The old spinning-mills
This village more than others benefited from the Industrial Revolution and has some striking vestiges to explore.
- 💧 1 drinking water point mapped on the route (OpenStreetMap)
At a glance
2.8 km loop starting from Le Vigan - La Prairie bus stop, 45 minutes' walk from the stop. Allow 54 min of walking, 127 m of ascent, estimated difficulty: easy. 1 drinking water point is mapped on the route.
Description provided by Parc National des Cevennes; the rest is a summary generated from the route data.
Getting there by liO bus
This route links two stations: you can walk it in either direction, without coming back to where you started.
- Le Vigan - La Prairie bus stop start · 45 min walk
- Le Vigan - Cité Scolaire bus stop start · 43 min walk (walking time measured on the IGN footpath network)
Travel time from the main stations
- Montpellier Saint-Roch 3h04 by train + bus
- Nîmes 1h47 by train + bus
Indicative times from SNCF and liO GTFS data. Actual times, there and back, are worked out on the interactive map.
Other hikes from Le Vigan - La Prairie
Data source
Data produced by Parc National des Cevennes, licence: Open data (data.gouv.fr) - reutilisation libre, attribution par fiche, updated on 18 December 2025
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