View of Nieuw-Herlaer Castle – Dommel loop from Sint-Michielsgestel

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Sint-Michielsgestel

View of Nieuw-Herlaer Castle – Dommel loop from Sint-Michielsgestel

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View of Nieuw-Herlaer Castle – Dommel loop from Sint-Michielsgestel

02:01

8.00km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.13 km

View of the Esschestroom Landscape

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nice quiet route

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1.49 km

Rest spot in the bend

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Bench in a place where you have to watch out due to high water. If this is high and it is difficult for you to pass, you cannot go any further because everything is up to knee height below it.

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1.55 km

Suspension Bridges over the Essche Stroom

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It might also be good to mention that this route runs through the private Bleijendijk Estate, along which volunteers and owners are working hard to plant and maintain a very diverse wicker hedge of about 2 km long. Www.bleijendijk.nl

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2.95 km

View of Nieuw-Herlaer Castle

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The late fourteenth-century castle was originally located behind the still existing stair tower that was built in the fifteenth century. In front of the tower was a square, surrounded by …

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2.97 km

Dommel

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The Dommel is a stream and downstream a smaller river in the Kempen and the Meierij of 's-Hertogenbosch.

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3.04 km

View of the Dommel River and Haanwijk Estate from the bridge

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Beautiful View

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3.23 km

View of Nieuw Herlaer Castle and the Dommel River

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panoramic view over the Nieuw Herlaer Castle

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6.05 km

The Dommel at Sint-Michielsgestel

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8.00 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.49 km

2.44 km

1.12 km

964 m

Surfaces

4.44 km

2.19 km

619 m

468 m

291 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

10°C

1°C

28 %

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Comments

May 30, 2022,St-Michielsgestel - Halder

Stretched your legs this afternoon with a short and yet beautiful route of about 7.5 km between Sint-Michielsgestel and Halder. Start was from the parking lot on the Petrus Dondersplein in Sint-Michielsgestel.

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May 29, 2022,St-Michielsgestel - hangbruggen - Nieuw Herlaer

I had once found this walk on Komoot and saved it. The first 1.5 km go through the built-up area. Then into the countryside and a little further on I come to a nice path along the Essche Stroom. How beautiful it is here. Here I also cross the suspension bridge, which is why I saved this route. It even …

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August 27, 2023,Romeinse munten – De oude toren Rondje vanuit Vught

Very nice route to walk.
We started at a different point than the original route, because the first part runs along an 80 km road, which we did not like. There is also a parking lot there, which is very convenient.

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