Mont Coudon, Free flight site and limestone summit in Var, France.

Mont Coudon is a 700-metre summit of the Monts Toulonnais, the range that begins near Bandol and ends in a cliff above La Valette-du-Var. Its upper part is bare white limestone, with a steep cliff facing left and a gentler slope on the right; a small white structure stands at the highest point, and dark green vegetation with scattered pale buildings covers the lower slopes.

The summit holds Fort Est du Coudon, also called fort Lieutenant-Girardon, built as part of the Séré de Rivières fortification system. It now serves as a military surveillance base for the Méditerranée defence region, and the summit itself is closed to access. The writer George Sand climbed the mountain on 21 May 1861.

The mountain is simply called Le Coudon locally, and the general and technological lycée in La Garde bears its name, Lycée du Coudon. George Sand climbed it on 21 May 1861 and mentioned the ascent in her journal Voyage dit du Midi and in the novel Tamaris.

The summit is closed to the public because it houses the Fort Est du Coudon, also called fort Lieutenant-Girardon, an active military surveillance base. The climb by road from the D 46 is 6.1 km long with 438 m of ascent at an average gradient of 7.2%. The panorama is blocked to the west by Mont Faron and Mont Caume.

On certain days with specific wind conditions in fall and winter, visitors can spot distant mountain ranges from the summit that normally remain hidden. These far-reaching views result from rare atmospheric conditions that occur only a handful of times each year.