Black Brook – The Thousand-Year-Old Oak loop from Natuurreservaat De Schurfert - Lange Beemden

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Black Brook – The Thousand-Year-Old Oak loop from Natuurreservaat De Schurfert - Lange Beemden

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Black Brook – The Thousand-Year-Old Oak loop from Natuurreservaat De Schurfert - Lange Beemden

07:04

27.6km

110m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Rotbroek

Diesters Broek

Webbekoms Broek

Natuurreservaat De Schurfert - Lange Beemden

Natuurreservaat Willekensberg

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.22 km

Valley of Zwarte Beek (Zelem)

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The sporty and fit fellow human being can normally combine a walk in the Valley of the Zwarte Beek that starts in Zelem quite well with a trip in the …

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3.21 km

Rotbroek Wetlands, Zwarte Beek Valley

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Working on the wetlands at time of visit, some parts closed. Beautiful like all "pants" in this region.

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3.99 km

Footbridge Over the Zwart Water

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On Saturday 17 Oct 2020, a new attractive walking route with a new walking bridge was inaugurated.
This bridge over the Zwart Water, connects the provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg.

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4.69 km

Diesters Broek Viewing Platform

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This viewing platform - which you can also use as a shelter in case of unexpectedly bad weather - offers a view of the Diesters Broek, nature towards Zelem (with …

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11.4 km

Black Brook

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The Zwarte Beek rises in Hechtel-Eksel and then flows through Beringen to Lummen. There the Helderbeek and the Halbeek flow from Heusden-Zolder into the Zwarte Beek.
In Halen she squeezes …

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13.9 km

Schurfert Bridge Over the Zwarte Beek

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This part of the Zwarte Beek Valley is called "de Schurfert". The creation of pools and marshes has created an ideal habitat for meadow birds. Curlew, stonechat and common snipe …

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19.7 km

The Thousand-Year-Old Oak

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The Thousand-Year-Old Oak is an oak tree in the hamlet of Mellaar in the Belgian municipality of Lummen. The tree is located in a small forest area north of the …

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22.6 km

Hollow Passage

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The Willekensberg is a cuesta characterized by the presence of hollow roads. They originated from centuries of use.

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25.0 km

Willekensberg

Forest

27.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

8.71 km

4.99 km

1.28 km

Surfaces

16.7 km

5.22 km

2.72 km

1.78 km

1.12 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 3 November

10°C

4°C

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Comments

September 30, 2024,Treinstappers Schulen - Diest

We're off again. Edition 2 of our 'walking weekend' or you can just call it a three-day event 🤪.
Day 1: Schulen - Diest... on paper 22.3 km. In reality 26 and a bit. (And no, we haven't missed yet... but Garmin has something to do with that 😁)
Backpack on and off we go... 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️
We can start in …

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