Ruta Nacimiento del Segura
This circular route, which coincides in its first half with the GR-7 and the Fuente Segura Trail (perfectly signposted by the Andalusian Regional Government's Environment Department), runs through the valley between the slopes of the Mariasnal and the rocky soils from Los Corralejos, passing through the villages of Fuente Segura and the source of the Segura River, a spectacular crystalline pool of about 7 m in diameter by 6 m deep, whose state is highly variable depending on the weather of the year.
The water flows through the mouth of a pool that is part of the underground system that collects the precipitation that falls on the nearby plateau of Campos de Hernán Perea.
NAME OF THE TRAIL
Birth Route of the Segura
TYPE OF TRAIL
Circular Route
Difficulty
Low
START POINT
We leave Pontones in the direction of Santiago de la Espada and after 200 m to the right there is an extension where we can leave the car, next to an adapted park with a fountain.
On the A-317 road to Pontones (El Pontón Bajo).
TOTAL DISTANCE (IN KILOMETERS)
9.600
ESTIMATED RUN TIME
1h 15min
Type of firm
Road and Path
SLOPE
99 m.
DIFFICULTY. ASSESSMENT ACCORDING TO METHOD MEASURE
0
MEDIO.
Severity of the natural environment
0
Itinerary
Orientation in the itinerary
0
Displacement
Difficulty moving
0
EFFORT.
Amount of effort required
SIGNALING
Sí
MUNICIPAL TERMS BY WHICH IT RUNS
Santiago Pontones Sierra de SeguraRECREATIONAL OR SPORTS AREAS NEAR THE TRAIL
Pontones has various services and at the source of the Segura there is a recreational area, with a fountain and a beach bar (open from Easter to autumn).
RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommended times spring and especially autumn.