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Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from De Palingbeek

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Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from De Palingbeek

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Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from De Palingbeek

03:31

31.0km

200m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.69 km

Oude Kasseiweg along the Ieper-Komen Canal

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

8.30 km

ComingWorldRememberMe Land Art Installation

Highlight • Monument

The 'Grote Oerei' of Land art installation CWRM by Koen Vanmechelen does not leave us unmoved.
The primordial egg with figurines, which seem to find their way in an organic …

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10.3 km

Caterpillar Crater

Highlight • Historical Site

Gigantic mine explosion crater

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10.4 km

World War I Crater

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful serene place

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10.6 km

Hill 60 Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Hill 60 is a memorial site and park on a World War I battlefield in the Zwarteleen area of Zillebeke south of Ypres, Belgium.

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10.8 km

Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

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Hill 60 (60 points to the height of the hill) was created in 1850 by excavation work on the Ypres-Comen railway line. During the First World War, the hill changed …

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10.9 km

Trench 42 Memorial at Hill 60

Highlight • Monument

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐠 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟗 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝟐𝟖. 𝐃𝐨 𝐯𝐨𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝟔𝟎.

Hill 60, south of Ypres, was of immense strategic importance during the war. Whoever occupied …

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13.2 km

Groenenburg

Forest

17.7 km

Landgoed Godtschalck

Forest

27.4 km

The Bluff Memorial and Crater

Highlight • Historical Site

here you can enter a building to watch a movie about the war that happened at this location

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31.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

8.47 km

4.80 km

3.96 km

1.98 km

745 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

7.46 km

6.91 km

2.98 km

2.53 km

766 m

Elevation

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Caterpillar Crater – World War I Crater loop from De Palingbeek

Oude Kasseiweg along the Ieper-Komen Canal

ComingWorldRememberMe Land Art Installation

Caterpillar Crater

World War I Crater

Hill 60 Memorial

Hill 60 preserved Battlefield (World War I)

Trench 42 Memorial at Hill 60

The Bluff Memorial and Crater

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