Amerongen

Utrechtse Heuvelrug

Circular walk, 18 km

Route: Amerongen

You walk from Amerongen Castle through the Amerongse Bovenpolder. Then you walk through Amerongen forestry. You walk through a varied forest to the Lone Oak. The walk continues to Leersum, where you walk across the heath. Then you arrive at Castle Zuylestein via forest paths. You walk across the estate to the Lekdijk. From there you walk through the flood plains back to Amerongen Castle.

shape
loop
length
17 km 591
location
Utrecht, The Netherlands
start / arrival
Hof-Nederstraat-Drostestraat, Amerongen
path
path:90%  track:6%  road:4%  main road:0% 
elevation
rise: 221m / fall: -221m
lowest: 5m / highest: 82m
 
Photo: Kasteel Amerongen
Kasteel Amerongen
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Points of interest

  • Windmill 't Wissel
  • Castle Amerongen
  • Tabaksschuur, Amerongen
  • Manor Zuylestein
  • Sheepfold
  • Burial mound
  • Burial mounds
  • Hof, Amerongen
  • Burgwal, Amerongen
  • Bergweg, Amerongen
  • Elsterberg (62m)
  • Amerongse Berg (69m)
  • Dartheuvel (46,8m)

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References

Source

We found this trail, ‘Tabakker-tocht, Amerongen te Utrecht’, in publication ‘Klik, Print en Wandel, Wandelroutes voor en door wandelaars’ of Adrie Raaijmakers, Gijs en Margriet Smeets, Lennard, published by Adrie Raaijmakers in 2021.

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