The Balloon Column – Overloon Dunes loop from Venray

Mountain biking trails

Netherlands

Limburg

Venray

The Balloon Column – Overloon Dunes loop from Venray

Moderate

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The Balloon Column – Overloon Dunes loop from Venray

04:18

60.2km

80m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 85 m for 65 m

After 37.4 km for 169 m

After 60.2 km for 57 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.71 km

Vlakwater

Nature Reserve

8.76 km

Weverslosche berg

Peak

20.1 km

Forest trail with heather in the Netherlands

Highlight • Trail

This area is incredibly beautiful.

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22.8 km

Ballonzuilbossen

Nature Reserve

23.0 km

Picnic Area at Gemeentebossen Venray

Highlight • Rest Area

Here you can take a nice break and study the map of the various trails.

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26.6 km

The Balloon Column

Highlight • Monument

Here you are standing at a special piece of history and the oldest aviation monument in the Netherlands. In 1871, a French balloon landed here that had risen a little …

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38.9 km

Military Museum Overloon

Highlight • Historical Site

The real highlight is of course not the junction, but that you can cycle through a museum under the hall ceiling.

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39.5 km

Dune Singletrack Trail

Highlight (Segment) • MTB Park

Great mountain bike section. meandering trails, easy up and down and just really fun to drive.

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41.2 km

Wooden Stump Seating Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Four chairs and a table invite you to take a break.

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41.9 km

Lake Schaartven

Highlight • Lake

completely hidden in the dunes, great bathing lake with a large lawn

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43.0 km

Overloon Dunes

Highlight • Forest

The Overloonsche Duinen is far less crowded than the Maasduinen, but it is still a very beautiful area.

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60.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.5 km

19.5 km

11.7 km

5.59 km

886 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.7 km

10.1 km

9.70 km

8.25 km

1.87 km

583 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

17°C

8°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

October 10, 2021,Trailtour- Mud Hunters CTF Venray Overloon

Rode a very nice trail tour with Oleg,
I was very happy to see Oleg so fit again 😊👍👍

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July 24, 2025,20250724_Durch die Wälder rund um Overloon

Today's tour took me to Overloon in the Netherlands, a small town halfway between Venlo and Nijmegen. The tour crisscrossed the forests of Overloon on sandy singletrack and forest paths. Only a few kilometers were along roads. In Venray, I visited the Sint Petrus-Bandenkerk, a large Catholic church dating back to the 15th century. It is considered one of the …

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