Along quarry and pond in the Mechelse Heide
9.7 km
This beautiful walk starts at the Mechelse Heide entrance of the Hoge Kempen National Park in Maasmechelen. There is amp... read more
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9.7 km
This beautiful walk starts at the Mechelse Heide entrance of the Hoge Kempen National Park in Maasmechelen. There is amp... read more
10 km 5/5
This top hike starts at the 'National Park Visitor Center' in Maasmechelen, where you will find ample parking. The two p... read more
5.5 km 5/5
Join us on a discovery of this hidden spot! In the northern part of the Mechelse Heide, there is a gigantic pit. It was ... read more
8.9 km
We did this walk on 03/18/2026 (12,184 steps) This walk combines two routes around As Station: the blue route over the M... read more
10.2 km
Parking: Large parking “Gateway Station As”, Stationsstraat in As Signage: Purple Trapezoid / Virtual junctions. The wal... read more
8.4 km
Parking: Village Square Opglabbeek. Signage: Purple trapezium + brown X Follow from the parking the brown cross (connect... read more
8.5 km
Parking: Cemetery Opglabbeek, Oude Kerkstraat. Signposting: Virtual junctions. You primarily walk through forests in the... read more
8 km
Parking: Senpowerpark Leemkuilstraat Opglabbeek. Signage: Virtual Junctions. Shady walk, almost always through the woods... read more
9.2 km
We depart from the parking lot of Camping Zavelbos and immediately walk through a beautiful forest. Soon, an old, charmi... read more
8.7 km
Parking: Parking Stiemerheide, Wiemesmeerstraat 105 Genk Signposting: Hiking app/GPS. You need to cross the busy Europal... read more
8.4 km
Walked on 22/4/2026 Parking: Moorkensberg Parking, along the Road to Zwartberg, Genk. Walked distance according to GPS: ... read more
8.2 km
Parking: Thorpark, André Dumontlaan Waterschei (Genk) Signage: Junction points. Walking through the Hoge Kempen National... read more
4.3 km
The Mechelse Heide is a popular nature reserve situated between the municipalities of As and Mechelen-aan-de-Maas. The e... read more
8.3 km
Parking: Joseph Smeetslaan Maasmechelen, entrance gate Mechelse Heide Signage: Virtual junctions, so use a walking app/G... read more
12.5 km
We did this challenging hike on 10/30/2025 (16,624 steps). Markings in both directions: purple trapezoids. From the park... read more
6.7 km
Parking: Dilserbos Parking, Sparrendal Dilsen-Stokkem. Signage: GPS/hiking app. With almost 100 meters of elevation gain... read more
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If you open our route planner, you can press the magnet symbol in the upper right corner. If you then choose Offgrid (auto) (automatic route planning) or Offgrid (manual) (connecting places manually), you can select places on the map and plan a route that deviates (partially or completely) from the hiking network.
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The Route Planner Pro has changed a bit on our new website. The ability to plan routes that deviate from the bicycle network is now integrated into our node planner (read more below image):

If you surf to our route planner, you can press the magnet symbol in the upper right corner. If you then choose Offgrid (auto) (automatic route planning) or Offgrid (manual) (connecting places manually), you can select places on the map and plan a route that deviates (partially or completely) from the biking network.
You can switch between Node and Offgrid mode to create a route that runs partly along nodes and partly away from the node network.
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