The Hérault waterfalls - short


The watershed

Climate frontier

Maintaining clearings

Senescent stands


Two waterfalls... Find the Hérault!
Faced with these two threads of rivers, geographers hesitated between flow rate and length, and finally designated the waterway below you the Hérault while the waterfall opposite you was named the Dauphine. Two remarkable plants can be seen here: orpine (Hylotelephium telephium) with its succulent leaves, a food source for the larvae of a butterfly that is in strong decline all over the Massif central: the Apollo (which may be seen from mid-July to mid-August); and Prost saxifrage, which forms regular cushions that are easy to recognise. They enable it better to store what little water is available. It is a plant endemic to the Cévennes.
Description
- Departure : Maison de l'Aigoual
- Arrival : Maison de l'Aigoual
- Towns crossed : Val-d'Aigoual
Altimetric profile
Recommandations
Narrow and craggy path – firm shoes are essential.
Do not leave the path as this environment is unstable and very delicate. Horse-riding or mountain-biking are not allowed on or adapted to discovery trails.
Information desks
Tourism & national parc'house
Col de la Serreyrède, 30570 Val d'Aigoual
https://www.sudcevennes.com
office-du-tourisme-causse@wanadoo.fr
04 67 82 64 67
The Maison de l'Aigoual houses the tourism office Mont Aigoual Causses Cévennes and the Maison du Parc national. This visitor centre provides information on and raises awareness of the Cévennes National Park, its sites and events as well as the rules that must be observed in the National Park's central zone.
On site: changing exhibitions, video projections, Festival Nature events and shop Open year-round
Transport
Access and parking
Col de la Serreyrède, on the D 986 Camprieu - Valleraugue or on the D 48 from Le Vigan.
Parking :
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