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Hengelhoef Nature Reserve – Kasteel Engelhof loop from Natuurreservaat Hengelhoef

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Hengelhoef Nature Reserve – Kasteel Engelhof loop from Natuurreservaat Hengelhoef

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Hengelhoef Nature Reserve – Kasteel Engelhof loop from Natuurreservaat Hengelhoef

02:09

8.37km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Natuurreservaat Hengelhoef

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541 m

Fishing pond at Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Highlight • Lake

Very pleasant walk around the fishponds. The paths are easy to walk. A multitude of water birds on the pond...and outside tourist periods quite quiet. 👌.

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1.41 km

Hengelhoef Forest Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

On one of the inland dune tops, the pious family de Beeckman de Vieusart-Wittouck had a chapel built, dedicated to the Mother of God.
These dunes were created during the …

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2.32 km

Land Dune Summit at Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

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The dunes were formed during the last ice ages by the prevailing westerly wind that blew away the bare sand from dried-up stream or river beds during dry periods.

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2.63 km

Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

Most of the Hengelhoef nature reserve is occupied by a coniferous forest complex that was created between 1780 and 1830. The age of this forest area is clearly reflected in …

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3.12 km

Engelhof Castle
from 1903. Located in an English landscape garden with old trees including lindens, acacias, beech, oaks, maples and conifers, and on the street side a beech hedge, two cast iron posts and a recent cobbled access road.

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4.23 km

Boardwalk through the Roosterbeek valley

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Beautiful swamp forest along both sides of the Roosterbeek

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7.32 km

Bosman sculpture in Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Highlight • Monument

Of branches and twigs...

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8.37 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.11 km

2.25 km

568 m

430 m

Surfaces

4.57 km

1.51 km

888 m

816 m

580 m

Elevation

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Saturday 6 June

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Hengelhoef Nature Reserve – Kasteel Engelhof loop from Natuurreservaat Hengelhoef

Fishing pond at Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Hengelhoef Forest Chapel

Land Dune Summit at Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

Limburg Landscape

Kasteel Engelhof

Boardwalk through the Roosterbeek valley

Bosman sculpture in Hengelhoef Nature Reserve

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