Cable Ferry Over The Linge – Trenches near Elst loop from Schalkwijk

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Netherlands

Utrecht

Houten

Cable Ferry Over The Linge – Trenches near Elst loop from Schalkwijk

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Cable Ferry Over The Linge – Trenches near Elst loop from Schalkwijk

02:29

9.87km

10m

Hiking

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

Last updated: July 31, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 173 m for 130 m

Closed: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise open)

After 1.48 km for 358 m

Closed: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise open)

After 3.71 km for 124 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

After 3.89 km for 204 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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123 m

H. Michaël Church (Schalkwijk)

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The H.Michaëlkerk is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Dutch village of Schalkwijk (municipality of Houten) at Jonkheer Ramweg 18. The church is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. The …

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1.10 km

Schalkwijk Church

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Put on good shoes, it can be soggy here.

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1.70 km

Cable Ferry Over The Linge

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Always nice to cross the water with a pull ferry.

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2.78 km

Group Shelter Type 1918 at Fort bij Vechten

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These are various shelters of the type 1918 around the Fort near Vechten. This fort was built between 1867 and 1870.

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3.11 km

Lunet at the Snel

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Lunet aan de Snel is part of the Defense Line of Honswijk, which in turn is part of the New Dutch Waterline. The defenses served to flood the polder when …

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3.19 km

Stelling van Honswijk

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This walking junction can be found and planned at routesinutrecht.nl/route-informatie/routenetwerk-in-utrecht/wandelnetwerk

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6.16 km

Beautiful avenue

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Beautiful avenue with trees on either side. This avenue runs along the trenches.

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6.57 km

Trenches near Elst

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Put on good shoes, soggy.

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9.87 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.09 km

2.86 km

733 m

731 m

446 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.37 km

3.47 km

981 m

661 m

282 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

19°C

9°C

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

October 12, 2025,Rondje Schalkwijk - Lint en Liniepad

Today we had a lovely walk with a friend. The sun peeked out every now and then for much of the walk in the area around Houten. With little wind, it made for lovely walking weather.

We walked the Lint en Liniepad (Lingery and Line Path), a wooden shoe path through meadows, past forts, and through the floodplains of the …

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May 6, 2023,Lint- & Linie Klompenpad (#38)

The review of Arlette Boog on klompenpaden.nl/klompenpad/lint-en-liniepad expresses beautifully how we experienced it:

In a painting…
A walk with very high expectations! Because as Dick van Voorthuizen wrote: “this is a walk that should be on everyone's walking bucket list”.
Totally agree Dick! What a picture this clog path. Like I'm walking through a painting with yellow paint. Especially walk …

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January 23, 2022,Inundatie Blokhoven – Trekpondje Rondje vanuit Schalkwijk

My wife and I
have made a very nice surprising walk, walking nicely through the Dutch polder land, we arrived in the area with a concentration of many bunkers and defenses. The route continued over the Lekdijk in the direction of Fort Honswijk. Impressive fortress! Further along the route we took a pull ferry and finally towards the striking church …

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