Quebec trails · Le Littoral Basque
Le Littoral Basque
A 2.6-mile out-and-back in Quebec, with 495 ft of climbing. Reaches Belvédère Beaulieu and other summit/viewpoint destinations.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 71% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 0.9. It gives back about 357 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
NRCAN MRDEM ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Belvédère Beaulieu (summit)
- Belvédère du Fleuve (viewpoint)
- Belvédère Beaulieu (viewpoint)
- Belvédère Cathédrale-des-pins (viewpoint)
- Belvédère Pointe-à-cives (viewpoint)
- Belvédère à Ben (viewpoint)
- Belvédère du Porc-Pic (viewpoint)
- Belvédère Côté (viewpoint)
- Belvédère du Sommet (viewpoint)
- Chute du Porc-Pic (viewpoint)
Getting there
Le Littoral Basque access — parking nearby. 48.24303, -69.01378 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:22 a.m., the sun rises at 6:53 a.m. and sets at 5:49 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:20 p.m. (EDT) — 10 h 56 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 5.2-mile round trip takes roughly 2 h 26 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 9:19 a.m. — 8 h 30 min before sunset.