Le Reculet is the second-highest peak in the

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( ) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border. While the Jura range proper (" folded Jura", ) is located in France and Switzerla ...

, with an elevation of 1717 metres. It is located in the Ain department of

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(in French), as of July 18, 2007 It is a few kilometres south of the

Crêt de la Neige The Crêt de la Neige (, "Snow Ridge") is the highest peak in the Jura Mountains and the department of Ain in France. Its elevation is 1720 m above sea level (reported as 1718 m before 2003). Its prominence is 1266 m. It is located ...

on the territory of the town of Thoiry. The summit has views of the Pays de Gex,

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, the

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, and on clear days the

Chaîne des Puys The Chaîne des Puys (; ) is a north-south oriented chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars in the Massif Central of France. The chain is about 40 km (25 mi) long, and the identified volcanic features, which constitute a volcanic ...

. The inhabitants of Thoiry erected a cross on the summit. Le Reculet was sometimes designated as the highest point of the Jura, until the elevation of the

was remeasured as 1720 m instead of 1717.6 m. In 2024, precise measurements give an elevation of 1717.14 metres for Le Reculet, almost a metre lower than the geodetic marker at

(1718.06 m), and more than 3 metres lower than the highest point of the Jura (1720.83 m) near

.Hetényi G., Chagros A.-M., Lemke K., Maharaj A., Baron L. (2024). Détermination du point culminant du massif du Jura. Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne), n° 51, 6 p

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Image:CrêtdeLaNeige.jpeg, Summit of the Crêt de la Neige, with Le Reculet in the background. Mountains of Ain Mountains of the Jura {{Ain-geo-stub