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Roode Beek Viewpoint – Sandy area in Brunssummerheide loop from Brunssum

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Netherlands
Limburg
Brunssum

Roode Beek Viewpoint – Sandy area in Brunssummerheide loop from Brunssum

Moderate

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Roode Beek Viewpoint – Sandy area in Brunssummerheide loop from Brunssum

02:36

9.86km

90m

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: August 6, 2026

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842 m

Roode Beek Viewpoint

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From this point you have a beautiful view over the Rode Beek and the sand dunes around it.

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884 m

View over Brunssummerheide

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The hiking trail is a great trail. .with pleasure again at any time.

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1.11 km

Enjoy the peace and the wide views of the heath. Between mid-August and mid-September there is a good chance that you will be looking out over beautiful lavender-colored fields.

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1.72 km

Take your time and enjoy nature.

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6.54 km

Sandy area in Brunssummerheide

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With the sand, the landscape has its own charm.

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8.18 km

Brunssummer Heath

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The Brunssummerheide is a varied nature reserve with remnants of the former coniferous forests and parts with deciduous forests. Enjoy the space on the open sand plains and the characteristic …

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8.35 km

Brunssummerheide

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Beautiful walk in the hills with white sand

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8.71 km

Brunssummerheide Nature Reserve

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The Brunssummerheide lies on the border between Germany and the Netherlands between the towns of Brunssum, Heerlen and Landgraf near Kerkrade. The Brunssummerheide is a 580 hectare heathland with shrub …

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9.86 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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5.64 km

3.10 km

760 m

205 m

132 m

Surfaces

4.06 km

2.52 km

1.42 km

1.35 km

404 m

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Sunday 30 August

21°C

16°C

96 %

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Comments

December 28, 2024,Brunssummer Heide 🥾🥾🐾
Yes @Deleted User that was it and simply to get other thoughts and strength.

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I have never been to this beautiful hiking and cycling area. There are also plenty of great trails for riders. Unfortunately, after km 3.5 I had to adjust the tour, because on the sandy ground, when going downhill, my injured knee reported. Thus shortened tour and gone a bit on the paved bike path to relieve. With all short asphalt …

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The Brunsummer Heide is a beautiful piece of land, very extensive with many branched paths and wide paths, sandy soil, forest soil, small lakes. Today was glorious sunshine. The starting point was at a parking lot. The first few kilometers went partly up and down, beautiful heath! However, the middle part of the tour was not so nice, past and …

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Route planner was difficult, eventually I ran 9.56.

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The weather was again much better than expected, high humidity, no rain, sometimes even a touch of sun. saw a kingfisher at Rode Beck and a free-living turtle, but was not photogenic, dived immediately. 12 km through wet loose sand is quite exhausting. But it was good to be back in the heath! Hundreds of huge parasol mushrooms stood on …

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Ran this as a jogging run. Nice to do but tough because of the hills and sand. Highly recommended with the visitor center as a coffee spot👍

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Today in cold, foggy weather again in the Brunssumer Heide, it was very nice and relaxing despite the "colorless slide".

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