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Fort Douaumont – Douaumont Ossuary loop from Douaumont

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Fort Douaumont – Douaumont Ossuary loop from Douaumont

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Fort Douaumont – Douaumont Ossuary loop from Douaumont

02:19

8.48km

130m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

1

1.32 km

Boyau de Londres

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Back in time through the trenches named after London.

Historical context: After the recapture of the forts of Vaux and Douaumont, the French command set up the essential connections to …

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2

2.19 km

Retractable turret at Fort de Douaumont

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Elaborately designed, retractable turret

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2.59 km

Fort Douaumont

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Elaborate entrance area to a monumental memento which should always be a memorial for peace

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4

2.76 km

Retractable Gun Turret

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Retractable turret that made the whole system tremble when you shot it

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5

3.21 km

Forest Path With Bomb Craters and Trenches

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On this route you literally walk on historical tracks. Narrow paths meander past many bomb craters. It is a landscape marked by the horrors of war.

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5.97 km

Notre-Dame de l'Europe Chapel

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As witnesses to the violence of the conflict, nine memorial chapels were built between 1930 and 1934 to keep alive, in addition to the victims of the war, the memory …

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7.52 km

Douaumont Ossuary

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Here it is written in stone:
Let us never forget this horror!

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8

8.43 km

Entrance to the Trench of the Bayonets Memorial

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Site that leaves you speechless.
The year is 1916 - At Douaumont, 57 French soldiers are buried under a bombardment...

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8.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.70 km

2.51 km

1.83 km

456 m

Surfaces

2.91 km

1.76 km

1.36 km

1.31 km

1.02 km

133 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (310 m)

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