The Hondsrug area is unique. The sand ridges and valleys were formed in the ice ages and prehistoric man left us his treasures there. For thousands of years, people shaped a landscape of all times. It is great cycling here through the friendly, rolling landscape with forests, burial mounds, dolmens, fens and beautiful moors. Borger is home to the largest dolmen in the Netherlands. It remains extraordinary how people were able to build such a grave with such large boulders 5,000 years ago. The Hondsrug is so special that it has UNESCO Geopark status.
Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Meerweg , 7875 BW Borger-Odoorn | 40.7 KM | |
From
20
to
9
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3321 M | 3.3 KM | |
Head southeast on Zuiderhoofdstraat | 404 M | ||
Turn left onto Burgemeester J. van Roijenpad | 989 M | ||
Turn left onto Dalakkersweg | 384 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Dalakkersweg | 858 M | ||
Turn right onto Valtherweg | 686 M | ||
You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
From
9
to
39
|
3867 M | 3.9 KM | |
Head south on Valtherweg | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn right onto Vlintweg | 881 M | ||
Turn right onto Hondsrugweg | 23 M | ||
Turn left onto Vlintweg | 23 M | ||
Turn right onto Vlintweg | 342 M | ||
Turn right onto Hoofdstraat | 1.4 KM | ||
Turn left onto Schoolstraat | 57 M | ||
You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
From
39
to
38
|
2791 M | 2.8 KM | |
Head northwest on Schoolstraat | 161 M | ||
Make a slight right | 83 M | ||
Turn right onto Odoornerweg | 1.7 KM | ||
Turn right onto Langhieten | 14 M | ||
Turn left onto Valtherweg | 572 M | ||
Turn right onto Boshof | 73 M | ||
Make a slight left | 103 M | ||
Turn right | 5 M | ||
Turn left onto Boshof | 23 M | ||
Turn left onto Exloërweg | 46 M | ||
You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
From
38
to
6
|
5191 M | 5.2 KM | |
Head northwest on Hoofdstraat | 47 M | ||
Turn left onto Schaapstreek | 208 M | ||
Make a slight left to stay on Schaapstreek | 545 M | ||
Keep right onto Schaapstreek | 2.1 KM | ||
Turn right | 2.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 06 | 0 M | ||
From
6
to
24
|
2407 M | 2.4 KM | |
Head northeast | 124 M | ||
Continue onto Boswachter Meelkerlaan | 1.1 KM | ||
Continue straight | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 24 | 0 M | ||
From
24
to
22
|
5937 M | 5.9 KM | |
Head northwest | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn left onto Exloërweg | 3.2 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Dorpsstraat | 622 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Borgerderstraat | 837 M | ||
You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
From
22
to
40
|
1114 M | 1.1 KM | |
Head west | 6 M | ||
Turn right onto Eeserstraat | 1 KM | ||
Turn right | 104 M | ||
You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
From
40
to
42
|
3298 M | 3.3 KM | |
Head west on Torenlaan | 14 M | ||
Turn right onto Hoofdstraat | 383 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Drouwenerstraat | 322 M | ||
Turn right onto Bargakkers | 12 M | ||
Turn left onto Drouwenerstraat | 2.6 KM | ||
You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
From
42
to
43
|
3044 M | 3 KM | |
Head north on Borgerderstraat | 141 M | ||
Turn right onto Markeweg | 356 M | ||
Turn right onto Bosweg | 53 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Alinghoek | 561 M | ||
Turn right onto Kerkweg | 750 M | ||
Turn left | 817 M | ||
Continue onto Steenakkersweg | 347 M | ||
Turn left onto Dorpsstraat | 19 M | ||
You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
From
43
to
41
|
1956 M | 2 KM | |
Head southeast on Molenweg | 203 M | ||
Turn right onto Westerlandsweg | 1.8 KM | ||
You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
From
41
to
88
|
646 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head southeast on Mammoetpad | 253 M | ||
Turn right | 370 M | ||
Continue onto Buinerstraat | 23 M | ||
You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
From
88
to
28
|
739 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head southeast | 22 M | ||
Turn left | 131 M | ||
Turn left | 53 M | ||
Turn right onto De Drift | 533 M | ||
You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
From
28
to
23
|
2912 M | 2.9 KM | |
Head southeast on De Drift | 751 M | ||
Continue straight | 1.9 KM | ||
Make a slight left | 282 M | ||
You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
From
23
to
26
|
2845 M | 2.8 KM | |
Head east on Voorbosweg | 2.5 KM | ||
Turn right onto Noordholtsweg | 12 M | ||
Turn left onto Boslaan | 354 M | ||
You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
From
26
to
20
|
649 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head east on Hoofdstraat | 315 M | ||
Turn right onto Zuiderhoofdstraat | 334 M | ||
You are now at section 20 | 0 M |