The Lange Vlieter – Purple Heather Fields loop from Limburg

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The Lange Vlieter – Purple Heather Fields loop from Limburg

Moderate

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The Lange Vlieter – Purple Heather Fields loop from Limburg

03:25

13.4km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 29, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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829 m

The Lange Vlieter

Highlight • Lake

Drinking Water Reservoir:
This is almost from Maaswasser drinking water

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2.88 km

Purple Heather Fields

Highlight • Natural

A very idyllic landscape. Especially beautiful when the heather is in bloom in August 🤩

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2.91 km

" In 1999, oaks were planted every day at a location somewhere in Limburg to commemorate the start of the new Millennium. This, the 213th tree, was planted by Stichting De Zwaluw on August 1st, 1999."
waymarking.com/waymarks/WM169AD_Millennium_tree_213_Beegden_NL

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3.60 km

Beegder Heath

Highlight • Forest

A beautiful heathland 😍
Dogs must be leashed here because a large herd of sheep lives on the site.

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3.84 km

Beegderven

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4.85 km

Beegder Vennen

Highlight • Natural

Beautiful, vast area, especially with the cold days you walk full in the sun

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11.7 km

Thomas Canal (Beegderheide)

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The Thomas Canal is a ditch that was dug by Thomas Piepers and his sons as part of the relief work around 1935 and was intended to drain the …

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12.0 km

Sherman Tank Turret Monument, Beegderheide

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The tank gap has nothing to do with the war. This used to be a military training area, and two tanks were used as targets here.

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13.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.26 km

3.26 km

1.20 km

624 m

105 m

Surfaces

6.75 km

3.31 km

1.60 km

1.10 km

492 m

208 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

12°C

5°C

56 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

January 19, 2025,Wandeling Beegder heide

beautiful but misty walk over the Beegder heath and back through Exatenbosch. And back over a narrow path where you look at the highway but walk through the forest. The narrow path is high above the road. The fens were all well filled and somewhat frozen over.

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