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North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Dormagen

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Kreis Neuss

Dormagen

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

Moderate

4.0

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Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

02:35

43.6km

220m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8.53 km for 7 m

Waypoints

Start point

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4.28 km

Bridge ruins on the strategic railroad embankment at Sittarder Acker

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The strategic railway embankment was actually planned as a railway line, but no train ever ran here. The construction project was stopped and the route fell into oblivion. This bridge …

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5.74 km

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Can be driven on in any weather.

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8.07 km

Strategic railroad embankment on Oekovener Weg Butzheim

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From here you can drive over the strategic railway embankment to the Museum Island Hombroich. The track surface is ideal for cycling. Especially in summer, the route offers a lot of shade, almost in its entirety.

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8.53 km

Viewpoint

17.3 km

Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

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The spoil dump, located south of Grevenbroich in the Rhenish lignite mining area, is known to many as the "Mont Ventoux of the Rhineland". Its exposed location and the three …

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19.6 km

Vollrather Heights

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The Vollrather Höhe is far and wide the only ascent that the flat land on the left bank of the Rhine has to offer. The 165 meter high hill was …

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20.1 km

Vollrather Heights

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Vollratherhöhe was created by the overburden of the Garzweiler brown coal opencast mine.

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20.2 km

Vollrather Höhe Summit

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Unfortunately, from the Vollrather Höhe there is no foresight, as there are booms all around. On top of the large area is farmland with windmills. The best opportunity for mountain training in Grevenbroich and the surrounding area.

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24.6 km

Erft Riverside Trail

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If you didn't know better, you would think there was a lake here.

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26.3 km

Erft

Lake

28.0 km

Dohmer Loch

Lake

43.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.7 km

12.1 km

1.66 km

1.61 km

1.30 km

249 m

Surfaces

15.0 km

13.7 km

8.63 km

4.15 km

1.94 km

230 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

Weather

Friday 26 June

37°C

23°C

20 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended – Vollrather Heights loop from Waldnaturschutzgebiet Knechtsteden

Bridge ruins on the strategic railroad embankment at Sittarder Acker

Strategic railroad embankment 🤩 unfortunately awesome 🤩 highly recommended

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Vollrather Höhe – Cols de Cologne

Vollrather Heights

Vollrather Heights

Vollrather Höhe Summit

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