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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Asbroek Lookout loop from Eisden

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Asbroek Lookout loop from Eisden

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Asbroek Lookout loop from Eisden

07:00

98.5km

400m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Mechelse Heide

Pietersembos

Vlaams Natuurreservaat Neerharerheide

Bosreservaat Kraaienbos

Bosreservaat Dilserbos

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Start point

Parking

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4.79 km

Mechelse Heide Entrance Pavilion and Bike Path

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The Hoge Kempen National Park is the first and so far the only one in Belgium. It was opened in 2006 and, among other things, the pine forests and the heathland are protected here.

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7.30 km

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

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The Mechelen heath is at its most beautiful in the months of August and September because the heather is then in full bloom.

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11.0 km

Cycling through the Heath

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Cycling across the heath takes you right through the Hoge Kempen National Park. In this park, vast pine forests alternate with endless heathlands. Thanks to the new connection between cycle …

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16.8 km

Asbroek Lookout

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Nice view point from here over the heath. Tip: in August it turns a beautiful purple!

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28.1 km

Zuid-Willemsvaart Canal Cycle Path

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The Zuid-Willemsvaart is named after King William I of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, one of the pioneers of the project. An extension of the main transport routes, at …

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37.4 km

View of the River Meuse from Kotem

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A very beautiful part of the Maas Valley, in the distance is the church of Elsloo.

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38.3 km

1843 border marker on the Meuse

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The border post is actually less interesting, but the view across the Maas to Elsloo / NL is really nice.

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47.0 km

Bosreservaat Kraaienbos

Nature Reserve

57.6 km

Dilserbos

Forest

59.6 km

Bosreservaat Dilserbos

Nature Reserve

92.2 km

Lanklaarderbos

Forest

94.1 km

Grote Plas

Lake

96.2 km

Kleine Plas

Lake

97.9 km

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

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Anyone looking for Eisden's mining past will discover traces that are as diverse as they are striking. They stood like exclamation marks in a history that threatened to be erased …

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98.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

39.9 km

30.2 km

12.9 km

11.3 km

4.24 km

Surfaces

44.2 km

35.3 km

11.0 km

6.63 km

1.49 km

< 100 m

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Weather

Sunday 12 July

30°C

16°C

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

October 18, 2021,Nationaalpark hoge Kempen gravelseries (100km, kleine detour)

The 100km of the Yuzzu gravel series Hoge Kempen National Park. Self-built in collaboration with Golazo. This version goes under the Mechelse heath. The official one is on a paved bicycle path at the top. In addition, part of Herbricht skipped. A true gravel course and a gravel heaven. I deliberately chose the alternation between the Kempen and the Maas …

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Cycling through the Mechelse Heide – Asbroek Lookout loop from Eisden

Mechelse Heide Entrance Pavilion and Bike Path

Cycling through the Mechelse Heide

Cycling through the Heath

Asbroek Lookout

Zuid-Willemsvaart Canal Cycle Path

View of the River Meuse from Kotem

1843 border marker on the Meuse

Eisden Coal Mine Headframes (Terhills)

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