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France : Grand Est

3.1 km (1.9 miles) NE of Regnévelle, Vosges, Grand Est, France
Approx. altitude: 337 m (1105 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 48°S 174°W

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

Click on any of the images for the full-sized picture.

#2: View to the South #3: View to the West #4: View to the North #5: View to the East #6: GPS Reading #7: Ground Zero #8: The Confluence Hunter #9: The Nearby Track #10: The Nearby Village Martinvelle

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  48°N 6°E (visit #6)  

#1: The Confluence from 15 m

(visited by Rainer Mautz)

14-Jun-2014 -- This is the first out of 3 reports reaching confluence points in Central France.

Cycling and confluencing is my favourite combination of travel. To make it to a (to me new) confluence point and back to Zurich within a weekend, I need to approach the area by train and start cycling from a train station. This confluence was in a distance of exactly 200 km beeline from Zurich the nearest confluence that I had not been visited so far. So I only took a short train ride from Zurich to Basel and started cycling from there. I stayed the night in the village Sewen near the 1200 m high Vosges pass called Ballon d’Alsace.

On confluence day, I got up at 4:30 AM and was served a wonderful cyclist’s breakfast at 5 AM in my Auberge! I was really lucky that another group of cyclists had organised such an early breakfast and I could benefit from that. So I managed to get to the top of the pass at 7 AM (just one car had passed me on the way up).

So I made my way west, crossing Remiremont, Bains-les-Bains, and finally I reached the village Martinvelle. The confluence is just 2.5 km further north. A forest track leads up to a distance of 50 m. From there, a forest aisle directly leads to the confluence point.

There is a pile of wood exactly at the confluence. Otherwise the area is covered with deciduous forest and ferns.

I continued cycling westwards in direction Chaumont.

CP Visit Details:

  • Distance to the road: 163 m
  • Distance of bicycle parking: 50 m
  • Time to reach the CP from the road: 1 min
  • Time at the CP: 12:20 PM
  • Measured height: 309 m
  • Minimal distance according to GPS: 1 m
  • Position accuracy: 5 m
  • Topography: mostly flat
  • Vegetation: deciduous forest, ferns
  • Weather: partly cloudy, 25° C (felt temperature)
  • Given Name: The Wood Pile Confluence

The story continues at 48°N 5°E


 All pictures
#1: The Confluence from 15 m
#2: View to the South
#3: View to the West
#4: View to the North
#5: View to the East
#6: GPS Reading
#7: Ground Zero
#8: The Confluence Hunter
#9: The Nearby Track
#10: The Nearby Village Martinvelle
ALL: All pictures on one page