Maldegemveld Nature Reserve – Wooden Boardwalk loop from Torrebos

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Maldegemveld Nature Reserve – Wooden Boardwalk loop from Torrebos

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Maldegemveld Nature Reserve – Wooden Boardwalk loop from Torrebos

05:45

22.6km

60m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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145 m

Tree-Lined Path

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Narrow path that takes you from the built-up area into nature.

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991 m

Wooden Boardwalk

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Always nice to reach the other side dry-footed.

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2.67 km

Maldegemveld

Nature Reserve

3.73 km

In Maldegem, the Maldegemveld offers the ideal opportunity to go for a walk.
This nature reserve forms a patchwork of purple heather patches and oak-birch forests.
In addition to these forests, you will find coniferous plantations alternating with agricultural plots.
This combination makes it an exceptional and diverse nature reserve.
And you might come across one of the fallow deer or Galloway cattle on your walk.
You can even camp there at the bivouac zone.

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4.21 km

Wooden Boardwalk

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Beautiful boardwalk through nature reserve

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4.70 km

Maldegemveld Lookout Hill

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Under the influence of light and heat, a piece of the High Fens develops here.
On the drier higher places, a typical dry heath vegetation with shrub heather develops.
sphagnum moss grows in the wetter places.
View and explore the woodpiles. these are favorite places for the lizard. On sunny days these are sunny spots.
This exceptional piece of nature has developed its own biotope within the Maldegem fields

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5.83 km

Drongengoedbos Play Forest

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A place where children can romp and build camps.

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7.06 km

Maldegemveld Forest

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Forest management at Maldegemveld is aimed at the conservation and sustainable development of this special nature reserve, located in the province of East Flanders. Maldegemveld is a vast forest area that has an important ecological value, with a varied landscape of forests, heathland and marshy areas. Forest management here focuses on preserving biodiversity, restoring natural habitats and promoting the health of the ecosystem.

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11.8 km

Ursel Airfield

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The Ursel airfield is categorized as a military domain and serves, among other things, as a reserve airfield for the Belgian air component.

It was built between 1952 and 1955 at the request of SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, the central command center of NATO). The reserve airfields of Bertrix-Jehonville, Saint-Hubert, Weelde, Zoersel-Oostmalle and Zutendaal were also set up around the same time as a result of this NATO regulation. Part of the crushed concrete from the B-67 Ursel war airfield, located south of the Urselseweg, was used to build the runway. As a result of the fall of the Iron Curtain and the reduced threat of the Warsaw Pact, Ursel airbase was decommissioned by NATO in 1993.

Source: vliegclubursel.be/nld/vliegveld

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17.8 km

Schapersbossen

Forest

22.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.37 km

7.66 km

5.35 km

1.25 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

5.10 km

3.64 km

2.62 km

291 m

185 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

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Comments

November 3, 2021,Drongengoedbos Wandelroute

Start from Parking POL and then junctions 76-75-74-72-71-70-36-16-16-34-33-23-24-21-22-17-18-19-13-12-11-76 .

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October 8, 2021,Wandeling Onderdale - Maldegemveld/Drongengoed

Beautiful autumn walk through a quiet area. Especially forest and swamp trails! Be sure to bring boots if it has been raining!! Route is for 70% unpaved.

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April 10, 2022,Maldegemveld – Uitzichtpunt Rondje vanuit Knesselare

Hike was very nice. Drongengoedhoeve comes at the perfect time to enjoy a coffee with cake. Lots of off-road, between the trees, so some muddy spots. Still, the tour was doable. Worth repeating.

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