Wurm Cycle Path – Rur River loop from Geilenkirchen

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Heinsberg

Geilenkirchen

Wurm Cycle Path – Rur River loop from Geilenkirchen

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Wurm Cycle Path – Rur River loop from Geilenkirchen

03:50

62.6km

140m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 62.6 km for 12 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.28 km

Bench by the Restored Wurm River

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The worm was renatured at Geilenkirchen and now offers domestic animals a habitat again. The animals can also be observed during a break on the bench.

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1.90 km

Wurm Cycle Path

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Wurmtal bike path; Heinsberg Aachen 60KM, 58m high, 201m down

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5.85 km

Wurm Cycle Path

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1a bike path, is great to ride

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35.9 km

Rur River

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Paved gravel road by the river

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38.1 km

Confluence of the Wurm and the Rur

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I'm somehow drawn to this little spot; two idyllic rivers meet and decide to continue their journey together.

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38.8 km

Eifel-Rur Fish Interpretive Trail

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In this section the path runs almost entirely along the river.

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55.3 km

Beekfließ Confluence

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Beeckflows estuary into the Wurm

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55.4 km

Wurm River

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The Wurm is said to have got its name from the Celts who settled in the Aachen Basin. It is explained as a derivation of the word warm, which refers …

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62.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.0 km

13.1 km

9.56 km

3.63 km

2.23 km

141 m

Surfaces

38.9 km

11.3 km

5.33 km

4.67 km

1.47 km

988 m

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

17°C

6°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

April 28, 2022,Von Effeld nach Randerath

A route from the Aachen news. . Tour around Heinsberg. You could download the route with a barcode and export it to Komoot....great...the tour was also shown as a lap....but about halfway through the route the app explained...you have reached your destination achieved....then I just drove freely to Vlodorp/ Meinweg nature reserve to eat fish and then back from there.....now …

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