Dolmen D53 – Holtingerveld Nature Reserve loop from LOFAR

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Netherlands

Drenthe

Meppel

Dolmen D53 – Holtingerveld Nature Reserve loop from LOFAR

Hard

4.3

(7)

hikers

Dolmen D53 – Holtingerveld Nature Reserve loop from LOFAR

07:28

29.6km

50m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 9.66 km for 209 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

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8.36 km

Dolmen D53

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Dolmen D53 is the third largest dolmen in the Netherlands, measuring about 18 meters long. The dolmen is almost complete and is beautifully situated on the edge of the heath. …

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8.52 km

Havelterberg

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A nice hill for a beautiful trail run.

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8.67 km

View of burial mounds in Holtingerveld

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In the immediate vicinity of the Havelterberg numerous burial mounds, grave fields and urn fields have been found that were used to bury the dead in the Bronze Age and …

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8.81 km

Bomb Craters on the Havelteberg

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Holtingerveld is a nature reserve in a primeval landscape and included in the European network of nature reserves Natura 2000. A beautiful walking area with heathland and dolmens.

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9.21 km

Holtingerveld Nature Reserve

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beautiful walking area

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14.8 km

Kallenkote Monument 13 October 1944

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The 'Herdenkingsmonument 1944' in Kallenkote, located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland, serves as a memorial for six citizens who actively or passively resisted the occupying forces during the Second World …

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29.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.4 km

10.4 km

6.06 km

363 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.9 km

8.97 km

4.11 km

3.55 km

1.58 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

17°C

8°C

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Comments

June 21, 2024,Darp (Havelte) naar Giethoorn - Stellingenpad — Etappe 8

This morning started well. Being able to pack the tent dry. I quickly passed the dolmen, the D53. After this, via small forest paths past Jeroen's home base, the Johannes Postkazerne. It was very quiet at the Barracks.
Then coffee at Maargies Hoeve, a care farm for the disabled.
Of course I took a look around the farm. Two hard-working …

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