Hoorneboeg Heath – Soesterduinen Cycling Path loop from Hollandsche Rading

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Utrecht

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Hoorneboeg Heath – Soesterduinen Cycling Path loop from Hollandsche Rading

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Hoorneboeg Heath – Soesterduinen Cycling Path loop from Hollandsche Rading

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71.0km

180m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 20.2 km for 85 m

After 21.6 km for 119 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

2.14 km

Tienhovensch Kanaal

Lake

5.52 km

Hoorneboeg Heath

Highlight • Natural

The Hoorneboeg is a wooded area on the edge of the Hilversum heath. Enough of the hustle and bustle of the city? Then you can relax here. From mid-August to mid-September you do this between beautiful lavender colors.

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6.04 km

Gravel Path Between Hoorneboegse Heide and Vuursche Bos

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Gravel path between two beautiful nature reserves, the Hoorneboegse heather and the Vuursche forest. Includes a gravel bridge (over the Utrechtseweg)

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8.45 km

Gravel Path Through the Forests of De Zuid

Highlight • Trail

Here you will find a gravel path as gravel should be! Extensive, winding path through the beautiful forests.

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20.2 km

De Hoge Vuursche

Nature Reserve

21.8 km

Pijnenburg-Baarnse Snip

Nature Reserve

22.1 km

Flowtrail Descent Through the Pine Forest

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Few altimeters, but a very nice flow trail.

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27.9 km

Soestdijk Palace

Highlight • Historical Site

Brief History of Soestdijk Palace

Lodge
Around 1650 an Amsterdam mayor had a hunting lodge built between Soest and Baarn. The young stadtholder Willem III, a fervent hunter, bought the homestead on the Zoestdijck in 1674. The stadtholders hunted there, their widows spent their summers there. In 1795 the family lost the hunting lodge. Under French influence, Soestdijk was 'nationalised'. It even turned into a French barracks for a while.

In 1815 everything was different again. The French were gone, the Netherlands was a kingdom and the crown prince – later King William II – was given the hunting lodge as a gift for his actions in his battles against the French.

Summer Palace
The crown prince and his Russian wife, Princess Anna Pavlovna, had Soestdijk converted into a real summer palace. Two side wings were added and everything was furnished according to the taste of the time – in Empire style. Even after them, the royal family continued to use the palace as a summer residence. Queen Mother Emma especially liked to visit there. In 1928 she received a special gift for her 70th birthday: electric light at Soestdijk Palace.

Soestdijk Palace was not permanently inhabited until 1937, when Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard took up residence there after their marriage. The Dutch people had offered the couple a renovation as a National Tribute. The palace received central heating and a comfortable, modern apartment at the rear.

Royal Residence
In 1940 the Germans invaded the Netherlands. Until the liberation in 1945, the princely family fled abroad. Soestdijk Palace once again housed foreign soldiers, this time German officers.

After the liberation the family returned and in 1948 Princess Juliana succeeded her mother Wilhelmina as queen. Soestdijk Palace thus became the royal residence. Unforgettable are the festive parades that were held on the platform by the entire royal family on Queen's Day.

Residence and work palace
When Princess Beatrix was inaugurated as queen in 1980, Soestdijk Palace was no longer a royal residence. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard continued to live there until their death in 2004. In 1971 the palace became State property. With effect from December 2017, after a very extensive selection procedure, MeyerBergman Heritage Group became the new owner of the palace and estate.

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36.2 km

Soesterduinen Cycling Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Great cycling, can be a bit busier at the weekend (especially on nice days); take e-bikes & stray dogs into account.

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60.3 km

Cycle Path Achter Boslust

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Quiet and excellent cycle path through a beautiful piece of forest / heath. Handy crossing between some more famous routes.

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66.6 km

Roedenlaan Gravel Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A nice gravel strip along a high fence with barbed wire: the backyard of Princess Beatrix. You can choose the (narrow) shell cycle path or the wider dirt road.

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71.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

33.4 km

20.2 km

15.9 km

943 m

673 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

26.1 km

24.7 km

11.6 km

8.20 km

582 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 19 October

12°C

4°C

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Comments

December 5, 2021,Rondje van Gravelride Cc

Beautiful round of GravelrideCc together with Andre.
The left loop towards Hollandsche Rading goes over Asphalt. I found a less interesting part of the route myself.

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October 9, 2021,Lage Vuursche

Directions: gravelrides.cc/lage-vuursche

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September 10, 2023,Suske en Wiske en de Lycra Lovers

The duration of the trip is incorrect, Garmin only turned off in Venlo. Route adjusted but the time does not change 🤷‍♂️

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February 2, 2025,Heerlijke route en heerlijk weer!

Gravel cc route slightly converted. Beautiful route. I think if you take this as a basis and change a few parts, this will be a very very beautiful one!

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February 9, 2025,Op stap met Andre en de koning van de Col de Joux Plane

Route from 2 weeks ago reversed! There are quite a few asphalt strips. But it remains a beautiful route

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