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

07:02

98.4km

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: September 23, 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

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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4.79 km

Mechelse Heide Entrance Pavilion and Bike Path

Highlight • Rest Area

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

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

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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34.4 km

RivierPark Maasvallei

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The Maas forms the border between the Netherlands and Belgium for a distance of forty kilometers. Here the river has free rein and can be quite wild. A maze of …

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37.2 km

View of the River Meuse from Kotem

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After the great heat and drought, the water level is now rising again

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38.1 km

1843 border marker on the Meuse

Highlight • Monument

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

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46.8 km

Bosreservaat Kraaienbos

Nature Reserve

57.4 km

Dilserbos

Forest

59.5 km

Bosreservaat Dilserbos

Nature Reserve

92.1 km

Lanklaarderbos

Forest

93.9 km

Grote Plas

Lake

96.0 km

Kleine Plas

Lake

97.7 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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98.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.6 km

31.0 km

11.1 km

10.7 km

4.12 km

Surfaces

43.6 km

36.7 km

11.2 km

5.75 km

1.19 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

21°C

8°C

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Max wind speed: 15.0 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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