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View from Takkenhoogte – Meeuwenveen loop from De Haar

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Netherlands

Overijssel

Hardenberg

View from Takkenhoogte – Meeuwenveen loop from De Haar

Moderate

4.8

(142)

696

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View from Takkenhoogte – Meeuwenveen loop from De Haar

02:07

8.34km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Waypoints

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Parking

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531 m

Bartje Footbridge

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Bridge over the Reest, also known as Bartje's bridge. Here are recordings made of Bartje (the one from the bruune boon'n) as he walks over this bridge with a goat.

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1.96 km

Takkenhoogte

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The Takken Height is an elevation in the landscape that arose as a river dune in the warm period before the last ice age. Forest has been planted on the …

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2.98 km

Takkenhoogte-Meeuwenveen Nature Reserve

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Takken Hoogte is a beautiful nature reserve, named after the Takken family who once lived here.

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3.32 km

View from Takkenhoogte

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The Takken Height is an elevation in the landscape that arose as a river dune in the warm period before the last ice age. Forest has been planted on the …

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5.13 km

Meeuwenveen

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Meeuwenveen is a large fen (pingo) with a clear ring wall.

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5.42 km

Heather Trail

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Beautiful sloping path, where you sometimes encounter a cow.

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6.68 km

Reestdal Nature Reserve

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A beautiful nature reserve. The Reest is the border river between Drenthe and Overijssel. Slowly flowing and meandering, the Reest carries its water from Drogter Storage near Dedemsvaart to Meppel. …

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7.50 km

The Church Path (Oud-Avereest – Bartje’s Bridge)

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The most famous church path in the Reest Valley runs from the Reest Church in Oud-Avereest to the bridge over the Reest. If you cross the stream you are in …

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8.34 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.93 km

927 m

299 m

122 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.05 km

3.81 km

340 m

122 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 30 August

19°C

15°C

95 %

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Max wind speed: 30.0 km/h

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Comments

May 26, 2022,Balkbrug/ Zuidwolde

Followed the orange route and switched to the yellow route at the end. Beautiful surroundings in the Overijssel Reestdal with a trip to the Takken Hoogte in Drenthe

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December 4, 2022,Takkenhoogte vanuit de Wheem

Nice reunion, walked the orange route together with Tiny from the wheem old Avereest

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June 26, 2022,Rondje "heimwee naar m'n roots"

After the beautiful walks in the hilly South Limburg, I really felt the need to walk again in the woods and heath-like Drenthe today. Did this walk for the most part 2 months ago. Beautiful then, but nature had become much more exuberant (sometimes also long nettle stalks over the path, required some laver skills 😊). In the first part …

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November 9, 2025,Rondom Oud Avereest

The area around the Oude Reestkerk (actually the former church of the hamlet of Avereest) is a small, historic landscape that forms part of the Reestdal valley, on the border of Overijssel and Drenthe. This area is characterized by meandering meadows, old fields, forests, heathlands, drifting dunes, and monumental farms. It's a walking area where you can follow the Reest …

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October 24, 2025,Klein rondje Takkenhoogte

On this overly busy day, I decided to take a short, very windy autumn walk near home. There was a strong wind, but there was still a fair amount of sunshine, and beautiful thick clouds spun across the sky. The forest was beautifully autumnal, with lots of fallen leaves, beautiful autumn colors, mushrooms, and plenty of puddles. It was wonderful …

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View from Takkenhoogte – Meeuwenveen loop from De Haar

Bartje Footbridge

Takkenhoogte

Takkenhoogte-Meeuwenveen Nature Reserve

View from Takkenhoogte

Meeuwenveen

Heather Trail

Reestdal Nature Reserve

The Church Path (Oud-Avereest – Bartje’s Bridge)

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