Chaos of Nîmes-le-Vieux – loop starting from l'Hom – Cévennes National Park

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Chaos of Nîmes-le-Vieux – loop starting from l'Hom – Cévennes National Park

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Chaos of Nîmes-le-Vieux – loop starting from l'Hom – Cévennes National Park

00:57

3.30km

90m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 6, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parc national des Cévennes (cœur)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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409 m

Chaos de Nîmes-le-Vieux

Highlight • Natural Monument

Let Édouard-Alfred Martel benefit from the description of the chaos of Nîmes-le-Vieux: "It is a front of cliffs, a projection from the surface of the Causse Méjean, which presents a great length of half-cirques, all bristling hundreds of dolomitic rocks, perforated, cut, sculpted...".

Indeed, the path that winds through chaos reveals an archaic marvel lost in the heart of the Causse Méjean. None of the rocks that emerge from the ground are alike. This ruiniform site ultimately resembles a limestone forest, unfathomable and punctuated with curiosities.

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1.67 km

Causse Méjean

Highlight • Natural Monument

Viewpoint over the Causse Méjean from the chaos of Nîmes-le-Vieux.

The Causse Méjean (or Méjan), a plateau cut by the Tarn to the north and the Jonte to the south, owes its name to its median position between the Causse de Sauveterre further north and the Causse Noir further south.

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3.30 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.87 km

229 m

207 m

Surfaces

2.31 km

667 m

323 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 6 November

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Comments

May 27, 2025,Runde von Fraissinet-de-Fourques

A short tour in the Cévennes on a high plateau. Erosion has eroded the limestone, leaving these rock formations. There's also a rich flora that blooms beautifully at the end of May.

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October 10, 2022,Top 🇫🇷 Wanderung Nimes-les-Vieux

Small nice hike that looks almost more spectacular in the pictures than it really is. But a nice circular route, easy to walk, also something for children, with nice views.

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