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Écouves Forest – Sherman tank loop from Carrefour de la Croix Médavy

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France
Normandy
Alençon
La Ferrière-Béchet

Écouves Forest – Sherman tank loop from Carrefour de la Croix Médavy

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Écouves Forest – Sherman tank loop from Carrefour de la Croix Médavy

07:05

25.1km

520m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc naturel régional Normandie-Maine

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469 m

Écouves Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Écouves national forest is located in the Normandy-Maine Regional Natural Park. It is home to abundant game, sessile oaks, beeches and Scots pines, over 15,000 hectares.

Its highest point is the Écouves signal, which rises to an altitude of 413 meters. It is the highest peak in Normandy.

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18.3 km

Chanterelle

Highlight • Other

3

25.1 km

Sherman tank

Highlight • Historical Site

This Sherman tank was part of the 2nd armored division of General Leclerc.It belonged to the Roumianzoff detachment that had just liberated Alençon ... It was destroyed at a place called "Gateys" by an anti tank gun of the 9th Panzerdivision was hidden in the Ecouves forest ....

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25.1 km

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18.5 km

3.61 km

2.28 km

712 m

Surfaces

13.0 km

10.6 km

735 m

665 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Lowest point (210 m)

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Wednesday 11 November

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