Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Steinfurt

Rheine

Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

Moderate

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202

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Bockholter Ems Ferry – Elter Dunes loop from Elter Fischteiche

02:11

8.57km

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: October 1, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

Tips

Includes a ferry crossing

Check ferry timetable.

After 3.22 km for 101 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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137 m

St. Ludgerus Catholic Parish Church (Elte)

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The Church of St. Ludgerus is the Catholic parish church of the municipality of Elte near Rheine. Since 2012 it has been one of the three churches of the parish …

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368 m

Beautiful forest trail

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

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3.27 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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4.45 km

Elter Dunes

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful cycling and hiking route.

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5.03 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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5.82 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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6.06 km

Flöddert

Nature Reserve

8.10 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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