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Camping in the Vallée de Joux
In order to allow as many people as possible to stay in the Vallée de Joux in good conditions, the region has two campsites with facilities by the lake, as well as parking areas where camping-cars are permitted.
Camping places with facilities (showers, WC, services)
Campers who stay in one of these two official sites and pay the tourist tax benefit from the many advantages offered by the ValPass guest card.
Official car parks for motorhomes
From Easter to October
- Parking area "Terrain de foot" - Les Crettets - 1343 Les Charbonnières - Closed until further notice due to works
- GPS: 46.666014, 6.316852
- Parking area "Chez Colas" - 1344 L’Abbaye
- GPS: 46.651788, 6.323944
- Parking area "Fontaine Froide" - Route du Marchairuz (à 5.5 km du Brassus)
- GPS: 46.559361, 6.250338
- Parking area "La Sauvagère" - En Groenroux - 1344 L'Abbaye
- GPS: 46.642384, 6.307348
- Parking area "Téléski de L’Abbaye" -Route de l’Hôtel de Ville - 1344 L’Abbaye
- GPS: 46.647998, 6.317160
All year round
- Parking area "Centre Sportif Vallée de Joux" - Rue du Centre Sportif - 1347 Le Sentier
- GPS: 46.603053, 6.227229
These car parks cannot be reserved in advance.
Current rates
On these lots, parking a van is limited to 3 consecutive nights.A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old).
Payment points: QR code (TWINT app) on site or below / Tourism Office in Le Sentier / Grocery shop Le Petit Marché in Le Pont / Alpine pasture Le Pré de Bière / Bank transfer
IBAN: CH20 0900 0000 1000 4898 1
Dumping area
Free and accessible all year round
- Parking area "Camping du Lac de Joux" – Le Rocheray 37 – 1347 Le Sentier
- GPS: 46.624875, 6.252710
Vallée de Joux Tourisme
Forest sites for vans and tents
- Risoud forest "Mézery", access via Le Brassus - Grandes Roches - Mézery (5.5 km away from Le Brassus) - Open from June to September - Equipped with dry toilets
- GPS: 46.568194, 6.165125
- Risoud forest "Le Solliat", access via Le Solliat - Cantine du Solliat (1 km away from Le Solliat, in the clearing on the left-hand side of the road) - Open in July & August - Equipped with chemical toilets
- GPS: 46.624105, 6.227672
- Les Esserts "L'Orient", access via Les Fûves - Les Esserts (4 km away from L'Orient) - Open in July & August - Equipped with chemical toilets
- GPS: 46.592104, 6.258552
Current rates
On these lots, parking a van or sleeping in a tent is limited to 3 consecutive nights.A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old).
Payment points: QR code (TWINT app) on site or below / Tourism Office in Le Sentier / Grocery shop Le Petit Marché in Le Pont / Alpine pasture Le Pré de Bière / Bank transfer
IBAN: CH20 0900 0000 1000 4898 1
Tent site
- Watersports center "Altitude 1004" – Les Tâches – 1346 Les Bioux
- GPS: 46.620768, 6.265310
Firewood can be purchased on site.
Various leisure facilities are available free of charge (table tennis, trampoline, petanque, etc.)
Current rates
On this lot, sleeping in a tent is limited to 3 consecutive nights.A fee of CHF 8.- per person per night is charged (children: free up to 16 years old).
Payment points: caravan of Altitude 1004 / QR code (TWINT app) on site or below / Bank transfer
IBAN: CH20 0900 0000 1000 4898 1
Wild camping and bivouacking
It is only tolerated in the following three situations:
- Sleep one night (not in a group) in the mountains, beyond the forest limit
- Sleeping on private land with the owner's permission
- Emergency bivouac
General bans exist for nature reserves, federal free districts and wildlife tranquillity zones.