The Old Eltenseweg in Beek is a long forest road along the foot of the Bergherbos, which leads south from the Berkenlaan as an extension of the Lage Eltenseweg. After the intersection with Peeskesweg, the road continues to Boterweg, just a few hundred meters from the border.
Until the 1920s, the Oude Eltenseweg formed the border between the Bergherbos and the meadows. After that, various parcels were cleared to the east of the road, so that the forest now only reaches the road at two points (at the intersections with Berkenlaan and Arnhemseweg).
There are only six houses scattered along the road: Nos. 1, 6, 12, 14, 16, 18. The houses were built between 1928 and 2000. Most of the houses are farms.
The house number 1 (from 2000) belongs to Natuurmonumenten. It is opposite No. 14 (which is also from 2000).
House number 6 (from 1928) is the only one to the north of the Arnhemseweg (N335). It is also the only surviving home of a group of workers' houses known as the North Pole.
House number 18 (from 1948) is the only one south of the Peeskesweg; it is located near the camping site of 't Peeske.
There is also an Old Eltenseweg between Zeddam and Stokkum.