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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Steinfurt

Rheine

Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

Moderate

4.9

(35)

107

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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

02:51

11.2km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 25, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 4.35 km for 101 m

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237 m

Elte Watermill

Highlight • Monument

A great half-timbered house complex

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1.94 km

Beautiful forest trail

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Versatile little paths, interesting forest scratches on the trees, and occasional heathland confinement.

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4.41 km

Bockholter Ems Ferry

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The small Ems ferry is great to translate in summer, a little highlight because it is not common. Can also be done on a mountain bike or on an e-bike.

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7.25 km

Elter Dunes

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Beautiful cycling and hiking route.

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7.50 km

Heathland in the Elter Dünen Nature Reserve

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Nice little piece of heather

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7.88 km

Natural woodland on inland dunes (Elter Dunes Nature Reserve)

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This naturally occurring, stable (unequal-aged) mixed forest, which also includes dead trees in the overall picture, offers a particularly large number of niches for various plant and animal species. The …

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8.18 km

Silent Lake (Elter Dunes Nature Reserve)

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You have to take the small path after the old sand conveyor (on the right) and then you come to the lake. Truly a still lake. Very pleasant.

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10.7 km

Dunes in NSG Elter Dünen

Highlight • Natural

Here it goes down very steeply...:

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11.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.73 km

4.61 km

1.67 km

104 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.89 km

3.24 km

1.41 km

954 m

422 m

203 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 22 May

29°C

13°C

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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

Elte Watermill

Beautiful forest trail

Bockholter Ems Ferry

Elter Dunes

Heathland in the Elter Dünen Nature Reserve

Natural woodland on inland dunes (Elter Dunes Nature Reserve)

Silent Lake (Elter Dunes Nature Reserve)

Dunes in NSG Elter Dünen

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