Cycle route along viewpoints in National Park Veluwezoom
Arnhem, Velp, Groenendaal
Enjoy relaxed kilometres in the open countryside. Fill your lungs with fresh air while cycling uphill. Everywhere you look there are forests, heathlands or drifting sand dunes. You might even spot a rutting red deer, a wild boar with piglets or a grazing Highland cow that will probably ignore you completely. As long as you respect the animals and keep your distance. Foxes, badgers and stoats run between the trees. Perhaps a shy wolf is quietly moving somewhere nearby and has already spotted you from behind that distant oak tree. You are in their habitat, their domain, the territory of Veluwe wildlife. It is a place where you do not want to rush through on your bike. Take time to enjoy what nature offers in the moment and completely unwind. Throughout the park you will find several viewpoints where, on clear days, you can see as far as Germany, nearly 50 kilometres away. That may sound unlikely, but remember that you are already almost 100 metres above sea level in these hills. Add the height of a viewpoint tower to that. Once you reach the top of a viewpoint, you may wonder how the Netherlands can be such a densely populated country. From where you stand, there is absolutely no sign of it. The view is humbling and makes you reflect on both the complexity and the fragility of nature. Near the Zijpenberg viewpoint, along the Brandtorenweg, you will find the highest point of the Veluwe. Signaal Imbosch rises 110 metres above sea level. Only the hills of Limburg are higher in the Netherlands. Signaal Imbosch itself is a fairly modest sandy hill located on a plateau about 100 metres high. Not a dramatic peak, but a subtle elevation in the landscape.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Heuvenseweg , 6991 JE Rheden | 38.1 KM | |
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From
53
to
69
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1063 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head north on Heuvenseweg | 93 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Heuvenseweg | 890 M | ||
| Turn left | 80 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
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From
69
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21
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2673 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head west | 1.8 KM | ||
| Continue onto Herikhuizerweg | 852 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
77
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1357 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on den Bruijl | 521 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Beekhuizenseweg | 806 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hoofdstraat | 30 M | ||
| You are now at section 77 | 0 M | ||
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From
77
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72
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1015 M | 1 KM | |
| Head west on Hoofdstraat | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
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From
72
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71
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1246 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest | 29 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Daalhuizerweg | 478 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schelmseweg | 719 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 20 M | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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From
71
to
64
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295 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head north | 295 M | ||
| You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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From
64
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51
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2322 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southwest | 24 M | ||
| Continue onto Rosendaalseweg | 2.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
50
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1398 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Rosendaalseweg | 58 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bosweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Wagnerlaan | 286 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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From
50
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48
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988 M | 1 KM | |
| Head northeast on Waterbergseweg | 569 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Waterbergseweg | 389 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Waterbergseweg | 30 M | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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From
48
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49
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950 M | 1 KM | |
| Head east on Schelmseweg | 30 M | ||
| Turn left | 23 M | ||
| Turn left onto Schelmseweg | 14 M | ||
| Turn right onto Waterbergseweg | 252 M | ||
| Continue straight | 631 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
to
3
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3731 M | 3.7 KM | |
| Head north | 522 M | ||
| Turn left | 128 M | ||
| Turn right | 149 M | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 264 M | ||
| Turn left | 312 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 25 M | ||
| Turn right | 2.1 KM | ||
| Make a slight left | 101 M | ||
| Continue straight | 117 M | ||
| Turn right | 33 M | ||
| You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
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From
3
to
92
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1518 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head east | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 92 | 0 M | ||
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From
92
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24
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354 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head east | 142 M | ||
| Continue onto Koningsweg | 170 M | ||
| Turn left | 42 M | ||
| You are now at section 24 | 0 M | ||
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From
24
to
1
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1140 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head north on Apeldoornseweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
to
82
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3814 M | 3.8 KM | |
| Head north on Apeldoornseweg | 887 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Apeldoornseweg | 139 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Apeldoornseweg | 14 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Apeldoornseweg | 2.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Groenendaal | 26 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Oude Arnhemseweg | 406 M | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
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32
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3255 M | 3.3 KM | |
| Head east on Groenendaal | 350 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 38 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Groenendaal | 875 M | ||
| Keep right onto Groenendaal | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
68
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3602 M | 3.6 KM | |
| Head south | 670 M | ||
| Turn left | 15 M | ||
| Turn right | 151 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Droefakkers | 2.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
17
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2168 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Velperweg | 2.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 17 | 0 M | ||
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From
17
to
66
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934 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Brandtorenweg; Signaal Imbos | 934 M | ||
| You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
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From
66
to
65
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1275 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northeast | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
to
25
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969 M | 1 KM | |
| Head east | 969 M | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
25
to
53
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2029 M | 2 KM | |
| Head south | 159 M | ||
| Turn right onto Beekhuizenseweg | 53 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Schietbergseweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Schietbergseweg | 10 M | ||
| Turn right onto Heuvenseweg | 264 M | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M |