Best long trails in Bottrop

Panoramic hike through the Kirchhellener Heide near Grafenwald, North Rhine-Westphalia. A very beautiful route in the Hohe Mark Nature Park. Parking is available at the starting point for those arriving by car. There are places to stop for refreshments in the villages along the hiking trail. The route is therefore ideal as a day trip from the Ruhr area. If you like it quiet, it is best to start hiking early in the day. Highlights of the hike: - Beautiful landscapes of the Kirchhellener...

Wonderful circular route in the Hohe Mark Nature Park - Westmünsterland, Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia. This 25-kilometre route leads through the beautiful landscape of Kirchheller Heide. With its various nature reserves, lakes and easily accessible paths, this is a great excursion for a day out in nature. The start is at the "Haniel" car park, right next to the "Zeche Franz Haniel" bus stop. Highlights of the route: - idyllic natural landscapes - Unique communities of animals and plants

Scenic hiking excursion near Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia. Charming circular route through the Köllnischer Wald nature reserve. Especially recommended in summer due to the shady forest paths. Highlights of the tour: - Beautiful views - Local flora and fauna - Pretty natural landscapes - Köllnischer Wald nature reserve

Scenic and varied cycle tour in and around Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia. Tour 5 from "Radfahren & Genießen - Die besten Biergarten-Touren" (Berke, 2107) with start and end in Welheim. Highlights of the route: - Beautiful natural landscapes in the Köllnischer Wald nature reserve - Local flora and fauna - Beautiful views along the Rhine-Herne Canal

Challenging mountain bike tour in the Hohe Mark Nature Park, North Rhine-Westphalia. Challenging and varied mountain biking is also possible in the Ruhr region. Although this circular tour can hardly boast any natural mountains, several mining spoil tips provide for sporty climbs and rapid downhill rides. The route north of Bottrop leads bikers over the Brauck spoil tip and the Haniel spoil tip - one of the highest spoil tips in the entire Ruhr region at almost 160 metres. Highlights of the...

Scenic and challenging cycle tour near Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia. A very beautiful and varied tour for a short cycling adventure in the Hohe Mark Nature Park. Refreshment stops are available. Highlights of the tour: - Local flora and fauna - Beautiful natural landscapes - Great views

Here in the triangle between the Emscher, Lippe and Rhine rivers, iron smelting began in the region in 1758, and the last hard coal was mined in 2018. And even after these 260 years, change continues, as demonstrated on this tour by the renaturation of Hahnenbach and Boye, for example, which paint a lot of green and blue between the high slag heaps. There are few more beautiful examples of the beneficial effects of water than the lakes of the Kirchheller Heide. If you like, you can branch...

The diocese of Essen has had its own pilgrimage route since summer 2018. Now you can make a pilgrimage across the Ruhr diocese on over 200 kilometres of paths. Five marked, very different paths lead from the Sauerland, the Rhine, the northern Ruhr region or the south of Essen to Essen Cathedral - or in the opposite direction. The Bottrop - Oberhausen - Essen section offers an astonishing density of impressions that combine the past and the present: e.g. graffiti along the old Jacobi-Haniel...