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MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte – The New Heavenly Realm loop from Drouwenerzand

MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte – The New Heavenly Realm loop from Drouwenerzand

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4.0

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MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte – The New Heavenly Realm loop from Drouwenerzand

04:17

70.1km

130m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 101 m for 326 m

After 69.9 km for 238 m

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21.0 km

Forest Path in Drentsche Aa

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25.2 km

Dolmen D14 Eexterhalte

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One of the most beautiful and largest dolmens is D14, belonging to the larger ones. This hunebed is still fairly complete and well preserved.

It has 6 capstones resting on …

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27.1 km

Sand Quarry Pond, Drentsche Aa

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Sharp sand used to be extracted here, now there is a mountain bike trail around it.

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27.5 km

Winding Trail in Drentsche Aa

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I always enjoy driving there...Top

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27.7 km

MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte

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Most beautiful place in the area

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28.6 km

Drentsche Aa Lakeside Trail

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Beautiful MTB trail. Challenging with gravel

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30.7 km

The New Heavenly Realm

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'T Nije Hemelriek is a lovely swimming lake with beautiful white sand. There are playground equipment for the little ones and there is a kiosk and restaurant where you can eat.

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36.5 km

Gieten-Gasselte MTB Trail – Sand Mounds and Steep Hills

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Nice part of the Gieten route. Nice that they dare to add some parts with technical challenges, where they often do not dare to do this on many other routes in the Netherlands.

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70.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.2 km

18.3 km

16.7 km

2.43 km

1.54 km

Surfaces

22.2 km

14.3 km

11.9 km

11.1 km

10.6 km

< 100 m

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Weather

Wednesday 20 May

20°C

12°C

16 %

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MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte – The New Heavenly Realm loop from Drouwenerzand

Forest Path in Drentsche Aa

Dolmen D14 Eexterhalte

Sand Quarry Pond, Drentsche Aa

Winding Trail in Drentsche Aa

MTB Route Gieten – Gasselte

Drentsche Aa Lakeside Trail

The New Heavenly Realm

Gieten-Gasselte MTB Trail – Sand Mounds and Steep Hills

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