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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from NSG Elter Fischteiche

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Steinfurt

Rheine

Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from NSG Elter Fischteiche

Moderate

4.5

(50)

216

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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from NSG Elter Fischteiche

02:08

8.36km

30m

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 right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 6, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 3.01 km for 101 m

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Parking

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160 m

Beautiful forest trail

Highlight • Trail

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

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3.06 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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4.24 km

Elter Dunes

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful cycling and hiking route.

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4.82 km

Old sand conveyor near the Elter Dunes

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Did not know yet that there are such kind of plants. This is no longer in operation, so quite peaceable does not seem to be now left to itself rusty …

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5.61 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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5.86 km

NSG Floeddert

Nature Reserve

7.89 km

Tree With Exposed Roots on the Slope

Highlight • Natural Monument

A tree that has grown soooo great on the slope. The roots have grown out of the slope over the decades and set free through errusion.
Can be seen directly …

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8.36 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.58 km

2.99 km

424 m

360 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.73 km

1.98 km

321 m

275 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 12 May

11°C

6°C

93 %

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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from NSG Elter Fischteiche

Elte Hiking Trail (E3/E6)

Elter Sand

Beautiful forest trail

Bockholter Ems Ferry

Elter Dunes

Old sand conveyor near the Elter Dunes

Natural woodland on inland dunes (Elter Dunes Nature Reserve)

Tree With Exposed Roots on the Slope

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