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Germany
Lower Saxony
Lüneburg Heath
Harburg
Handeloh

Brunsberg Nature Reserve – Hell Gorge loop from Handeloh

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Lower Saxony
Lüneburg Heath
Harburg
Handeloh

Brunsberg Nature Reserve – Hell Gorge loop from Handeloh

Hard

3.0

(1)

13

riders

Brunsberg Nature Reserve – Hell Gorge loop from Handeloh

02:05

24.7km

210m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.2 km for 103 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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2.90 km

Vor den Lohbergen

Forest

2

4.26 km

View of the heath in Naturpark Lüneburger Heide

Highlight • Viewpoint

Good view over the heathland.

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4.90 km

Büsenbachtal und Wörmer Wälder

Nature Reserve

4

5.51 km

Büsenbach valley

Highlight • Natural

One of the most beautiful heath areas is the Büsenbachtal near Handeloh.
From the car park you start into the flat valley along the Büsenbach and after a few meters …

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5

5.73 km

From the rest area on the horse head you have a fantastic view of the surrounding heathland. Here is the perfect place for a cozy rest. If you follow the …

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6

6.01 km

Büsenbachtal Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Büsenbachtal
Alongside the Brunsberg area, the Büsenbachtal is the second closed heath area in Buchholz. To be honest, the Büsenbachtal does not even belong to Buchholz, but to the municipality …

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7

6.34 km

Heathland in Büsenbachtal

Highlight • Natural

Picture-perfect heathlands...during flowering.

Afterward, everything turns brown again. Its charm is also evident in winter.

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9.70 km

Brunsberg Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The approximately 50 hectares of forest between
Brunsberg and Sprötzer Heide, south of the city
Buchholz in the Nordheide - is called “Spröt‐
zer lead ”. Fuhre is the Low German term for
Jaw.

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9

16.5 km

Hell Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

It's good that this section was marked as a “gorge”, otherwise I would not have noticed it as such ...! But also totally beautiful in this size!

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10

16.6 km

Beautiful route uphill through the forest

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B

24.7 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.5 km

7.30 km

2.41 km

1.97 km

719 m

704 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.2 km

5.14 km

2.57 km

1.50 km

225 m

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Saturday 11 July

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15°C

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