The best running trails in Steenberger Oosterveld

This lock used to be called "Sluis in de Weide" (Lock in the Meadow). It was renamed after Roelof van Echten Sluis. A lock used to be named after a laborer who worked there. This was actually a demotion for Roelof van Echten. Roelof van Echten (July 15, 1592 – November 20, 1643)[1] was a Drenthe nobleman. He was lord of Echten and Echtens Hoogeveen, captain, ette of the Dieverderdingspel, deputy, and finally bailiff of Drenthe. Van Echten attended the Synod of Dordrecht as an observer.

The lock—with a fixed bridge—has mitre gates. It is operated from the adjacent Nieuwesluisbrug control post in Hoogeveen. Further details: Remote control. Width: 7.5 meters, length: 65 meters. Lock length: 65 meters. Sill depth below/outside: 3.2 meters, sill depth above/inside: 3.2 meters.

Col du Nijstad

Beautiful view over the Erflanden

Velden van Nevel was created by Rudi van de Wint in 2010. In three places near the A28 and A37, these works of art tell the story of the saga about the 'mist witch', which has its origins in the misty peat landscape around Hoogeveen.

On the Zuidwolderweg in Hoogeveen we find a monumental landscape. It is a remnant of the canal from after 1852, when it was widened, deepened, and provided with other locks. The 'old' lock is a lock from 1929. Nothing here reminds us of the old canal from before 1852. But still a precious relic of the later canal.

The Nieuwebrugsluis is one of the three locks in the Hoogeveensche Vaart. The two other locks are the Rogatsluis and the Ossesluis. The Hoogeveensche Vaart is a canal from the town of Hoogeveen to the Meppelerdiep near Meppel, constructed in the early 17th century. In 1625, the section from Echten to Meppel was completed, which was also known as the Nieuwe Grift. This waterway partly made use of the Wetering near Meppel and part of the Oude Diep, called the Echtenerstroom. More than two centuries later, the canal was taken over by N.V. Drentse Kanaal Maatschappij (DKM), founded in 1850. This was liquidated in 1987, after which the canal passed to the province of Drenthe. In the period 1964-1988 the transformation took place into a modern shipping canal: it was made suitable for ships of at least 300 tons, while the waterway was routed outside the built-up areas of Meppel and Hoogeveen. The canal has a function for both commercial shipping and recreational boating. From Thursday, June 18, 2009, the bridges and locks on the Hoogeveense Vaart and Industriehaven Hoogeveen will be operated remotely from the Nieuwebrugsluis control post in Hoogeveen.

Lovely nice piece of gravel