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Bakelse Lakes

Name: Bakelse Lakes
Rating: 2

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Location: Gemert-Bakel, North Brabant, Netherlands

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1. View of the Leijsenven – Biezenven and Meertjes loop from Milheeze

9.22km

02:19

10m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of the Leijsenven – Bakelse Plassen loop from Milheeze

8.79km

02:13

10m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Biezenven and Meertjes – Bakelse Plassen loop from Milheeze

6.56km

01:39

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Rogier Van Bunnik 🇳🇱

April 23, 2024

An area of over 35 hectares has been created for the development of new nature to compensate for sand extraction.

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Happy Hikers 🦋🌸🌼🦌🇳🇱

August 1, 2025

Over the years, the Bakelse Plassen have become a rich bird area, both on the banks and on the water. Daubenton's bats also thrive here. And in the early morning hours, you might encounter deer coming to drink.

For example, breeding waterfowl can be found here: grebes, little grebes, mute swans, greylag geese, mallards, tufted ducks, gadwalls, little ringed plovers, moorhens, and coots. In 2019, 269 sand martins were counted, and last year, 229 sand martins were counted. Many bird species have also found their breeding grounds and habitats on the banks and the adjacent golf course. Some of the breeding species found here include: the green, black, lesser spotted and great spotted woodpecker, woodlark, barn swallows, tree pipit and meadow pipit, black redstart, stonechat, mockingbird, treecreeper, blackcap, greenfinches, goldfinches, linnet, yellowhammer and the beautiful bullfinch.

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Wappie

October 13, 2025

Bakelse plassen, I think, were created by dredging work. In the distance you can still see sand being extracted there.

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Elevation 20 m

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1. View of the Leijsenven – Biezenven and Meertjes loop from Milheeze

2. View of the Leijsenven – Bakelse Plassen loop from Milheeze

3. Biezenven and Meertjes – Bakelse Plassen loop from Milheeze

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