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Hespertal Road – Baldeney Lake (Baldeneysee) loop from Westende

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Road cycling routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Hespertal Road – Baldeney Lake (Baldeneysee) loop from Westende

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Hespertal Road – Baldeney Lake (Baldeneysee) loop from Westende

02:32

53.9km

600m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Train Station

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8.06 km

Panoramic Cycle Path Niederbergbahn Entrance (Wülfrath)

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Great bike path and mostly at the top (panorama path stop). At the intersections there are indications in the concrete where you are.

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8.07 km

Panorama Cycle Path Niederbergbahn: Connection Aprath–Wülfrath

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Connection Aprath / Wülfrath via the well-paved Panorama-Radweg-Niederbergbahn.

Attention under the bridge it can get a bit tight.

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11.9 km

Niederbergbahn Panorama Cycle Path

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You roll and roll and roll. Top!

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17.6 km

Mountain Pass

20.2 km

Hespertal Road

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slightly downhill, wooded you can bring super good pressure on the pedals

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28.6 km

Baldeney Lake (Baldeneysee)

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nice path along the lake, but can also be very crowded

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29.5 km

Kupferdreh railroad bridge over the Ruhr

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The predecessor of today's bridge was opened in 1872 as part of the "Lower Ruhr Valley Railway". Blown up by the German Wehrmacht in 1945, it was then rebuilt as …

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33.8 km

Voßnacker Brickworks at Deilbach

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The Voßnacker brickworks were built in 1899 to utilize the local clay deposits for brick production. Today, three of the brickworks buildings and the 53-meter-high chimney still exist. The listed brickworks is the last preserved 19th-century brickworks in Essen.

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53.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.4 km

22.1 km

2.42 km

1.52 km

1.00 km

303 m

116 m

Surfaces

48.9 km

3.45 km

676 m

520 m

367 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

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Panoramic Cycle Path Niederbergbahn Entrance (Wülfrath)

Panorama Cycle Path Niederbergbahn: Connection Aprath–Wülfrath

Niederbergbahn Panorama Cycle Path

View of Hösel

Hespertal Road

Baldeney Lake (Baldeneysee)

Kupferdreh railroad bridge over the Ruhr

Voßnacker Brickworks at Deilbach

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