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North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Dormagen

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhein-Kreis Neuss
Dormagen

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

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Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

02:32

42.9km

220m

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: March 28, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8.53 km for 7 m

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5.74 km

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Can be driven on in any weather.

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8.07 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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8.53 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

4

17.3 km

Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

The spoil dump, located south of Grevenbroich in the Rhenish lignite mining area, is known to many as the "Mont Ventoux of the Rhineland". Its exposed location and the three …

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19.6 km

Vollrather Heights

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The Vollrather Höhe is far and wide the only ascent that the flat land on the left bank of the Rhine has to offer. The 165 meter high hill was …

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20.1 km

Vollrather Heights

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Vollratherhöhe was created by the overburden of the Garzweiler brown coal opencast mine.

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20.2 km

Vollrather Höhe Summit

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Unfortunately, from the Vollrather Höhe there is no foresight, as there are booms all around. On top of the large area is farmland with windmills. The best opportunity for mountain training in Grevenbroich and the surrounding area.

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24.6 km

Erft Riverside Trail

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If you didn't know better, you would think there was a lake here.

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27.5 km

Dohmer Loch

Lake

10

28.6 km

Erft River at Kottmann Mill

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The mill Kottmann was mentioned in its original form as early as the 12th century. As Düppersmühle, the great-great-grandfather of the present owner bought the mill and since then she …

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42.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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27.0 km

11.9 km

1.35 km

1.30 km

1.17 km

249 m

Surfaces

15.1 km

13.7 km

8.66 km

3.51 km

1.71 km

220 m

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Highest point (170 m)

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