Stein Castle Ruins – Elsloo Castle loop from Stein

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Limburg

Stein

Stein Castle Ruins – Elsloo Castle loop from Stein

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Stein Castle Ruins – Elsloo Castle loop from Stein

02:32

9.74km

70m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Bunder- en Elslooërbos

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.60 km

Stein Castle Ruins

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Through the centuries, kasteel Stein has housed an impressive series of notable residents. You visit an iconic building that, through the centuries, has known both growth and prosperity as well …

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2.79 km

Juliana Canal between Stein and Elsloo

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A quiet stretch of Julianakanaal between Stein and Elsloo, where the canal meanders along green banks and farmlands. This stretch is ideal for a relaxing walk or bike ride, with regularly passing ships that enrich the characteristic Limburg landscape.

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4.95 km

Elsloo Castle and Elsloo Historic Centre

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The original Elsloo is located in the southwestern part of the current town. Despite the strong growth of the village, this old core has been preserved in more or less …

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5.82 km

Forest Trail and Park Behind Elsloo Castle

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The current Elsloo Castle consists of the economy buildings of a 17th century (no longer existing) country house. An English landscape park was created near this castle at the beginning …

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5.94 km

Gnome House David

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1 of the many gnome houses hidden in the Castle Park. Nice to enrich the walk with the children.

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6.48 km

Elsloo Castle

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The castle is the continuation of a complex of a former brewery with an indoor water mill and a farm with barns and stables, located halfway up the Maasberg. With …

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8.35 km

Monastery Cemetery at Stein Castle

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Near the castle ruins of Stein lies the cemetery of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. A total of 159 religious, including Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, …

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9.74 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.54 km

2.94 km

1.49 km

1.16 km

615 m

Surfaces

3.67 km

2.40 km

2.22 km

1.11 km

347 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 3 November

11°C

4°C

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Comments

October 3, 2025,1872. Stein

A free Friday morning beckons for a short morning walk. With a light drizzle, we set off for a tour through a region we've visited many times before. Familiar territory, then, yet with a few surprising new discoveries. Immediately after leaving Stein Castle behind us, for example, we take the path along the Kanaalsloot Stein stream. The clear watercourse practically …

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