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De Baardwijksche Overlaat Nature Reserve

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De Baardwijksche Overlaat Nature Reserve

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Location: Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands

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Best Hikes to De Baardwijksche Overlaat Nature Reserve

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1. Lange Wiel Lake – De Afgraving Lake loop from Drunen

21.6km

05:26

20m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. De Afgraving Lake – Drongelens Canal loop from Drunen

8.63km

02:10

10m

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

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3. Insect Hotels Overlaat – Lange Wiel Lake loop from Bloemenoord

5.91km

01:29

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

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Hans-Helmut Books

August 20, 2019

My favorite destination in a wonderful and idyllic setting, in which I have hiked very often and in every season.

It's always nice here.

The new buildings of the insect hotels in spring 2019 were also very successful here.

In this area, sitting quietly on a bench in the sun and listening to the many bird concerts or the frog concerts in spring is simply wonderful.

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Wouter 🇳🇱🪾

April 27, 2025

Between Drunen and Waalwijk lies De Baardwijksche Overlaat. A 48-hectare wooded and water-rich nature reserve at the foot of the Loonse and Drunense Dunes. The large system of dikes served from 1766 to 1911 to hold back enemy armies. The area was originally used to collect water from the Maas during floods. It already existed in the 15th century as an enormous closed complex of dikes; the Grote or Hollandse Waard. It was precisely because of this enormous size that things went wrong in 1421. During the second St. Elizabeth's flood, the sea flowed all the way to Heusden. To repair the situation, several side dikes were built near Drunen. Around 1766, the water actually became the comrade of the people of Brabant. The system – with the inundation locks that had been constructed in the meantime – was given the function of a water line: the Baardwijksche Overlaat. This remained the case until 1911!

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Location: Heusden, North Brabant, Netherlands

De Baardwijksche Overlaat Nature Reserve

1. Lange Wiel Lake – De Afgraving Lake loop from Drunen

2. De Afgraving Lake – Drongelens Canal loop from Drunen

3. Insect Hotels Overlaat – Lange Wiel Lake loop from Bloemenoord

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