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La Loire sauvage à pied
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Mar–Nov · highs 11–21 °C (52–70 °F)
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- F9°5°62
- M11°7°56
- A13°8°52
- M16°12°63
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- J21°16°42
- A21°17°34
- S19°15°61
- O16°12°91
- N12°9°82
- D9°6°88
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Le sentier suit la vallée de la Loire dans son intégralité, de La Baule au mont Gerbier de Jonc, sur une distance de 1 243 km. Le GR 3 passe par Nantes, Saumur, Chambord, Orléans, Gien, Nevers, les monts du Forez et Le Puy-en-Velay.
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Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 1,243 km · 772 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 1,299 km · 807 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Stream
- Loire (GeoNames)
- Best months
- Mar–Nov
- Country
- France
- Region
- Vienne
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- National route
- Ref
- GR 3
- Operator (OSM)
- FFRP
- From / to
- La Baule → Mont Mézenc
- Route centre
- 46.3592, 0.8946
- Route start
- 47.2796, -2.3780
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 2704569
- Wikidata
- Q3478705
- Official info
- ffrandonnee.fr/randonner/sentiers/gr-3-la-loire-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.