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Valkenburg Aan De Geul

View over the Geul Valley – Marl Cliff along the Geul loop from Valkenburg

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Netherlands

Limburg

Valkenburg Aan De Geul

View over the Geul Valley – Marl Cliff along the Geul loop from Valkenburg

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1,173

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View over the Geul Valley – Marl Cliff along the Geul loop from Valkenburg

03:12

11.8km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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107 m

Valkenburg Railway Station

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Castle-like building adds value to your passage...

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3.38 km

View of the Meertensgroeve

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Nice quarry, glad I stopped by

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6.90 km

View over the Geul Valley

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Take a moment during your trail run and catch your breath while the view is breathtaking. Enjoy the rolling surroundings and get ready to brave this hilly landscape again!

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7.89 km

Geul Valley — Nature and Watermills

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As you can see during this walk, many trees have fallen due to the recent rainfall and storm.

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9.43 km

Marl Cliff along the Geul

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Narrow path along the marl walls on one side and the Geul on the other side.

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9.70 km

Ingendaelerbrökske (Bridge over the Geul)

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Nice trails near rippling water...

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9.92 km

View of the Geul

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Nice walk along the water...

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10.0 km

Ingendael Nature Reserve

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This nature reserve changes from a plateau forest into a slope forest that ends at the Geul river. Behind this lie moist calcareous grasslands full of flora and fauna.

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10.7 km

Prehistorische vuursteenmijn

Archaeological Site

11.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.30 km

2.62 km

2.02 km

942 m

912 m

Surfaces

4.16 km

3.27 km

2.54 km

1.41 km

386 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Sunday 23 August

23°C

8°C

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Comments

November 10, 2025,Activiteit 2 vanuit Valkenburg

A beautiful walk from charming Valkenburg... the region of friendly, relaxed people! We love it.

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September 17, 2023,Von Houthem nach Valkenburg durch das Naturschutzgebiet Ingendael, mit „Wandern in der Euregio“. Sonntag, 17. September 2023

Today the hiking group “Hiking in the Euregio” with 8 people went on a tour from Houthem-St-Gerlach train station through the Ingendael nature reserve to Valkenburg. I walked with them for the first half to Valkenburg train station.
On the way we walked over grassy paths, past caves and over beautiful paths through the varied wooded hilly landscape of Ingendael. …

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August 23, 2023,Langs de Geul en de mergelgroeven

Walk with buddy Marcel in the valley of the Geul and along various marl quarries

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May 16, 2025,Mergelwand langs de Geul – Sint-Gerlachuskerk rondtocht vanuit Houthem-Sint Gerlach

What a beautiful trip this was! Started quietly from Houthem, under the railway. Past the cave dwellings in Geulhem and into the forest there. A beautiful forest with many differences in height but well-maintained paths. Past the Meertens quarry with its goats and billy goats. In between beautiful views of Valkenburg. After descending along the Geul towards Chateau St Gerlach. …

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June 21, 2026,Berg en Terblijt - Ingedal - Berg en Terblijt

Early start to beat the heat and the midges.
Chose a route through the forest, along the Geul river and across meadows and high grass
Quite muddy in some places due to the rain😅

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January 7, 2023,Naturgebiet Ingendael – Mergelwand längs der Geul - Runde von NL-Valkenburg

Despite arthrosis, the weather literally invited me to go hiking today. Up and down, through mud and a feeling of autumn forest. was nice

Incidentally, the starting point is a car hard shoulder. If you like and want to pay, you can of course also drive to the parking lot of the Therme 2000 or the casino

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April 28, 2025,Inspiratie; Mergelwand langs de Geul – Sint-Gerlachuskerk - Natuurgebied Ingendael - Meerstensgroeve - rondtocht vanuit Houthem-Sint Gerlach 🇳🇱🥾🌞🌞

Start 🚂 Houtem Sint-Gerlach

• Houthem-Sint Gerlach station is the railway station of the towns of Houthem and Sint Gerlach in the municipality of Valkenburg aan de Geul in the Dutch province of Limburg. The station is located in Houthem, on the Maastricht - Heerlen line.
• There is a bicycle shed and bicycle lockers at the station. There are …

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View over the Geul Valley – Marl Cliff along the Geul loop from Valkenburg

Valkenburg Railway Station

View of the Meertensgroeve

View over the Geul Valley

Geul Valley — Nature and Watermills

Marl Cliff along the Geul

Ingendaelerbrökske (Bridge over the Geul)

View of the Geul

Ingendael Nature Reserve

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