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Ad's Trail Sculptures – Gravel path through Heverleebos loop from Heverlee

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Belgium
Flanders
Flemish Brabant

Ad's Trail Sculptures – Gravel path through Heverleebos loop from Heverlee

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Ad's Trail Sculptures – Gravel path through Heverleebos loop from Heverlee

01:09

4.42km

30m

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: June 10, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

91 m

Forest path and tunnel in Nationaal Park Brabantse Wouden

Highlight • Trail

2

228 m

Shelter at Heverlee Arboretum

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A map of the arboretum with the clay forest hut on the third page of this overview: natuurenbos.be/sites/default/files/2023-07/Folder_Arboretum_Heverleebos.pdf

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3

788 m

Ad's Trail Sculptures

Highlight • Structure

The arboretum in Heverlee is the starting point of the so-called path of Ad, which is no less than 26.2 km long, where you will discover forest figures by tree artist Ad Wouters in various places.

Officially it is called: "Soft bears, mischievous gnomes, modern Neanderthals, metre-high mushrooms and other playful figures turn the Meerdaalwoud and the Heverleebos into real fairytale forests. The wooden sculptures are the work of local tree artist Ad Wouters and turn your walk into a fun quest full of wonder. Ad cuts the forest figures from the trunks of dead oaks."

And you can find all the information at visitvlaamsbrabant.be/wandelen/vind-een-wandeling/het-pad-van-ad

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4

1.94 km

Perfect gravel through Meerdaalwoud! A beautiful forest with deciduous and coniferous trees.

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5

2.02 km

Internal Forest Edge Filosofendreef

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Here, a section of the Filosofendreef runs through a part of the forest where management works changed(d) the view. It was a forest of common pine with an understory of American oak. The latter was cut down for more variation.

The so-called internal forest edge consists of, among other things, European bird cherry, hawthorn, medlar, wild apple, blackthorn and hazel. Part has been developed into heathland grassland where the heather and broom already show themselves beautifully.

All information on site.

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6

3.21 km

Good place in the forest for a picnic. Reasonably quiet, but along one of the larger avenues in the forest, if you listen carefully, the highway (E40) is audible.

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4.42 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.99 km

430 m

Surfaces

2.36 km

1.90 km

< 100 m

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Thursday 11 June

19°C

12°C

72 %

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