Gasselte - Bronneger - Drouwen

Circular walk, 16 km

Route: Gasselte - Bronneger - Drouwen

Circular walk on the Hondsrug

From the village of Gasselte you walk to the Drouwenerzand nature reserve. There you walk across the heath along a sand drift and along juniper berries.

The walk continues on country roads and grass paths to Bronneger. In Bronneger you walk past a burial mound from the Bronze Age. Then you walk past three dolmen that are more than 5000 years old. A little further away are two dolmen from the Bronze Age.

You walk to the village of Drouwen. There you also walk past two dolmen.

You walk under the highway and walk further through the forests of Drouwen and Gasselte. You pass another burial mound, which is 4000 years old.

Via the Heerenkampweg you walk under the highway again and you go back to the village of Gasselte.

shape
loop
length
15 km 992
location
Drenthe, The Netherlands
start / arrival
Dorpstraat-Olde Hof, Gasselte
path
path:54%  road:42%  track:4% 
elevation
rise: 86m / fall: -86m
lowest: 12m / highest: 30m
 
Photo: Gasselte
Gasselte
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Points of interest

  • Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk
  • Hunebed D21
  • Burial mound Steenakkersweg Bronneger (2000-1200B.C.)
  • Burial mound Steenakkersweg Bronneger (unknown)
  • Hunebed D22
  • Hunebed D25
  • Hunebed D24
  • Hunebed D23
  • Hunebed D20
  • Hunebed D19
  • Grafheuvel Steenhopenweg Drouwen
  • Parking Schoolstraat Drouwen

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References

Source

We found this trail in publication ‘Groene Wissels’ of Bart van der Schagt, published by WandelZoekpagina in 2019.

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