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Natural Monuments

Heusden-Zolder Mining Heap

Natural Monuments

Heusden-Zolder Mining Heap

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Heusden-Zolder Mining Heap

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Running

5.0

(3)

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Vlaams Natuurreservaat Helderbeek-Terril

Location: Heusden-Zolder, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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November 21, 2022

Hiking

Nature reserve 124 ha, 155 m above sea level. The mine spoil heap is located in an important open space on the western edge of the Kempens Plateau. The spoil …

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August 7, 2020

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Very nice view at the top of the site.

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February 16, 2026

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@jeroen driesen: It's because of this behavior from you cyclists that we keep hearing about "cycling terrorists." The Heusden-Zolder slag heap is a protected nature reserve, and if cycling is prohibited there, there's a good reason for it, and you shouldn't be disrupting nature there!

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Nature Reserve De Galgenberg – Heusden-Zolder Mining Heap loop from Zolder

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Elevation 190 m

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Location: Heusden-Zolder, Hasselt, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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