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Trenches near Elst – Cable Ferry Over The Linge loop from Vuylcop

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Netherlands

Utrecht

Houten

Trenches near Elst – Cable Ferry Over The Linge loop from Vuylcop

Moderate

4.7

(143)

738

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Trenches near Elst – Cable Ferry Over The Linge loop from Vuylcop

02:39

10.5km

10m

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 accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 1.84 km for 124 m

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After 2.02 km for 204 m

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After 8.19 km for 130 m

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After 9.50 km for 358 m

Closed: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise open)

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910 m

Group Shelter Type 1918 at Fort bij Vechten

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These are various shelters of the type 1918 around the Fort near Vechten. This fort was built between 1867 and 1870.

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1.25 km

Lunet at the Snel

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Lunet aan de Snel is part of the Defense Line of Honswijk, which in turn is part of the New Dutch Waterline. The defenses served to flood the polder when …

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1.32 km

Stelling van Honswijk

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This walking junction can be found and planned at routesinutrecht.nl/route-informatie/routenetwerk-in-utrecht/wandelnetwerk

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4.29 km

Beautiful avenue

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Beautiful avenue with trees on either side. This avenue runs along the trenches.

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4.71 km

Trenches near Elst

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Put on good shoes, soggy.

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7.17 km

The Garden of Jonkheer Ram

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In earlier centuries, the knight's court town of Schalkwijk was located on the Tetwijkseweg. The castle itself was demolished about 200 years ago, but the moats have been preserved. In …

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9.12 km

Schalkwijk Church

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Put on good shoes, it can be soggy here.

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9.72 km

Cable Ferry Over The Linge

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Always nice to cross the water with a pull ferry.

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10.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.45 km

2.92 km

861 m

733 m

446 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.28 km

3.82 km

1.25 km

661 m

206 m

193 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 30 August

19°C

14°C

95 %

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Max wind speed: 26.0 km/h

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Comments

October 12, 2025,Rondje Schalkwijk - Lint en Liniepad

Today we had a lovely walk with a friend. The sun peeked out every now and then for much of the walk in the area around Houten. With little wind, it made for lovely walking weather.

We walked the Lint en Liniepad (Lingery and Line Path), a wooden shoe path through meadows, past forts, and through the floodplains of the …

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January 23, 2022,Inundatie Blokhoven – Trekpondje Rondje vanuit Schalkwijk

My wife and I
have made a very nice surprising walk, walking nicely through the Dutch polder land, we arrived in the area with a concentration of many bunkers and defenses. The route continued over the Lekdijk in the direction of Fort Honswijk. Impressive fortress! Further along the route we took a pull ferry and finally towards the striking church …

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May 6, 2023,Lint- & Linie Klompenpad (#38)

The review of Arlette Boog on klompenpaden.nl/klompenpad/lint-en-liniepad expresses beautifully how we experienced it:

In a painting…
A walk with very high expectations! Because as Dick van Voorthuizen wrote: “this is a walk that should be on everyone's walking bucket list”.
Totally agree Dick! What a picture this clog path. Like I'm walking through a painting with yellow paint. Especially walk …

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Trenches near Elst – Cable Ferry Over The Linge loop from Vuylcop

Group Shelter Type 1918 at Fort bij Vechten

Lunet at the Snel

Stelling van Honswijk

Beautiful avenue

Trenches near Elst

The Garden of Jonkheer Ram

Schalkwijk Church

Cable Ferry Over The Linge

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