Himmelmoor Nature Reserve – Himmelmoor Nature Trail loop from Besucherparkplatz Himmelmoor

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Himmelmoor Nature Reserve – Himmelmoor Nature Trail loop from Besucherparkplatz Himmelmoor

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Himmelmoor Nature Reserve – Himmelmoor Nature Trail loop from Besucherparkplatz Himmelmoor

00:55

11.2km

20m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 8.70 km for 745 m

Closed: • March 1-August 31 (otherwise open)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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15 m

Himmelmoor Peat Works

Highlight • Natural Monument

The reclamation of the Himmelmoor began around 1780. Its edges were divided into 1,000 to 5,000 square meter plots and transferred to farmers from neighboring villages for peat extraction. Industrial …

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426 m

Himmelmoor

Highlight • Natural

Wonderful view ...

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774 m

Himmelmoor Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Very nice place to stay and picnic. Seating is available! And you learn a lot from and about peat. If one follows the rails, one will discover the peat plant still in operation.

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3.89 km

Bilsbek Singletrack

Highlight • Trail

enchanted little path to the heavenly bog

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3.96 km

Bilsbek Trail in Himmelmoor

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Great stretch for MTBs and gravel bikes. If you're already in the Himmelmoor anyway, definitely drive around here.

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9.51 km

Historic Peat Railway Trail

Highlight • Trail

In wet and cold (autumn) weather, the peaty "swamp" wants to hold the tires of the gravel bike; the grandiose landscape with the old tracks has something melancholic about it, …

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9.58 km

Abandoned rails in the Himmelmoor

Highlight • Structure

10.9 km

Himmelmoor Nature Trail

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Peat cutting, i.e., the above-ground extraction of peat, is no longer economically viable today. Peat as a fuel has largely been replaced by other high-energy fossil fuels. Many large-scale peatlands …

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11.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.85 km

3.16 km

152 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.20 km

4.01 km

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 3 November

9°C

3°C

0 %

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Comments

May 18, 2023,kleine Runde um das Himmelmoor bei Quickborn

With a bright blue sky, there was a small round around the Himmelmoor today. Since it was a holiday, it wasn't that quiet today, but it was beautiful.

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