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Lake of Settons – Settons Lake Dam loop from Lac des Settons

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Château-Chinon (Ville)

Moux-En-Morvan

Lake of Settons – Settons Lake Dam loop from Lac des Settons

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Lake of Settons – Settons Lake Dam loop from Lac des Settons

02:16

26.7km

420m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.1 km for 102 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.50 km

Lake of Settons

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You can cycle all the way around the lake on paths and wooden bridges, although it can get busy with bathers, walkers and other cyclists.

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4.00 km

Settons Lake Dam

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While other dams have a very specific shape, designed to withstand enormous water pressures, this dam was built in a pyramid shape. The water pressure exerted on this dam is …

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4.45 km

Lac des Settons North

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Lac des Settons is the best-known water point in the Morvan Regional Nature Park. Its popularity is not usurped. Come, you too can enjoy this emblematic place.

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11.2 km

Racine Bridge

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This bridge which spans the river Le Caillot is a pleasant place from where you can admire the river and take a break.

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13.5 km

Le saut de Gouloux (waterfall and mill ruins)

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This waterfall indeed falls on an old fault which leads to this fall of 10 meters high. It's buried in the woods and you'll hear it before you see it. …

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13.8 km

Gouloux Waterfall

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The Gouloux jump is a cute little waterfall. You have to take a one kilometer path to get to this natural site. A sign along the road tells you its location.

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22.5 km

Crossing the Settons Dam

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Built halfway the 19th century to facilitate wood transport by river to Paris. Declined in the 20th century, but revived as a recreation hotspot from the 1950's onwards.

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26.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

7.66 km

6.34 km

1.10 km

Surfaces

12.7 km

6.30 km

5.75 km

1.09 km

497 m

289 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (490 m)

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Thursday 25 June

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Lake of Settons

Settons Lake Dam

Lac des Settons North

Racine Bridge

Le saut de Gouloux (waterfall and mill ruins)

Gouloux Waterfall

Crossing the Settons Dam

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