Tongelaar Castle – Defensie Canal Gravel Path loop from Sint Hubert

Netherlands

North Brabant

Mill En Sint Hubert

Tongelaar Castle – Defensie Canal Gravel Path loop from Sint Hubert

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Tongelaar Castle – Defensie Canal Gravel Path loop from Sint Hubert

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68.7km

80m

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 right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Oeffelter Meent

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

4.66 km

Meerheide

Nature Reserve

5.87 km

Defensie Canal: Traces of War and Asparagus Barriers

Highlight • Historical Site

Very rolling gravel track along the Canal de la Défense.
Blockhouses and asparagus barriers can be seen along the canal.

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9.66 km

Molenheide Lake

Highlight • Lake

A great place for a moment of rest. There are enough benches and of course you can also rest on the short beach.

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19.5 km

Grrrravel! Racing through the woods

Highlight • Cycleway

Lovely crunchy gravel under the wheels! Beautiful nature to the left and right of the cycle path. The Heath is now (= early September) in beautiful purple bloom. It looks …

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31.6 km

Grote Vilt

Lake

32.4 km

Gravel road by the Grote Vilt

Highlight • Trail

Beautiful section, without any traffic

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33.8 km

De Vilt

Nature Reserve

60.7 km

Little bakehouse near Tongelaar Castle

Highlight • Structure

The small house at Tongelaar Castle is a baking house. More info (thanks to tip from Komoot driver Jeroen) at nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakhuis_(gebouw)

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60.9 km

Tongelaar Castle

Highlight • Castle

Tongelaar Castle is located on the estate of the same name, north of Mill. The castle's origins date back to the 9th century. In its current form, the castle dates …

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60.9 km

Terrace at Tongelaar Castle

Highlight • Cafe

Nice terrace for a snack and drink, but not always open unfortunately.

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63.2 km

Defensie Canal Gravel Path

Highlight • Trail

lots of nice compact gravel along the defense channel through the Peel

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68.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.9 km

20.1 km

13.3 km

6.64 km

1.82 km

Surfaces

21.6 km

20.5 km

17.3 km

4.78 km

4.20 km

298 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

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Comments

October 6, 2024,Strada Bianche Brabant 2024

Strada Bianche Brabant - 2024. New route, and immediately a completely different character than the first years. Completely different from the 2022/2023 versions. Much more forest, unfortunately not the entire stretch along the unique defense canal with its dozens of bunkers in the vicinity of the route (at the end we did pass a small stretch with about 5 bunkers. …

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