Parnassia Beach and Dunes – Vogelmeer (Bird Lake) loop from Fort bij IJmuiden

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Parnassia Beach and Dunes – Vogelmeer (Bird Lake) loop from Fort bij IJmuiden

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Parnassia Beach and Dunes – Vogelmeer (Bird Lake) loop from Fort bij IJmuiden

02:26

35.7km

90m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.7 km for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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11.9 km

Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

Highlight • Natural

The Zuid-Kennemerland National Park stretches from Zandvoort to IJmuiden, a 40-minute drive from Amsterdam. The always surprising dune landscape, from country estates on the outer edge to rugged dunes to the North Sea beach, is a habitat for countless special animals and plants.

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12.1 km

Highland Cattle in Zuid-Kennemerland

Highlight • Natural

The atmosphere is fantastic as you walk through the dune landscape. Free-roaming animals occasionally appear, making the tour even more interesting.

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13.6 km

Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful national park right on the beach. With hiking and cycling paths between the dunes.

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14.3 km

Dunes and Wetlands of Zuid-Kennemerland

Highlight • Natural

Great cycle path and lots of nature to experience.

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15.4 km

Bloemendaal aan Zee Beach

Highlight • Beach

The beach between IJmuiden and Zandvoort is beautiful in every season and there is always something to discover! Your physical well-being is taken care of with several beach restaurants that are open all year round!

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21.2 km

Parnassia Beach and Dunes

Highlight • Beach

Wonderful view of a lot of rough nature.

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24.2 km

Vogelmeer (Bird Lake)

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake in the middle of the Zuid-Kennemerland National Park.

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24.3 km

Dune landscape

Highlight • Natural

In Noordholland, where the wind grins, dunes dance in the sand-wind-blink. They wear hats of grass so fine, and murmur: Here is our territory, small.

The seagulls make atmospheric rehearsals, a sea spectacle with wave robes. Between dune paths, the path laughs, "It goes uphill here" – "No, just flat, obediently".

A sign proudly says: "Here is the beach!", but the dunes reply: "Too much sand?", Because every step you take is secretly kissed by a sand cloud.

The lighthouse blinks from afar, "I will never gladly reveal the dune secret to you". Perhaps a pond of air hides there, where bicycles roll – and still find fragrance.

The coast sweetly breathes sea air, the pines whisper in the rhythm of the scent. And when the wind gives you a hairstyle, the dune midnight smiles – "fits!"

So we wander through sandy glosses, in Noordholland, where dunes enjoy the show. With humor as a compass, grass as a hat, we move on – hurray, towards the sand breakfast tide.

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35.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.5 km

3.21 km

645 m

194 m

127 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.3 km

6.98 km

3.80 km

2.65 km

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

12°C

8°C

61 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

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Comments

August 25, 2024,Runde 🇳🇱 Ijmunden NP Kennemerland Zandvoort 🏎️ und zurück

I had planned to visit the North Sea this weekend. It was supposed to stay dry on Sunday with variable cloud cover, which was ideal. The planned parking lot only allowed a maximum parking time of 4 hours, so I looked for somewhere else and found a gap on the side of the road. That's where I started, the starting …

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July 1, 2022,2022 07 01 – Vogelmeer Runde von Zandvoort aan Zee

I'm in Zandvoort (Sandy Hill Chil) for a day. That's where the time is used
I had previously picked out a few tours on komoot and this time, as an exception, also used komooot for navigating. Was a nice loop on a sunny day. On the way back there was some fighting against the wind.

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August 20, 2025,🇳🇱 Don't pay the ferryman

Today, a longer tour through North Holland was planned. The climax was roughly near Alkmaar. Well, everything went smoothly up to Ijmuiden. Except for a small appendix. I'm not yet very familiar with my new navigation system, and I must have accidentally turned off the route guidance and just recorded it. I was wrong. Because the navigation system was off, …

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