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Heather in bloom at Westerheide – Forest path in Zuiderheide loop from Laren

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Netherlands

North Holland

Laren

Heather in bloom at Westerheide – Forest path in Zuiderheide loop from Laren

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Heather in bloom at Westerheide – Forest path in Zuiderheide loop from Laren

00:36

9.36km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

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Zuiderheide

Westerheide

Westerveld

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1.97 km

Gravel path with a view of the television tower Westerheide

Highlight • Trail

Also great to do on 25mm straps

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2.11 km

Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

Highlight • Historical Site

There are still 14 burial mounds in the Goois nature reserve. One of these burial mounds is located here. These may not be entered as they are protected monuments. The burial mounds are the only visible remains of our ancestors and date from the Bronze Age (2000-800 BC).

At that time, the Gooi was a wooded landscape. The later deforestation of the forest created the first moors here. In these early moors, people built burial mounds in honor of their deceased, in which sand and turf were layered on top of each other. These are circular burial mounds with a height of 0.5 to 1.5 meters and a diameter of 5 to 10 meters.

The cremated remains were placed in bronze urns. Other additions included daggers, an axe, bronze bracelets, arrowheads and tools made of flint or a drinking cup for the afterlife. Some finds have been collected in museums such as the Hofland Geological Museum and the Goois Museum. Most finds are kept in the provincial archaeological depot in the Huis van Hilde in Castricum.

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2.90 km

Winding Gravel Path in Westerheide

Highlight • Trail

Great gravel path if you a looking for smooth gravel

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3.06 km

Heather in bloom at Westerheide

Highlight • Natural

Heather is blooming around mid August to mid September. Worth the visit any time though.

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6.21 km

Forest path in Zuiderheide

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

7.38 km

Solitary tree on the Zuiderheide

Highlight • Natural Monument

Make a stop, look around, breathe, enjoy :)

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8.21 km

Tearoom 't Bluk

Highlight • Cafe

The second nursing station of the Gooische 200 in 2022 can be found here. You're over half way!

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8.22 km

Zuiderheide Heathland – Goois Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

On this heath, the transition from the moraine to the Eem valley is clearly visible. The area is archaeologically and geologically very important. The height differences originated 120,000 years ago in the penultimate ice age. There are some approximately 4,000-year-old prehistoric burial mounds, which protrude above the moor as clearly recognizable green domes. Centuries ago, the wide sandy path, the Oude Postweg, was the most important route to Amersfoort.

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9.36 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.22 km

443 m

295 m

235 m

150 m

Surfaces

8.09 km

551 m

472 m

202 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 21 August

19°C

12°C

31 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Heather in bloom at Westerheide – Forest path in Zuiderheide loop from Laren

Gravel path with a view of the television tower Westerheide

Bronze Age Burial Mound in Westerheide

Winding Gravel Path in Westerheide

Heather in bloom at Westerheide

Forest path in Zuiderheide

Solitary tree on the Zuiderheide

Tearoom 't Bluk

Zuiderheide Heathland – Goois Nature Reserve

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