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Gravel in Loenermark & het Deelerwoud
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46.5km
290m
Gravel riding
Every sport has its iconic places and with gravel in the Netherlands you quickly end up at the Deelerwoud. Here are two identical trees on either side of a beautiful gravel path that is photographed by many cyclists. This gravel monument really belongs in this Evergreen round.
You start at the carpool parking lot along the A50. And a vignette is not necessary for this route.
Watch your speed from the start, as you follow a path past a cemetery. This is also a short climb to the Staatsbosbeheer area, from where you look out over a beautiful heath. You follow the Koningsweg on a paved cycle path to the top of the Rozendaalse Veld. A long descent follows towards the gravel paradise Loenermark. Challenge yourself a bit by taking the dirt path next to the bike path. At full speed you arrive at a wide gravel road that continues for kilometers deep into Loenermark.
The most beautiful gravel roads of the Loenermark are included in this route. They are all nice and wide. At the small town of Loenen you come out of the woods and get acquainted with real Strade Bianche strips as they are only found in Tuscany. This is also a nice place for a coffee break, there are several providers.
The second part of unpaved strips in the woods of Loenermark are real hard-packed gravel strips. It doesn't get any better, you'll think. Almost not, because now the Deelerwoud comes with the most photographed gravel road in the Netherlands. A beautiful unpaved bike path that is wide enough to keep the momentum going.
After the Deelerwoud you turn left and through an entrance gate you arrive at the sandy Hooiweg, a beautiful and sometimes challenging strip along the Terlet glider field. The last unpaved strip goes over the Koningsheide, which looks 'rocky' but where you can keep up the pace.
Last updated: July 29, 2024
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189 m
Access Path to Maqbara Rawdah Al Moslimin
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Descent Towards Rozendaalse Veld
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Nice hard forest path with height difference. So wonderful when you fly down towards the Rozendaalse Veld, it is so annoying to climb on after a long tiring ride on the Veluwe.
The path is the better choice especially if you climb up to Arnhem. Paths parallel to these are either off-limits to cyclists or quite loose. Possibly the adjacent Golf Course Trail is a good option, but this is my personal favorite!
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Beautiful singletrack along heathland
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Edit: @ Hans. What you say is not correct, there is no active ban on cyclists here.
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5.38 km
Koningsweg Cycle Path, Rozendaalse Veld, Veluwe
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Gravel path Loenermark–Veluwezoom
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The path is part of the official MTB route as well as part of a node route. As a gravel cyclist without a MTB permit, you can therefore simply use this path, just like all other cycling junctions.
The path is a wonderfully wide forest path that runs for miles, up and down, and can be loose in some places. However, most of it is easy to cycle with a gravel bike!
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15.3 km
Rolling gravel section through the heath
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23.0 km
Slatsdijk Gravel Road
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24.0 km
Strade Bianche Weverstraat
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25.5 km
Strade Bianche Droefakkers
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This gravel road through fields is easy to ride with all bikes including racing bikes.
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26.5 km
Strade Bianche Groenendaal
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28.0 km
Groenendaal gravel section
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34.2 km
The Iconic Gravel Trees
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Unpaved road, Arnhemse Heide
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The Hooiweg (as this avenue is officially called) runs along the Arnhemse Heide, an official training area of the Ministry of Defense, so that the observant viewer will still see some bunkers in the field. On the other side, you have a view of the Deelen glider airfield through the bushes.
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G50 Gravel Path (Veluwe)
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46.5 km
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34.3 km
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3.09 km
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858 m
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25.7 km
8.68 km
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402 m
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Here is the perfect version of this route, namely the other way around: https://www.komoot.com/nl-NL/tour/179124998?ref=itd&share_token=aKQcr9Vczd23DDgccpTp6daywrEWf1ouPSZ3uBHz8WJS9k4pC1&ref=its
Only 5,000 km this year. That can be different next year. 2025 was special. After over 35 years of paid employment, I started my own business. Partly office work, partly in the bicycle industry. A huge success. I'll definitely continue with that in 2026. There are more special things to come (more on that later), with a few fun adventures abroad and a major change of pace. This gravel ride was amazing again. Because of the slippery conditions, I started straight off on the perfect gravel roads. As little smooth asphalt as possible. Deelerwoud, Loenermark, Postbank, the gravel monument, and the Gravel Highway passed by one more time. What a wonderful route that is. Peace and quiet. Beautiful nature. No traffic. Just a few other people seeking peace and quiet who wanted to take one last walk or bike ride before closing out 2025. Happy New Year everyone. Stay healthy. And see you next year🥳👋
Lovely round of gravel through Loenermark, Terletse Heide and a bit of Posbank. It remains striking how wonderfully sheltered from the wind you ride on this circuit. And the gravel paths here are the driest in the Netherlands. So if you STILL want to cycle somewhere in these wet days, then you should cycle this route. Mainly hardpack gravel paths, beautiful nature, quite a few elevation meters, beautiful distant views. No technical or difficult MTB trails or single tracks or loose sand or meter-long mud puddles anywhere. Perfect for NOW🤪
This round remains a classic. But very hot and millions of flies (which did NOT taste good). 95% unpaved. Hardpack gravel, except for the piece with Mixed Terrain in Deelerwoud
Wonderful Gravel Clinic given for NL Tour rides. Super fun, educational and fun group! Everyone learned a lot and is at Gravel-next-level😅👍Great gravel route, without technical single tracks. Very nice nature decor. Especially in Loenermark. Gently sloping landscape everywhere, significant elevation gain everywhere, spotting wildlife. It rains regularly here (that's why it's so green😝), so always bring a rain jacket or body warmer or something
I have been using this well-known and super fun gravel round for my Gravel clinics that start from Terlet for a while now. Super nice weather. Beautiful hardpack gravel roads and of course Scottish Highlanders on the way and many Scottish Highlanders along the hardpack gravel roads. This clinic was very special: I went out with a Belgian: he had first sat in the car for 3 hours for this, and also graveled 90km this morning! It turned out to be a participant of the World Cup Gravel who wanted to be TOP in 4 weeks. And so today I was allowed to try to teach someone of this level something, I think I succeeded: he now goes through the sandpits easier and faster and has been able to improve his cornering technique. Especially the rear brake technique (to ensure a quiet and tight drivetrain) on some Mtb single tracks of Mtb Arnhem/Schaarsbergen helped with that. Soooo extremely fun to do this. Worth repeating🤘
Hi 2022, here I am. Let's make it something beautiful! A wonderful kick-off to the new calendar year with a gravel ride through the Deelerwoud and the always beautiful Loenermark. Wonderfully mild weather and beautiful nature... it doesn't get any better on January 1! Happy new year everybody! Oh yeah. Are you following this route? Officially you need the MTB vignette from Natuurmonumenten for a small part. So get it before 2022... you can enjoy it all year round!
This must be cycling for a while 😡 stupid phone has a cure today, route komoot was again pleasent .... but drove a nice round.