The Croix Scaille is the plateau of a forested massif in the Ardennes, in Wallonia, bounded to the north by the valley of the Semois and to the east by the Meuse (river), Meuse. It is the highest point of the southern Ardennes, with a height of 504 metres above sea level and is located exactly on the Belgium–France border, Franco-Belgian border on the edge of the French Ardennes (département), département of Ardennes (commune of Les Hautes-Rivières, Hautes-Rivières), and the Belgian province of Namur (Gedinne commune).
The wooded plateau is covered by the ''bois de Saint-Jean'' on the Belgian side, named after the stream that crosses the border from south to north, and by the ''bois des Haies'' on the French side, probably taking its name from the common beech, beech trees (French: ''hêtres'') which are one of the dominant species here together with oak and spruce.
During the Second World War, the wooded area of Croix Scaille was a hotbed of Maquis (World War II), maquis resistance in the Ardennes.
The Tour du Millénaire, which was erected in 2001, has 243 steps and enables a panoramic view of the Belgian and French Ardennes. The original wooden structure rotted and was dismantled in 2008 before being rebuilt in metal in 2012.
Plateaus of Europe
Mountains under 1000 metres
Mountains and hills of the Ardennes (Belgium)
Mountains and hills of the Ardennes (France)
Landforms of Namur (province)
Landforms of Ardennes (department)
Belgium–France border