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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Chorbusch Forest Trail loop from Norf

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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Chorbusch Forest Trail loop from Norf

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4.7

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Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Chorbusch Forest Trail loop from Norf

02:25

49.3km

120m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 17, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 48 m for 2 m

After 16.8 km for 7 m

After 49.4 km for 2 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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12.5 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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14.0 km

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Can be driven on in any weather.

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3

16.3 km

Strategic railroad embankment on Oekovener Weg Butzheim

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From here you can drive over the strategic railway embankment to the Museum Island Hombroich. The track surface is ideal for cycling. Especially in summer, the route offers a lot of shade, almost in its entirety.

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16.8 km

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Viewpoint

5

27.0 km

Path along Hasselrather Lake

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Past the lake, Scheurenhof and Hasselrath estates, forests, and fields. The surface is mostly very good. After the completion of the construction work, the path is now open to traffic again up to the edge canal.

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6

32.2 km

Chorbusch Forest Trail

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The approximately 6 km long route through the Chorbusch is alternately asphalted or forest floor

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7

36.2 km

View of Knechtsteden Abbey

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Kloster Knechtsteden is a former Premonstratensian abbey from the 12th century.

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8

38.2 km

Knechtsteden forest nature reserve

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The Knechtstedener Wald is a forest area west of Dormagen, which includes the parts Mühlenbusch, Knechtstedener Busch and Chorbusch. It is a flora-fauna-habitat area and headwaters of the Pletschbach. Species …

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41.8 km

Mühlenbusch

Forest

10

44.7 km

Cycle Path Along the Norfer Bach

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A great way in the middle of nature.

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49.3 km

End point

Train Station

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34.7 km

5.91 km

3.94 km

3.67 km

796 m

322 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

21.5 km

18.3 km

4.94 km

4.02 km

313 m

291 m

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