Drover Heath Viewpoint – Drover Heath loop from Stockheim

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Düren

Kreuzau

Drover Heath Viewpoint – Drover Heath loop from Stockheim

Moderate

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Drover Heath Viewpoint – Drover Heath loop from Stockheim

03:51

14.9km

70m

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 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Hohes Venn-Eifel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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876 m

Marieneiche (Decke Boom) with Marian shrine in the Drover Heath

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Marieneiche is a thousand-year-old pedunculate oak that is a listed building. It is also commonly called the "Decke Boom". The local carnival club named itself the "Decke Boom" after the old oak tree :))

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3.81 km

Drover Heath Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice view, but nothing special. There are better places.

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5.12 km

Shelter on the Drover Heide

Highlight • Rest Area

Ideally suited for a rest.

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5.28 km

Drover Heath

Highlight • Natural

Especially from the beginning of August when the calls blooms an experience

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6.70 km

Drover Heide Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The pond frog can also be found in isolated biotopes in the Drover Heide.

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10.9 km

Drover Heath

Highlight • Natural

A gem for animals and plants.

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11.9 km

Wooden Boardwalks Through Drover Heide

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A very beautiful location for sure when the heather is in bloom!

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13.0 km

Drover Heide

Nature Reserve

13.9 km

Seating area In der Sief

Highlight • Rest Area

The benches and the wooden lounger invite you to take a break with a beautiful view over the meadows

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14.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

2.51 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.14 km

3.26 km

3.12 km

2.13 km

176 m

104 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

14°C

7°C

36 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

June 7, 2025,Droverheide 🐶🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️☀️🌳🌳🌳🎒🕶️🥾🪷

Hiked through the Droverheide today in perfect hiking weather. ☀️☀️

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July 20, 2025,Durch die Drover Heide mit dem Eifelverein 🤩

Today, the weather forecast was completely wrong!
To everyone's delight, the forecast rain only started on the way home.

Mahmut planned this tour through the Drover Heath for the Eifel Association, and 21 hikers came along.

We started from the parking lot of a pizzeria, where we also stopped for a bite to eat later, walked into the forest, and …

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January 28, 2024,Gruppenwanderung Drover Heide, ab Wanderparkplatz Drover Heide (Nord). Sonntag, 28 Januar 2024

“Hiking in the Euregio” Sunday hike January 28, 2024
Today was a real pampering day. The sun was shining, there was little wind and 11 hikers were in a good mood.
We walked through the Drover Heath, with coniferous and birch forests, heathland, mud, puddles and wooden footbridges.
It was a wonderful hike through beautiful countryside.
As usual with our …

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April 23, 2023,Drover Heide – Start in Stockheim

Spontaneous round in the Drover Heide. Start from the Stockheim sports field. Always an experience!

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May 19, 2024,Tour in und um die Drover Heide

Very nice tour early in the morning. Unfortunately some of the paths are not there or no longer exist so I had to walk a bit on the road. The Drover Heath is very wet at the moment.

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February 12, 2025,Tour über Holzstege in der Drover Heide

Today I felt like hiking in the Drover Heath. It was very wet and in places very muddy. I would recommend wearing rubber boots that go up to your neck.

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August 24, 2021,Holzstege – Holzweg durch die Drover Heide Runde von Soller

The Drover Heide is an approximately 600 hectare (ha) large nature reserve in the Düren district in North Rhine-Westphalia. It lies in the communities of Kreuzau and Vettweiß. Since April 2016, the NRW Foundation has owned 636.86 hectares from former federal property.
We start our hike at the free parking lot at the castle in Drove. After about 700 mtr …

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August 29, 2023,Die Drover Heide

Pure nature, great lung for health. Very nice and well preserved...
It is a relaxing path with lots of flowers and valuable species.
It's almost 11 km but it's worth it, to fill you up.

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