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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Ruhr Region

Kreis Recklinghausen

Oer-Erkenschwick

The Haard

Highlight • Forest

The Haard

Recommended by 1362 cyclists out of 1405

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Hohe Mark - Westmünsterland

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Location: Oer-Erkenschwick, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Farnberg Fire Lookout Tower – Rennberg Fire Watchtower loop from Haltern am See

43.6km

03:48

480m

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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2. Erlebnispark Emscherland – EmscherLand Sign on the Hill loop from Marl-Sinsen

46.1km

02:54

240m

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Haard Forest – Wesel-Datteln Canal loop from Gelsenkirchen-Hassel

53.8km

03:22

270m

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Marcel

May 26, 2018

The largest and most beautiful forest area in the region.

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Günther

May 10, 2018

The Haard is the largest contiguous forest area in (or on) the Ruhr area. The Haard is ideal for hiking and cycling.
You should have a mountain bike or trekking bike. (The ground in the Haard is soft and sandy)
You should also know that the Haard is relatively hilly.
There is the Haard Walking Park, there are seven routes and about 50km
There is a great forest nature trail past the St. Johannes Cross, the Roman fountain and a tunnel entrance.
In Flaesheim there is a great forest playground and the charcoal kiln from May 1st.
There are several observation towers (fire watchtower)
My destination was the forest restaurant Mutter Wehner (there is a hiking car park there)
There is another nice location by Mutter Wehner about 5.0 km by bike across the forest
The Waldhaus Halter Pforte
I hope you have fun exploring the Haard, it's worth it.

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Bogi

May 28, 2020

55 km² of forest the "Green Hell" of the northern lights of the Ruhr area. Ideal for hiking and cycling.

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Wolfgang W.

April 28, 2020

Wonderful route with heavenly calm. You can take a break at the Köhlerhütte.

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Henne

July 5, 2020

Very nice forest; gravel road.

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Martin Donat

October 18, 2020

Really nice! If you don't - like me - drive here on Sunday lunchtimes, when the runaway horde of affluent citizens completes the five kilometer journey by car, parks up the poor forest, and then, despite the pandemic, attacks the actually cozy forest restaurant by the hundreds. Fortunately, these accumulations are concentrated in a radius of 500 meters around the parking lots here, everything else is too exhausting. Then you can enjoy the calm mood of the Haard again.

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Sandra & Yuma (Dogtrekkingfreunde NRW)

September 15, 2018

So it's not worth digging here 🤣

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Joerg

November 1, 2020

Always beautiful and especially now in autumn.

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Olaf

October 24, 2021

With persistent rain more of a mud fight, so pay attention to the weather.

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AHege

June 13, 2021

beautiful forest paths through the Haard

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Doro Ney

May 27, 2020

St. John

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Mark Leu

May 9, 2024

A great cross

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susler27

April 11, 2025

Beautiful wide paths in the Haard.

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Location: Oer-Erkenschwick, Kreis Recklinghausen, Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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The Haard

1. Farnberg Fire Lookout Tower – Rennberg Fire Watchtower loop from Haltern am See

2. Erlebnispark Emscherland – EmscherLand Sign on the Hill loop from Marl-Sinsen

3. Haard Forest – Wesel-Datteln Canal loop from Gelsenkirchen-Hassel

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