Rotstergaast: Easterskar

Circular walk, 16 km

Route: Rotstergaast: Easterskar

15 March to 15 July (breeding season)
You walk from the parking lot through a swamp forest to the Scharweg. Follow this road until you turn to Bisschopsweg.

July 15 to March 15
You walk from the parking lot through a swamp forest to the Rotstersloot. Follow this ditch until you reach the Bisschopsweg.

both seasons
Then you walk past a helophyte filter, a reed filter to purify the water from the Tsjonger. You walk on grass paths to the Schoterweg and then on grass paths back to the helophyte filter. Then the walk continues to the birdwatching hut Skiere Goes. You walk past lakes and through low moor and reed beds back to the starting point.

shape
loop
length
15 km 695
location
Friesland, The Netherlands
start / arrival
Hoge Dijk (N924), Sintjohannesga / Scharweg, Rotstergaast
path
path:76%  road:22%  track:2% 
elevation
rise: 18m / fall: -18m
lowest: 0m / highest: 2m
 
Photo: Easterskar, Rotstergaast
Easterskar, Rotstergaast
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Points of interest

  • Richard Jungweg, Rotstergaast
  • Scharweg / Bisschopsweg, Rotstergaast
  • Scharweg, Rotstergaast

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Source

We have used publication ‘Wandelen door het Easterskar’ of Fokko Bosker, published by It Fryske Gea in 2021, to develop this route.

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