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North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Rommerskirchen

Vollrather Heights – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Rommerskirchen

Vollrather Heights – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

Hard

5.0

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Vollrather Heights – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

02:39

49.1km

280m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 48.2 km for 7 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.28 km

Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

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The spoil dump, located south of Grevenbroich in the Rhenish lignite mining area, is known to many as the "Mont Ventoux of the Rhineland". Its exposed location and the three …

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10.5 km

Vollrather Heights

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The Vollrather Höhe is far and wide the only ascent that the flat land on the left bank of the Rhine has to offer. The 165 meter high hill was …

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11.1 km

Vollrather Heights

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The Vollratherhöhe was created by the overburden of the Garzweiler brown coal opencast mine.

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11.1 km

Unfortunately, from the Vollrather Höhe there is no foresight, as there are booms all around. On top of the large area is farmland with windmills. The best opportunity for mountain training in Grevenbroich and the surrounding area.

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38.3 km

Trail on the Strategic Railway Embankment

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A dream on gravel

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39.2 km

Strategic railway embankment

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Very good to drive

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43.9 km

Bridge ruins on the strategic railroad embankment at Sittarder Acker

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The strategic railway embankment was actually planned as a railway line, but no train ever ran here. The construction project was stopped and the route fell into oblivion. This bridge …

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45.4 km

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Can be driven on in any weather.

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48.2 km

Viewpoint

49.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.3 km

10.6 km

8.23 km

5.42 km

1.42 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.1 km

11.6 km

5.94 km

4.99 km

3.47 km

991 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Tuesday 14 July

29°C

18°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Vollrather Heights – Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended loop from Rommerskirchen

Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

Vollrather Heights

Vollrather Heights

Vollrather Höhe Summit

Trail on the Strategic Railway Embankment

Strategic railway embankment

Bridge ruins on the strategic railroad embankment at Sittarder Acker

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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