Dolmen D53 – Dolmen D54 loop from Holtingerveld

Hiking trails & Routes

Netherlands

Drenthe

Westerveld

Dolmen D53 – Dolmen D54 loop from Holtingerveld

Easy

4.8

(12)

hikers

Dolmen D53 – Dolmen D54 loop from Holtingerveld

01:10

4.56km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 27 m for 113 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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157 m

Dolmen D53

Highlight • Historical Site

Dolmen D53 is the third largest dolmen in the Netherlands, measuring about 18 meters long. The dolmen is almost complete and is beautifully situated on the edge of the heath. …

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324 m

Dolmen D54

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Hunebed D54 has six capstones, four of which rest completely on the supporting stones. The easternmost capstone is missing, as is the keystone below it. However, all fourteen sidestones are …

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2.39 km

Holtingerveld Nature Reserve

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beautiful walking area

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2.87 km

Holtingerveld Gateway

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From Brasserie OER, it's a short walk to the famous dolmens of Havelterberg. The Holtingerveld gateway marks the entrance to the nature reserve. Children can play happily by the stream …

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3.13 km

Narrow-Gauge Railway Remains at Holtingerveld

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The narrow gauge has already been removed.

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3.90 km

Bomb Craters on the Havelteberg

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Holtingerveld is a nature reserve in a primeval landscape and included in the European network of nature reserves Natura 2000. A beautiful walking area with heathland and dolmens.

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3.98 km

View of burial mounds in Holtingerveld

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In the immediate vicinity of the Havelterberg numerous burial mounds, grave fields and urn fields have been found that were used to bury the dead in the Bronze Age and …

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4.04 km

Dolmens

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4.56 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.38 km

2.11 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.75 km

758 m

597 m

401 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 21 October

13°C

7°C

82 %

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Max wind speed: 33.0 km/h

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Comments

October 12, 2024,Hunebed D53 – Hunebed D54 rondtocht vanuit Darp

What a lovely early little walk, in beautiful Drenthe. Together with Wil.
This was on my list for a long time, I love the history of some places in the world. This is of course also one. (Along the tombs of a long time ago) the dolmens.
Also along deep bomb craters remnants of the
War. There are also planes …

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