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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Viersen
Nettetal

Winding trail in Brachter Forest – The Grauwe Beer Windmill loop from Kaldenkirchen

Routes
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf
Viersen
Nettetal

Winding trail in Brachter Forest – The Grauwe Beer Windmill loop from Kaldenkirchen

Hard

18

riders

Winding trail in Brachter Forest – The Grauwe Beer Windmill loop from Kaldenkirchen

03:02

46.5km

160m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 10 m for 37 m

After 20.0 km for 11 m

After 20.2 km for 13 m

After 46.5 km for 37 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

7.30 km

Steep Descent in Naturpark Schwalm-Nette

Highlight • Climb

In the gorge you can become amateur from professional to amateur, it's only a matter of time 🤔

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2

7.37 km

Very nice for mountain bikers or people who dare difficult paths, everyone else should look for an alternative.

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3

8.28 km

In autumn and winter you can pick up a nice mud pack here ;-)

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4

17.5 km

Swalmen Municipal Forests

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

If you come from the German-Dutch border and want to go to the “White Stone”, you have two options.
Once at the border at junction 22 you can drive right …

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20.6 km

Beesels Broek

Nature Reserve

6

24.0 km

The path is great to drive and suitable for all types of wheels.

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7

24.0 km

The Grauwe Beer Windmill

Highlight • Monument

Their story begins near Amsterdam. About 400 years ago 'de grauwe Beer' - in German 'the gray bear' - was put into operation there as a sawmill. In 1891 it …

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8

28.8 km

Gravel path along the Meuse

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Broad, hardpack, strade bianche gravel road in between fields next to the river. It doesn't get much beter then that! This is just a small stretch of a lot of …

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9

37.8 km

Border Crossing Germany–Netherlands

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Change branch from D to NL in a right turn just before a yellow sign on the NL side between the trees across the border. Danger

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42.5 km

Wandelpark Tegelen

Nature Reserve

B

46.5 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.3 km

8.51 km

4.46 km

3.56 km

2.70 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.0 km

9.30 km

8.65 km

4.33 km

722 m

493 m

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Friday 26 June

38°C

22°C

27 %

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