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Het Leen Observation Tower – Arboretum 2 loop from Eeklo

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Het Leen Observation Tower – Arboretum 2 loop from Eeklo

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Het Leen Observation Tower – Arboretum 2 loop from Eeklo

01:37

6.44km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 20, 2026

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Parking

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74 m

Het Leen Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Since November 2020 you can climb the 21 meter high watchtower in the provincial domain Het Leen. The watchtower has a cantilever at the top.

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407 m

Arboretum 2

Highlight • Forest

There are 2 arboreta in the provincial domain of Het Leen. Arboretum 2 is home to a motley collection of magnolias and rhododendrons.

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1.20 km

Het Leen Arboretum

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

Two super beautiful arboretum

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2.09 km

Lake

3.33 km

Panorama Over Het Leen

Highlight • Viewpoint

The woods of Het Leen are surrounded by fields. In some places you get beautiful panoramas.

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5.88 km

Gnome Tree House

Highlight • Structure

Ideal with children

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5.92 km

Play Meadow, Het Leen

Highlight • Natural

Ideal for a picnic with the kids. Bring Frisbee, or Kubb (and a cooler bag of drinks).

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6.32 km

Het Leen, the Schipdonk Canal and the Lieve

Highlight • Forest

From Ghent you can reach Eeklo in half an hour, by car or train. Het Leen is located just outside the village centre. This is a provincial domain with a beautiful forest around it, a playground, an arboretum, a lookout tower and a cafeteria. The forest has paved and unpaved paths. There are junction posts of the Meetjeslandse Bossen walking network. Ideal for short or longer walks. A walk around Leen is one of the possibilities, but you can also walk through the forest to the Schipdonkkanaal and then to the Lieve. Don't call the Lieve 'gracht' when you see it. That's what it looks like, but it dates from the 13th century, was dug by hand and connected Ghent to the North Sea. It was the first canal in Western Europe. The Lieve flows through billiard-flat fertile fields. This walk is so quiet at times that you can hear distant birds.

Provincial Domain Het Leen, Gentsesteenweg 80, Eeklo.
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End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.54 km

1.81 km

788 m

239 m

Surfaces

3.99 km

1.29 km

968 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Monday 11 May

14°C

5°C

27 %

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Het Leen Observation Tower – Arboretum 2 loop from Eeklo

Het Leen Observation Tower

Arboretum 2

Het Leen Arboretum

Panorama Over Het Leen

Gnome Tree House

Play Meadow, Het Leen

Het Leen, the Schipdonk Canal and the Lieve

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