Why this ride
A 63 km round trip from Hengstdal - roughly 1 h 18 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kleve-Reichswald | East, Kalkar-Kalkarberg and back through Kleve-Reichswald | East. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South and Kalkar-Kalkarberg
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 63 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 18
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South
The Netherlands is famous for having no hills, which makes the ridge at Berg en Dal a small, comic exception. East of Nijmegen, the land rises in a line of wooded heights, shaped by the Ice Age, when a great glacier pushed up a mound of sand and gravel, and the highest point barely reaches a hundred metres. It looks modest on paper, but after the flat polders it feels like an alpine foothill, with beech and pine woods, steep little lanes, villas among the trees and views across the Waal valley into Germany. The name Berg en Dal means hill and valley, and the Dutch mean it.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South is where the day begins. Next is Kleve-Reichswald | East.
2. Kleve-Reichswald | East
South of Kleve, near the Dutch border, the Reichswald is one of the largest forests in the Lower Rhine region, a mix of oak, beech and pine on a low ridge of sand and gravel left behind by the glaciers of the Ice Age. On its edge, the Romans built military installations as part of the Lower German Limes, the frontier along the Rhine, and the remains in the Reichswald, including traces of camps, are part of the World Heritage site listed by UNESCO in 2021. There is little to see above ground, but the forest itself is a quiet, beautiful place to walk.
Read the complete Kleve-Reichswald | East write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Kleve-Reichswald | East comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Kalkar-Kalkarberg.
3. Kalkar-Kalkarberg
Near the Dutch border, where the Rhine flows through wide meadows and dyked farmland, the small town of Kalkar holds a surprising amount of history. The Kalkarberg is a low rise near Altkalkar, and on it stood the Roman fort of Burginatium, one of the posts along the Lower German Limes, now part of the UNESCO-listed Frontiers of the Roman Empire. The rise would have given a valuable view over the river plain, and the fort controlled the road between Xanten and Nijmegen. Today it is fields and trees, but the shape of the land still hints at the old fortification.
Read the complete Kalkar-Kalkarberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 31 km into the recorded legs you reach Kalkar-Kalkarberg. Next is back through Kleve-Reichswald | East.
4. back through Kleve-Reichswald | East
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kleve-Reichswald | East write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Kleve-Reichswald | East, late in the day. Next is Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South.
5. Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South to Kleve-Reichswald | East
Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South → Kleve-Reichswald | East is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kleve-Reichswald | East to Kalkar-Kalkarberg
Kleve-Reichswald | East → Kalkar-Kalkarberg is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Kalkar-Kalkarberg to back through Kleve-Reichswald | East
Kalkar-Kalkarberg → back through Kleve-Reichswald | East is 15 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Kleve-Reichswald | East to Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South
back through Kleve-Reichswald | East → Berg en Dal-De Holdeurn | South is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.