Little Bullensee – Great Bullensee loop from Samtgemeinde Bothel

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Lower Saxony

Little Bullensee – Great Bullensee loop from Samtgemeinde Bothel

Easy

4.8

(473)

1,490

hikers

Little Bullensee – Great Bullensee loop from Samtgemeinde Bothel

01:58

7.77km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Großes und Weißes Moor

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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522 m

Beach at Großer Bullensee

Highlight • Beach

There is a bathing beach with shallow water – ideal for children.

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727 m

Großes und Weißes Moor Conservation Area

Highlight (Segment) • Natural

A very interesting route through a now very rare landscape.

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1.77 km

Elevated Wooden Bench in Großes und Weißes Moor

Highlight • Structure

Really nice idea, this monster bank

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2.88 km

Shelter Großes und Weißes Moor

Highlight • Mountain Hut

At dusk, the mood in the moor is very special. Cranes and geese do the rest.

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6.28 km

Beehives in the Großes und Weißes Moor Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

A very nice corner for hiking

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6.78 km

Little Bullensee

Highlight • Lake

Everything that can be said about the Großer Bullensee applies to the small Bullensee: The name of both lakes has nothing to do with cattle or the police. Wikipedia tells …

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7.13 km

Forest Path Between the Bullensee Lakes in Großes und Weißes Moor

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A narrow forest path over wooden bridges, footbridges and through a sparse forest with blueberry bushes connects the small and large Bullensee. Two popular northern trails also run here.

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7.43 km

Great Bullensee

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful swimming lake south of Rotenburg. The large parking lot also makes it an ideal starting point for a hike. Here, you have direct access to two northern trails. …

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7.77 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.19 km

2.19 km

344 m

Surfaces

5.74 km

1,000 m

620 m

224 m

140 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

6°C

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Comments

November 29, 2024,Wanderung

Because it is fantastically beautiful, to finish today again the Bullensee

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July 13, 2024,Bullen sehn am Bullensee

The bulls were still in the cattle yard with their mothers, but that was not the main issue. The high groundwater level was what made it special. There was water on almost all of the moorland areas, I had never seen this moor like this before, a wonderful sight. The paths are still easy to walk on.

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March 2, 2025,Tour

One of the hikes that are part of the northern trails.
Around the large Bullensee. A very beautiful route through the moor.

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January 1, 2023,Dör't Moor - Kurzversion😊

New Year's Round on the Premium Hiking Trail 2021 (or part of it)
Again a very nice hiking trail in northern Germany😊👌 and absolutely recommendable like almost all northern paths😉
(Thanks for showing @Jana and @Marco )🤗

Happy and eventful new year to all Komootlers with health, happiness and sunshine 🐞🍀🌞🙋‍♀️

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October 3, 2024,Großer Bullensee - Moorwanderung (Dör't Moor)

The path to the small Bullensee was unfortunately closed due to flooding caused by the heavy rainfall of the last few days.

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May 2, 2023,Nordpfad Dör‘t Moor - NSG Großes und Weißes Moor 🌿🌾🥾🐶🐾

The starting point of the northern path "Dör't Moor" is at the 🅿️ Großer Bullensee.

The Bullensees were formed during the last ice age as the remains of an ice age glacier. Due to the high humic content in the lakes (due to the boggy surroundings), no fish live there.

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October 15, 2022,NORDPFAD Deutschlands schönster Wanderweg 2021: Dör't Moor

An award-winning hiking trail, and rightly so. Through forest, moor, heath, open meadows. Mostly covered with bark mulch, umpteen explanations like on a nature trail

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August 26, 2021,Niedersachsen: Nordpfad Dör’t Moor (Landkreis Rotenburg /Wümme) - Schönster Wanderweg D 2021 - Kurze Runde über Butterweg

A hiking dream in pink and bright yellow-orange - moor, forest and heather: all of this is offered by the Dör't Moor North Path, which - as we quite rightly believe - was voted hiking path of the year 2021!
There is a lot to explore here for hikers of all ages. The hiking trail leads right through the wonderful …

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