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Soeste Riverside Path – Petersfelder Weg Forest Path loop from Wanderparkplatz Große Tredde

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Soeste Riverside Path – Petersfelder Weg Forest Path loop from Wanderparkplatz Große Tredde

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Soeste Riverside Path – Petersfelder Weg Forest Path loop from Wanderparkplatz Große Tredde

02:36

42.9km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Talsperre Thülsfeld

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1.70 km

Große Tredde Forest Path

Highlight • Cycleway

A wonderful paved bike path through the heart of the forest. It starts behind Dwergte for a few kilometers in the shade. There's also a forest nature trail along the way.

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4.27 km

Thülsfeld Dam – Three Bridges Trail

Highlight • Lake

The cycle paths are well developed and well signposted.

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6.61 km

Resthausener Fuhrenkamp

Forest

21.3 km

Soeste Riverside Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Great experience cycling here

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30.3 km

A small river becomes a nature conservation paradise

The Thülsfelder Dam is a reservoir completed in 1927, which was created at the time to regulate the water level of the Soeste River. During heavy rainfall, the meadows and fields in the region around Friesoythe were often flooded, so the river was dammed by a 3-kilometer-wide dam in the area of a valley cut. Today, the Thülsfelder Dam is a beautiful nature reserve with a water surface of 170 hectares and can be easily circumnavigated on well-developed hiking trails. You walk through extensive forests, heathlands and sand dunes, cross wooden bridges and marvel at the lagoons, reed belts and swamp areas on the west bank.

The path around the Thülsfelder Dam is around 10 kilometers long and you can start your exploration on foot or by bike from several free parking areas.

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33.8 km

Beach at the Thülsfelder Reservoir

Highlight • Beach

It is a wonderful way around the Thülsfeld dam. The view is fantastic.

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34.5 km

Thülsfelder Reservoir — Northeast Shore

Highlight • Lake

Water birds in particular love the Thülsfeld dam in the middle of Lower Saxony. You can observe them in many places on a bike tour around the dam. The reservoir has been around since 1924. It was created because the Soeste River was often flooded.

Today the dam is a great destination with many cycle paths, camping offers and leisure activities: thuelsfelder-talsperre.de.

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38.5 km

Heathland with Historic Sheepfold

Highlight • Natural

The heath landscape with the old sheepfold for the Heideschnucken is a beautiful area of pure nature.

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38.7 km

Heaths and moors at the Thülsfeld Reservoir

Highlight • Structure

The heathlands and moors at the Thülsfelder Talsperre reservoir are crisscrossed by varied paths through open heath landscapes, quiet moorland areas, and shady forest sections. And every now and then you'll see one of the old, thatched sheepfolds – a beautiful photo opportunity.

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42.9 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.8 km

9.45 km

8.26 km

4.53 km

2.79 km

Surfaces

28.6 km

4.17 km

3.77 km

3.18 km

3.06 km

< 100 m

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Weather

Sunday 12 July

29°C

9°C

34 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

March 22, 2023,Talsperre – Die Soeste im Urstromtal Runde von Dwergte mit Anja und Kathy

First longer tour in the Cloppenburger country. From Dwergte in the direction of the Thülsfelder dam, then to Cloppenburg, along the Soeste, a short detour to the "Dicker Stein" natural monument, around the dam and back through the forest. Short rain showers and gusts of wind on the dam included.

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November 10, 2022,Einmal um die Thülfelder Talsperre😊

Had my car at the car dealer today and used the waiting time wisely 😊. But I had the wrong bike with me. There were so many beautiful Gravel/MTB sections that I would have loved to have ridden. I have to go here again with my MTB☝️😊.

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May 14, 2023,Eine Cloppenburger Fahrradtour

Beautiful round trip from Cloppenburg to the Thülsfelder dam and back again.

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September 24, 2021,🦆 🦅 Thülsfeld Talsperre 🚴 🚴‍♀️

The dam for cycling and hiking is a highlight, the nature and the peace and quiet, no traffic, just beautiful.

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September 29, 2024,Thülsfelder Talsperre - Hofcafé ☕ - Soeste

Sunday round with coffee stop ☕🍰 and picture-perfect weather.
Weather: 🌤️🌡️16

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August 26, 2025,Fahrradtour Cloppenburg / Thülsfelder Talsperre

A really nice round with many highlights, start was again a free parking lot at the Museumsdorf Cloppenburg

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August 13, 2025,Von der Thülsfelder Talsperre nach Cloppenburg 🚲😎🌞

Off to the Thülsfelder Dam. We parked our car on the 🅿️ at the adventure playground, which "free of charge," is very large and located right next to the dam. The bike path initially leads along a beautiful path through the forest to Dwergte, then continues via Molbergen to Cloppenburg. We made a quick stop at the "Genuss Café" on …

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March 13, 2022,Dank Ersatzsocken trockenen Fußes zum Dwergter Meer und zur Talsperre

It was dry and sunny for a long time and so I thought to myself that the hiking trail on the Soeste from Gut Stedingsmühlen couldn't be quite so wet anymore ... so let's get on the bike and go. To be on the safe side, I had packed a pair of spare socks.

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