highlight • Lake
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16.1 km
Croix de Vilpert Monument
Highlight • Monument
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25.2 km
Chapel and miraculous spring
Highlight (Segment) • Other
27.9 km
Guiperreux Toad Crossing
Highlight • Natural Monument
Each year, during the thaw (roughly from February to April), a "toadstool" is installed on the road that runs along the pond.
But what is a toaddrome exactly? So, it is not a place where one could indulge in clandestine bets on toad races, but a device intended to prevent these poor beasts from being crushed by cars in crossing the road to breed and lay their eggs in the pond on the other side of the road.
Indeed, thousands of common toads, but also frogs and newts, begin their long prenuptial migrations around March each year. They go to the nearest pond or pond to breed. Once their duty is done, they leave the aquatic environment to return to their summering areas where they will spend most of their time feeding.
In order to avoid a carnage of amphibians on the road, a tarpaulin is planted 600m on each side of the road to block their passage. In various places a hole has been made in which a bucket is buried. By looking for a passage all along the tarpaulin, the toad will inevitably end up at the bottom of a bucket. Every morning, volunteers come to collect toads and other frogs and drop them off on the other side of the road.
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34.1 km
La Maltorne
Lake
40.4 km
Adainville Church
Highlight • Religious Site
45.1 km
Chateau de Bourdonné
Highlight • Castle
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46.8 km
Neuville Castle
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The Château de Neuville, located in the heart of a forest park in Gambais, was built in the 16th century by Joachim de Bellengreville, Grand Provost of the Hôtel du Roy in charge of security and the Court police under Henri IV. Its design is attributed to Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, a famous architect to whom we owe the Louvre gallery, the Pont Neuf and the Hôtel Carnavalet in Paris. The Henri III style building has undergone many transformations over time. During the 2nd World War it was occupied by the German and then American armies, and gradually abandoned.
Since the 1960s and 1970s, the family that owns the place, a descendant of the Marquis de Labriffe who acquired the château in 1795, has embarked on a long and costly restoration program which is still continuing today. To finance this work, the estate is regularly rented for film and television shoots, which is why its silhouette may seem familiar to you. Among the films shot in these places: La vie de château (JP Rappeneau), Peau d'âne (Jacques Demy), Dangerous liaisons (Stephen Frears), Cyrano de Bergerac (JP Rappeneau), Ridicule (Patrice Leconte), but also two seasons of the TV show "The Best Pastry Chef".
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61.4 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
53.8 km
4.42 km
1.73 km
1.04 km
261 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
49.0 km
12.3 km
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (190 m)
Lowest point (110 m)
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